Donald Davesne
@donalddavesne.bsky.social
Associate professor @sorbonne-universite.fr @isyeb.mnhn.fr. Vertebrate systematics and palaeobiology. 🐠🦴🐡 Likes ray-finned things. Born on crayfish day. He/they/il/iel
The fossil is named in the honour of Manu Dibango, a musician and singer from Cameroon, whose influence has resonated worldwide.
I have had the privilege of knowing Manu since my childhood, and felt a hommage would be fitting after he passed from covid in 2020.
I have had the privilege of knowing Manu since my childhood, and felt a hommage would be fitting after he passed from covid in 2020.
May 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The fossil is named in the honour of Manu Dibango, a musician and singer from Cameroon, whose influence has resonated worldwide.
I have had the privilege of knowing Manu since my childhood, and felt a hommage would be fitting after he passed from covid in 2020.
I have had the privilege of knowing Manu since my childhood, and felt a hommage would be fitting after he passed from covid in 2020.
This is how it has been drawn by the artist Margaux Boetsch!
It is based on modern larvae, like those of cusk-eels (below), that look similar with their external gut and bizarre, colourful ornaments!
Although the "boomerang shape" of Dibango is not heard of in any other fish, fossil of modern.
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It is based on modern larvae, like those of cusk-eels (below), that look similar with their external gut and bizarre, colourful ornaments!
Although the "boomerang shape" of Dibango is not heard of in any other fish, fossil of modern.
3/3
May 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This is how it has been drawn by the artist Margaux Boetsch!
It is based on modern larvae, like those of cusk-eels (below), that look similar with their external gut and bizarre, colourful ornaments!
Although the "boomerang shape" of Dibango is not heard of in any other fish, fossil of modern.
3/3
It is based on modern larvae, like those of cusk-eels (below), that look similar with their external gut and bizarre, colourful ornaments!
Although the "boomerang shape" of Dibango is not heard of in any other fish, fossil of modern.
3/3
The extraordinary anatomy of this animal is so puzzling that it is currently not possible to assign it confidently to a spiny-rayed teleost clade. What we can suppose, however, is that its tiny abdominal cavity and long ventral projection of the pelvic girdle possibly supported an external gut
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May 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The extraordinary anatomy of this animal is so puzzling that it is currently not possible to assign it confidently to a spiny-rayed teleost clade. What we can suppose, however, is that its tiny abdominal cavity and long ventral projection of the pelvic girdle possibly supported an external gut
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"Grammatical gender: non-binary" 💛🤍💜🖤
January 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
"Grammatical gender: non-binary" 💛🤍💜🖤
Reposted by Donald Davesne
Les bébés poissons lunes sont acérés mais mignons http://ssaft.com/Blog/dotclear/?post/2012/09/12/Oceanario
December 2, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Les bébés poissons lunes sont acérés mais mignons http://ssaft.com/Blog/dotclear/?post/2012/09/12/Oceanario