Björn Bergenholtz
(former alias "Calalp")
walleri as in:
• in the extinct, very extinct, (true) fossil terror bird "Titanis walleri" BRODKORB 1963 (here)
= Benjamin "Ben" I. Waller (d. 1994), of Ocala, Florida, a k a “Father of Underwater Archeology and Paleontology”, Navy Jet pilot, race car driver, judo instructor, herpetologist, Hollywood stuntman, Scuba diver legend, fossil collector (of the holotype, during the winter 1961-62) .... etc., etc..
Sounds like a guy that makes many other collectors, except maybe Burton, Meinerzhagen, and a few other "Wild ones" (and certainly a, more or less, deskbound guy like myself) look quite whimpy!
Not (and it most likely never will be
) included in today's HBW Alive Key. Nor is Titanis ("new genus", in the above OD). This bird vanished from the face of Earth some 3 million years ago.
Cheers!
Björn
• in the extinct, very extinct, (true) fossil terror bird "Titanis walleri" BRODKORB 1963 (here)
= Benjamin "Ben" I. Waller (d. 1994), of Ocala, Florida, a k a “Father of Underwater Archeology and Paleontology”, Navy Jet pilot, race car driver, judo instructor, herpetologist, Hollywood stuntman, Scuba diver legend, fossil collector (of the holotype, during the winter 1961-62) .... etc., etc..
Sounds like a guy that makes many other collectors, except maybe Burton, Meinerzhagen, and a few other "Wild ones" (and certainly a, more or less, deskbound guy like myself) look quite whimpy!
Not (and it most likely never will be
) included in today's HBW Alive Key. Nor is Titanis ("new genus", in the above OD). This bird vanished from the face of Earth some 3 million years ago.Cheers!
Björn
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