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  1. The #woodlouse #Oniscus #asellus (Oniscidae) is originally distributed in Western #Europe, but today one of the most common isopods in #CentralEurope, occuring e g. in dead wood or #leaflitter and is neozoon in North America. D. T. Bilton (2008), names two morphologically/ecologically different #subspecies, O. asellus asellus and O. asellus #occidentalis.

    © #StefanFWirth Bln 2025

    Reference

    D. T. Bilton (2008):
    dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642

    Photos
    O. asellus, #Berlin © S. F. Wirth 2020, edit 2025

  2. #lostbones #FossilFriday! 🐂🦥🐴🐘🐪🐟🍃 This Friday’s specimens are two bison skulls recovered in Itasca County during Scenic Hwy 7 road construction along with many other postcranial skeletal elements.

    They are currently on loan from Isacka County to the Minnesota Discovery Center in Chisholm, Minnesota.

    www.itascahistorical.org
    www.mndiscoverycenter.com

    #pleistocene #bison #occidentalis #paleontology #MinnesotaDiscoveryCenter #paleontology #shareyourdiscovery #citizenscience #bisonbison #skull