What fictional character in the "Star Wars" franchise, has a reference from an extinct genus of ruminant known from the Miocene of Europe which bears a unique T-shaped protrusion from the top of the head?
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Xenokeryx Xenokeryx ("strange horn" in Greek) is an extinct genus of ruminant known from the Miocene of Europe. The type species, Xenokeryx amidalae, was recovered from central Spain and bears a unique T-shaped protrusion from the top of the head. The specific epithet "amidalae" is in reference to the character Padmé Amidala from the "Star Wars" films "due to the striking resemblance that the occipital appendage of "Xenokeryx" bears to one of the hairstyles that the aforementioned character shows in "" feature film."
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Padmé Amidala Padmé Amidala (born Padmé Naberrie) is a fictional character in the "Star Wars" franchise, appearing in the prequel trilogy portrayed by actress Natalie Portman. She served as the Princess of Theed and later Queen of Naboo. After her reign, she became a senator in the Galactic Senate, an anti-war movement spokesperson, and co-founder of the opposition-faction that later emerged as the Rebel Alliance. She was secretly married to the Jedi Anakin Skywalker, and the biological mother of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, which makes her the mother-in-law of Han Solo, and the grandmother of Kylo Ren.
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Miocorvus "Miocorvus larteti" is an extinct genus and species of corvid bird from the Miocene of Europe.
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New Republic (Star Wars) The New Republic is the main fictional government in the "Star Wars" universe. The government is a restoration to the Galactic Republic, a democratic state that governed the galaxy, which existed before the rise of the Galactic Empire. It was first portrayed onscreen in "" (2015) where it was the ruling government of the galaxy, and as the target of the First Order, a military power that seeks to restore the Old Empire.
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Dorcatherium Dorcatherium is an extinct genus of tragulid ruminant which existed in Europe, East Africa and the Siwaliks during the Miocene and Pliocene.
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Clone trooper Clone troopers are fictional soldiers of the Grand Army of the Republic in the "Star Wars" franchise created by George Lucas. Featured in "" (2002), "" (2005), "" (2008) animated film, the related and the "Rebels" television series, and they are also featured throughout the comics, novels, and video games of the "Star Wars Legends" expanded universe.
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Rhinoceros A rhinoceros ( , , ), often abbreviated to rhino, is one of any five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae, as well as any of the numerous extinct species. Two of the extant species are native to Africa and three to Southern Asia.
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Dryopithecus Dryopithecus is a genus of extinct apes that is known from Eurasia during the late Miocene period.
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Pengana Pengana robertbolesi, also referred to as the flexiraptor, is an extinct bird of prey that lived during the Early Miocene (23–16 million years ago). Living relatives of "P. robertbolesi" may include the harriers. When alive, it may have resembled a cross between the secretary bird and crested caracara.
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Homo sapiens Homo sapiens (Latin: "wise man") is the binomial nomenclature (also known as the scientific name) for the only extant human species. "Homo" is the human genus, which also includes Neanderthals and many other extinct species of hominin; "H. sapiens" is the only surviving species of the genus "Homo". Modern humans are the subspecies "Homo sapiens sapiens", which differentiates them from what has been argued to be their direct ancestor, "Homo sapiens idaltu".
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Qui-Gon Jinn Qui-Gon Jinn is a fictional character in the "Star Wars" franchise, portrayed by Liam Neeson as the main protagonist of the 1999 film "".
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Merycoidodon Merycoidodon ("ruminating teeth") is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivore of the family Merycoidodontidae, subfamily Merycoidodontinae (oreodont),
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Hispanopithecus Hispanopithecus was a genus of apes that inhabited Europe during the Miocene period. It was first identified in a 1944 paper by J. F. Villalta and M. Crusafont in "Notas y Comunicaciones del Instituto Geologico y Minero de España ". Anthropologists disagree as to whether "Hispanopithecus" belongs to the subfamily Ponginae (most closely related to modern orangutans) or Homininae (most closely related to gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans).
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Muntjac Muntjacs, also known as barking deer and Mastreani deer, are small deer of the genus "Muntiacus". Muntjacs are the oldest known deer, thought to have begun appearing 15–35 million years ago, with remains found in Miocene deposits in France, Germany and Poland.
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Agriotherium Agriotherium is an extinct genus of bears whose fossils are found Miocene through Pleistocene-aged strata of North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, living from ~13.6–2.5 Ma, existing for approximately . Materials of the late surviving "A. africanum" from Africa has suggested that "A. africanum" died out soon during the early Gelasian.
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T-1000 The T-1000, also known as a Prototype Series 1000 Terminator, is a fictional character in the Terminator franchise. A shapeshifting android assassin, the T-1000 is the main antagonist of "", as well as a supporting antagonist in "" and "Terminator Genisys". A similar Terminator, referred to as a T-1001 appears in the Fox television series, "".
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Barrow's goldeneye Barrow's goldeneye ("Bucephala islandica") is a medium-sized sea duck of the genus "Bucephala", the goldeneyes. This bird was named after Sir John Barrow. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek "boukephalos", "bullheaded", from "bous", "bull " and "kephale", "head", a reference to the bulbous head shape of the bufflehead. The species name "islandica" means Iceland.
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Palpebral (bone) The palpebral bone is a small dermal bone found in the region of the eye socket in a variety of animals, including crocodilians and ornithischian dinosaurs. In ornithischians, it can form a prong that projects from the front upper corner of the orbit. It is large in heterodontosaurids, basal ornithopods such as "Thescelosaurus" (as "Bugenasaura") and "Dryosaurus", and basal ceratopsians such as "Archaeoceratops"; in these animals, the prong is elongate and would have stuck out and over the eye like a bony eyebrow. As paleoartist Gregory S. Paul has noted, elongate palpebrals would have given their owners fierce-looking "eagle eyes". In such cases, the expanded palpebral may have functioned to shade the eye.
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Aquiline nose An aquiline nose (also called a Roman nose or, derogatorily, hook nose) is a human nose with a prominent bridge, giving it the appearance of being curved or slightly bent. The word "aquiline" comes from the Latin word "aquilinus" ("eagle-like"), an allusion to the curved beak of an eagle. While some have ascribed the aquiline nose to specific ethnic, racial, or geographic groups, and in some cases associated it with other supposed non-physical characteristics (i.e. intelligence, status, personality, etc., "see below"), no scientific studies or evidence support any such linkage. As with many phenotypical expressions (e.g. 'widow's peak', eye color, earwax type) it is found in many geographically diverse populations.
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Diceratherium Diceratherium is an extinct genus of rhinoceros endemic to North America, Europe, and Asia during the Oligocene through Miocene living from 33.9—11.6 mya, existing for approximately . Mass estimates for the type species, "D. armatum" average around 1 t
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Paraceratherium Paraceratherium is an extinct genus of hornless rhinoceros, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals that has ever existed. It lived from the early to late Oligocene epoch (34–23 million years ago); its remains have been found across Eurasia between China and the Balkans. It is classified as a member of the hyracodont subfamily Indricotheriinae. "Paraceratherium" means "near the hornless beast", in reference to "Aceratherium", a genus that was once thought similar.
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Solo family The Solo family is a fictional family of characters in the "Star Wars" franchise. Introduced in the 1977 film "Star Wars", smuggler Han Solo is initially a morally ambiguous character but evolves into one of the heroes of the film. He is also a major character in the sequels "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980), "Return of the Jedi" (1983) and "" (2015). In "The Force Awakens", Han and Princess Leia have a son named Ben Solo.