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Extinct Giant Salamander
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Title:
Extinct Giant Salamander
Caption:
Skeleton of an extinct giant salamander (Andrias scheuchzeri), found in a block of Tertiary Period limestone near Oeningen, Switzerland, in 1725. It was initially thought to be the skeleton of a man that had drowned during the biblical Flood. Illustration from Louis Figuier's The World Before the Deluge, 1867 American edition.
Credit:
Album / Science Source
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
1783 x 7050 px | 36.0 MB
Print size:
15.1 x 59.7 cm | 5.9 x 23.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1800S • 19TH CENTURY • AMPHIBIA • AMPHIBIAN • AMPHIBIOUS • ANDRIAS SCHEUCHZERI • ANDRIAS • ANIMAL • ART • ARTWORK • CAUDATA • CENOZOIC ERA • CRYPTOBRANCHID • CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE • EARTH SCIENCE • ENGRAVING • EUROPEAN FAUNA • EXTINCT • FOSSILIZED SKELETON • GEOLOGIC HISTORY • GEOLOGY • GIANT SALAMANDER • HERP • HISTORIC WORK • ILLUSTRATION • LAND ANIMAL • LOUIS FIGUIER • NEOZOIC ERA • PALAEONTOLOGY • PALEOBIOLOGY • PALEONTOLOGY • PREHISTORIC LIFE • PREHISTORY • RECONSTRUCTION • RESTORATION • SALAMANDER • SALAMANDRA SCHEUCHZERI • SCHEUCHZER'S SALAMANDER • SKELETAL FOSSIL • SWISS WILDLIFE • TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATE • TERTIARY PERIOD • WORLD BEFORE THE DELUGE
