Wikipedia:Wikipedia Loves Art/US-UK/Houston Museum of Natural Science rules/list
- This list was finalized on Feb 1 at 8PM EST
There are many 'themes' on this list, organized into six major subject areas at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.
Each 'theme' is a possible attribute, origin or subject matter.
Malacology
[edit]- World’s largest snail shell
- Texas mollusks
- Gastropod
- Egg Case Strand
- Texas State Mollusk
- Florida Horse Conch
- Shell + unusual color
- Cephalopods
- Carrier Shells
- Cone Shells
- Cowrie Shells
- Pearl
- Rarities + take a photo
- Scallops
- Snail Teeth
- Spondylus
Paleontology
[edit]- Triceratops
- Diplodocus
- Trilobites
- T. Rex
- Quetzalcoatlus Northropi
- Hadrosaur
- Plesiosaur
- Ankylosaur
- Cambrian
- Ordovician
- Devonian
- Crinoid
- Mississippian
- Brachiopods
- Pennsylvanian
- Seymouria
- Permian
- Archosauromorphs
- Glass Mountain materials
- Trace fossils
- Coelophysis
- Petrified Wood
- Armadillo teeth
- Pleistocene
- Giant Armadillo
- Cretaceous plants
- Giant ground sloth
- Eocene
- Mastodon
- Fossil Crab
- Evolution of horses
- Neogene period
- Plioplatecarpus
- Toxochelys
- Ammonite
- Stenopterygius
- Dinosaur eggs
- Jurassic
- Archaeopteryx
- Eryops
- Allosaurus
- Dinosaur + feathers
TX wildlife
[edit]- Sandhill Crane
- River Otter
- Nutria
- Alligator
- Mallard
- Anhinga
- Flicker
Africa
[edit]- West African Tropical Forest
- Persa Turaco
- Mandrill
- Lowe’s Guenon
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater
- Crowned Guenon
- Gaboon Viper
- Grimm’s Duiker
- Gerenuk
- Kirk’s Dik-dik
- Bongo
- Giant Forest Hog
- Giant Blue Turaco
- Okapi
- Spotted Hyaena
- Marabou
- Puff Adder
- Rufous-crowned Roller
- Giant African Snail
- Okavango
- Greater Kudu
- African Pygmy Goose
- African Darter
- Black Crake
- Cape Teal
- Nile Crocodile
- Egyptian Goose
- Cattle Egret
- African Civet
- Grant’s Gazelle
- Aoudad
- Rock Hyrax
- Egyptian Spiney-tailed Lizard
- Lesser Grey Shrike
Butterfly Center
[edit]- Poison dart frogs
- Amber
- Prehistoric dragonfly
- Horseshoe Crab
- Roaches
- Hornet nest
- Termite mound – giant
- Leaf Cuter ants
- Antlions
- Butterflies
- Madagascar hissing cockroaches
- Atlas beetle
- Mantids
- Grasshoppers
- Katydid
- Walkingsticks
- Assassin bug
- Dung beetle
- Beetles
- Scorpions
- Tarantula
- Centipede
- Millipede
- Bees
- Stages of the butterfly lifecycle
- Moths
- Mosquito
- Papering butterfly
- Entomology lab
- Bromeliads (various species)
- Orchids (various species)
- Begonias (various species)
- Ferns (various species)
- Cacao or chocolate tree (Theobroma cacao)
- Spiral ginger (Costus, several species)
- Star fruit (Averrhoa carambola)
- Panama hat "palm" (Carludovica palmata)
- Swiss cheese plant/Split leaf philodendron (Monstera deliciosa)
- Avocado tree (Persica americana)
- Bull-thorn acacia (Acacia cornigera)
- Pride of Trinidad or Rainforest Flame Tree (Warscewiczia coccinea)
- Coffee (Coffea arabica)
- Fairy duster (Calliandra emarginata)
- Calabash tree (Crescentia cujete)
- Mickey-Mouse plant (Ochna serrulata)
- Dumb cane (Dieffenbachia, two or three species)
- Lobster claw, parrot flower (Heliconia, various species)
- Giant prayer plant (Calathea lutea)
- Cuban poinsettia (Euphorbia punicea)
- Medusa flower (Strophanthus preussii)
Minerals
[edit]- Alma Queen
- Tourmaline
- Gold
- Rhodochrosite
- Geodes
- Copper
- Hematite
- Selenite
- Quartz
- Pyromorphite
- Smithsonite
- Azurite
- Barite
- Pyrite
- Malachite
- Cut gems