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Category: Fossils

Oviraptor philoceratops (specimens 04-05)

Oviraptor egg shell fragments (O. philoceratops) from the late Cretaceous period

Amniota, Animalia, Archosauria, Asia, Chordata, Cretaceous, Dinosauria, Djadochta Formation, egg shells, eggs, Eukarya, Gobi Desert, Mesozoic, Mongolia, O philoceratops, Oviraptor, Oviraptoridae, Phanerozoic, Reptilia, Saurischia, Tetrapoda, Theropoda, trace fossils

Prognathodon sp. (specimen 03)

A mosasaur tooth (Prognathodon sp.) in matrix from the late Cretaceous period

Africa, Amniota, Animalia, Chordata, Cretaceous, Eukarya, Mesozoic, Morocco, Mosasauridae, Mosasaurinae, Mosasauroidea, mosasaurs, Phanerozoic, Prognathodon, Prognathodon sp, reptiles, Reptilia, Squamata, teeth, Tetrapoda, Unknown Formation

Alligator mississippiensis (specimen 02)

Dermal scute from an American alligator (A. mississippiensis) from the Quaternary period

A mississippiensis, Alligator, Alligatoridae, american alligator, Amniota, Animalia, Archosauria, Cenozoic, Chordata, Crocodilia, crocodilians, Eukarya, Fossils, North America, Phanerozoic, Pseudosuchia, Quaternary, reptiles, Reptilia, scutes and armour, south carolina, Suchia, Tetrapoda, Unknown Formation, USA

Testudines sp. (specimen 01)

Turtle scute fragment (Testudines sp.) from the Miocene epoch

Amniota, Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, Chordata, Eukarya, Fossils, Miocene, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, reptiles, scutes and armour, Testudines, Testudines sp, Tetrapoda, turtles and tortoises, USA, Yorktown Formation

KT Boundary Soil Sample (specimen 06)

A vial of layered soil from the KT (KPg) extinction layer in South Dakota, USA

Cretaceous, Fossils, KPg Extinction, KT Extinction, Mesozoic, North America, Not Fossils, Phanerozoic, Rocks and Minerals, Slope County, Soil Sample, South Dakota, Unknown Formation, USA

Gastropoda sp. (specimen 27)

An unknown snail species (Gastropoda sp.) in a limestone matrix from the Eocene epoch

Animalia, Cenozoic, Eocene, Eukarya, Fossils, Gastropoda, Gastropoda sp, Mollusca, North America, North Carolina, Palaeogene, Phanerozoic, Shells, Snails, Unknown Formation, USA

Terebra sp. (specimens 24-26)

Auger snail shells (Terebra sp.) from the Pliocene epoch

Animalia, auger snails, Caenogastropoda, Cenozoic, Conoidea, duplin formation, Eukarya, Fossils, Gastropoda, Hypsogastropoda, kirby sand pits, Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Neogene, North America, Phanerozoic, pliocene, Shells, Snails, south carolina, Terebra, Terebra sp, Terebridae, USA

Naticidae sp. (specimens 19-23)

Moon snail shells (Naticidae sp.) from the Pliocene epoch

Animalia, Caenogastropoda, Cenozoic, duplin formation, Eukarya, Fossils, Gastropoda, Hypsogastropoda, kirby sand pits, Littorinimorpha, Mollusca, moon snails, Naticidae, Naticidae sp., Neogene, North America, Phanerozoic, pliocene, Shells, Snails, south carolina, USA

Scaphella sp. (specimen 18)

Volute snail shell (Scaphella sp.) from the Pliocene epoch

Animalia, Caenogastropoda, Cenozoic, duplin formation, Eukarya, Fossils, Gastropoda, Hypsogastropoda, kirby sand pits, Mollusca, Muricoidea, Neogastropoda, Neogene, North America, Phanerozoic, pliocene, Scaphella, Scaphella sp, Scaphellinae, Shells, Snails, south carolina, USA, volute snails, Volutidae

Oliva carolinensis (specimens 16-17)

Olive snail shells (O. carolinensis) from the Pliocene epoch

Animalia, Caenogastropoda, Cenozoic, duplin formation, Eukarya, Fossils, Gastropoda, Hypsogastropoda, kirby sand pits, Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Neogene, North America, O carolinensis, Oliva, olive snails, Olividae, Olivinae, Olivoidea, Phanerozoic, pliocene, Shells, Snails, south carolina, USA

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