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Funky back spines call for eye spots.
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Day 346#: Gyrodus hexagonus
Today's animal of the day is Gyrodus hexagonus!
Photo credit: Haplochromis
This extinct species of fish lived during the Middle Jurassic and was a member of the order Pycnodontiformes. This order of ray-finned fish tended to have flat, circular bodies, which helped them to maneuver through the narrow nooks and crannies of coral reefs. There are currently three known species within the genus Gyrodus that each lived in different places at different times. Gyrodus hexagonus is the oldest known species and has been found in what is now Cuba and Germany. It was about 12 inches long and is believed to have been carnivorous, possibly feeding on hard-shelled creatures that it found along the reef floor. While G. hexagonus is believed to have died out sometime after the Oxfordian (the first age of the Late Jurassic), the genus Gyrodus would survive well into the Cretaceous period, making it one of the longest-lasting genera of pycnodont fish.
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‘When the tiny wings of the last Xerces blue butterfly ceased to flutter, our world grew quieter by a whisper and duller by a hue.’ -- veterinarian and author, Mark Jermone Walters
The Xerces blue (Glaucopsyche xerces) is an extinct species of butterfly in the gossamer-winged butterfly family, Lycaenidae. The species lived in coastal sand dunes of the Sunset District of San Francisco Peninsula.
They were a small, brightly colored butterfly characterized by iridescent blue on the upper wing surfaces of males, and pale spots below. The butterflies fed on vegetation belonging to the genus Lotus and Lupinus. The loss of the Lotus plant that the butterfly fed on while in its larval stages is believed to be one reason for the extinction of the Xerces blue. The plant could not survive in the disturbed soils due to human development, and was no longer available to the Xerces blue. Lupin, Xerces blue's other vegetative food source, was not suitable for the larval stages.
The Xerces blue is believed to be the first American butterfly species to become extinct as a result of loss of habitat caused by urban development. The last Xerces blue was seen in 1941 or 1943 on land that is part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
The Xerces blue today lives on, lending its name to the Xerces Society, a non-profit organisation that is focused on the conservation of invertebrates and their environments.
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The O‘ahu ‘ō‘ō (Moho apicalis) was a member of the extinct genus of the ‘ō‘ōs (Moho) within the extinct family Mohoidae. Extinct, 1837.
Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans.