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Puijila darwini is an extinct species of stem-pinniped (seal) ... The holotype and only known specimen is a nearly complete fossil skeleton.
Apr 23, 2009 · Puijila (Inuktitut): young sea mammal, often referring to a seal; darwini: for Charles Darwin, who wrote with his usual prescience, “A strictly terrestrial animal, by occasionally hunting for ...
- Natalia Rybczynski, Mary R. Dawson, Richard H. Tedford
- 2009
Download scientific diagram | Puijila darwini skeleton (NUFV 405, holotype).Reconstruction of skeleton showing preserved bones in dark grey. from publication: A semi-aquatic Arctic mammalian ...
Jan 2, 2012 · Back in February 2009, Natalia Rybczynski and colleagues surprised the paleomammalogy community with their Nature paper naming a new genus and species of early pinniped, Puijila darwini. The holotype skeleton is relatively complete, and include fore- and hind-limbs along with much of the vertebral column, both jaws, and a well preserved skull.
- Robert Boessenecker
Reconstruction of skeleton showing preserved bones in dark grey. Puijila darwini Skeleton (NUFV 405, Holotype) (IMAGE) Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Researchers from the United States and Canada have found a fossil skeleton of a newly discovered carnivorous animal, Puijila darwini. New research suggests Puijila is a "missing link" in the ...
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Apr 22, 2009 · Portions of the Puijila darwini specimen were found in 2007 in deposits that accumulated in what was a crater lake in coastal Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada. A subsequent visit in 2008 yielded the ...
