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The eponymous Silurians on Doctor Who are a race of reptilian humanoids from Earth's past, making their first appearance in the show in 1970. Frank and Schmidt cite Inherit the Stars, a 1977 novel by J. P. Hogan as containing a similar hypothesis, but also say they were surprised by how rarely the concept was explored in science fiction. [2]
A crater on the Moon was named after her, [78] as was one on Venus, where all features are named after women. [79] An asteroid, 3356 Resnik, was also named after her. [80] A memorial to Resnik and the rest of the crew of Challenger was dedicated in Seabrook, Texas, where she lived while stationed at the Johnson Space Center. [81]
[1] [2] [3] The Polish-Mongolian expeditions were notable for being led by women, some of whom were among the first women to name new dinosaurs. The fossils discovered in these expeditions shed new light on the interchange of fauna between Asia and North America during the Cretaceous period .
“For over 100 million years when dinosaurs were the dominant predators, mammals were generally small, nocturnal, and short-lived.” The pressure to stay alive eliminated the genes needed for ...
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Named after the brother of school teacher Robert Curry, who discovered the fossil [210] Thomas the T. rex: Titus [211] Tyrannosaurus rex: Tristan-Otto Natural History Museum, Berlin. Tyrannosaurus rex. Late Cretaceous. Named after Tristan and Otto, the sons of a Danish-born investment banker, Niels Nielsen. Tristan the T. rex: Trix. RGM 792.000
A new plant-eating dinosaur species discovered in Japan has been named after gnomes for its small size.. The animal, measuring about 3ft in length and 10kg in weight, was an ancestor of the ...
A model of the hypothetical dinosauroid, Dinosaur Museum, Dorchester The dinosauroid is a hypothetical species created by Dale A. Russell in 1982. Russell theorized that if a dinosaur such as Stenonychosaurus had not perished in the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, its descendants might have evolved to fill the same ecological niche as humans. [1]