tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402479509486755319.post8225837934556375929..comments2023-07-05T08:54:50.147+01:00Comments on The Disillusioned Taxonomist: Ganges River Dolphin! And guess the skull IIImhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18088256714630497532noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402479509486755319.post-66807646899599575712010-11-11T17:04:46.933+00:002010-11-11T17:04:46.933+00:00I'm curious as to know what the extensions of ...I'm curious as to know what the extensions of the skull on the river dolphin are, I'd like to say its a nasal extension, but I'm not certain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402479509486755319.post-9389277498396394822009-11-08T02:18:10.750+00:002009-11-08T02:18:10.750+00:00You did sort of got it Zach. Although "river ...You did sort of got it Zach. Although "river dolphins" are a polyphyletic group. <br /><br />Mo, this is getting fun, this is a weird looking one!!<br /><br />This thing is a marsupial, albeit not a wallaby. There are teeth where you would actually see a diastema in a wallaby and it also is smaller. It actually looks more like a group of South American marsupials the caenolestids.J. Velez-Juarbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13939389115952799046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402479509486755319.post-49186784607475503892009-11-06T21:52:02.595+00:002009-11-06T21:52:02.595+00:00Hey, I sort of got it, too! :-)
Based on the phot...Hey, I sort of got it, too! :-)<br /><br />Based on the photos Mike Taylor recently put up, I'm going to suggest that it's a walaby.Zachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08692080707969333711noreply@blogger.com