A to Z game

[laurentina]

Ursus maritimus tyrannus 11'000 BC

[lmviterbo]

ʻUla-ʻai-hawane (Ciridops anna), a small Hawaiian honeycreeper
"The last confirmed sighting of the bird was in the Kohala Mountains in 1892; a bird apparently sporting the rather distinctive coloration of this species was also seen in 1937, but too briefly to be unequivocally identified." (Wikipedia)


Oops, sorry, I had missed laurentina's Ursus maritimus!

V was harder to find.

Vascoceras genus of Cretaceous ammonites (90-100 million years ago)

[Eriks]

Wannanosaurus

[erasmuston]

Xenicus (Traversia) lyalli
(Stephens Island wren)

[lmviterbo]

Yunnan lake newt (Cynops wolterstorffi)
"Despite extensive surveys, it has not been seen since 1979, and is therefore considered extinct." (Wikipedia)

[Eriks]

Zalmoxes

[LArdennais]

What's now the next thema, Eriks ?

[Eriks]

What's now the next thema, Eriks ?

Let's say:
Military and political leaders from world war 2.

[laurentina]

Adolf H.....
as I don't want to post a picture of that guy I take one of Charlie Chaplins movie 'the great dictator'

[Eriks]

General Omar Bradley, American general in North Africa and Europe.

[Aatos99]

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Field marshal of Finnish army, the president of Finland (1944-1946)

[laurentina]

Pierre Dupong Prime minister of Luxembourg 1937-53 (1940-1944 in exile)

[Eriks]

General Eremenko, marshal of the USSR.
Battle of Stalingrad
Invasion of Poland in 1939

[laurentina]

Franz Josef II, Prince of Liechtenstein

[Eriks]

Heinz Guderian, German general of the 2nd tank division. Highly succesfull in poland, Benelux and France. Dismissed and fired after several conflicts with Hitler. After the war he helped in building up a new Bunderwehr in West-Germany.