deep-sea fauna
31Dead Sea — For the Brian Keene book of the same name, see Dead Sea (novel). Dead Sea A view from the Israeli side looking across to Jordan Coord …
32Flora and fauna of the Discworld — Terry Pratchett s fictional Discworld has a large number of creatures and plants unique to it or its parasite universes (such as Fairyland or Death s Domain). Contents 1 Fauna 1.1 Ambiguous Puzuma 1.2 Basilisk …
33Black Sea — a sea between Europe and Asia, bordered by Turkey, Rumania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia, and the Russian Federation. 164,000 sq. mi. (424,760 sq. km). Also called Euxine Sea. Ancient, Pontus Euxinus. * * * Sea between Europe and Asia. Bordered by… …
34Ediacara fauna — ▪ paleontology unique assemblage of soft bodied organisms preserved worldwide as fossil impressions in sandstone from the Proterozoic Eon at the close of Precambrian (Precambrian time) time. These fauna represent an important landmark in the… …
35Baltic Sea — a sea in N Europe, bounded by Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Germany. ab. 160,000 sq. mi. (414,000 sq. km). * * * Sea, northern Europe. An arm of the Atlantic Ocean, connecting with the North Sea, it is 1,056 mi …
36Ross Sea — an arm of the Antarctic Ocean, S of New Zealand, extending into Antarctica. * * * ▪ sea, Pacific Ocean southern extension of the Pacific Ocean, which, along with the vast ice shelf (see Ross Ice Shelf) at its head, makes a deep indentation… …
37Coral Sea Reserves Ramsar Site — The Coringa Islets and the Magdelaine and Herald Cays, as well as those of Lihou Reef, lie within the Coral Sea Reserves Ramsar Site The Coral Sea Reserves Ramsar Site comprises the 17,292 km2 of oceanic island and reef habitats within the… …
38Okeechobean Sea — Table displaying the Okeechobean Sea and its relation to geologic time and North American Land Mammal Ages. Dry periods or marine regressive periods are tan in color. The Okeechobean Sea was a Cenozoic eutropical subsea, which along with the… …
39Burgess shale type fauna — A number of assemblages bear fossil assemblages similar in character to that of the Burgess shale. While many are also preserved in a similar fashion to the Burgess shale, the term Burgess shale type fauna covers assemblages based on taxonomic… …
40Weddell Sea — /wed l, weuh del / an arm of the Atlantic, E of Antarctic Peninsula. * * * ▪ sea, Atlantic Ocean deep embayment of the Antarctic coastline that forms the southernmost tip of the Atlantic Ocean. Centring at about 73° S, 45° W, the Weddell… …
