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Tag: Animalia

Tropisternus sp. (specimen 04)

Water scavenger beetle (Tropisternus sp.) from the Pleistocene epoch

Animalia, Arthropoda, beetles, California, Cenozoic, Coleoptera, Dicondylia, Endopterygota, Eukarya, Fossils, Hexapoda, Hydrophilidae, Hydrophilinae, Hydrophilini, Hydrophiloidea, Insecta, insects, McKittrick Tar Pits, Neoptera, North America, Phanerozoic, Pleistocene, Polyphaga, Pterygota, Quaternary, Rancho La Brea Formation, tar pits, Tropisternus, Tropisternus sp, USA

Trichoptera sp. (specimen 03)

Caddisfly (Trichoptera sp.) in amber from the Quaternary period

amber, Amphiesmenoptera, Animalia, Arthropoda, caddisfly, Cenozoic, Dicondylia, Endopterygota, Eukarya, Europe, Fossils, Hexapoda, Insecta, insects, Neoptera, Panorpida, Phanerozoic, Poland, Pterygota, Quaternary, Trichoptera, Trichoptera sp, Unknown Formation

Diptera sp. (specimen 02)

Flies (Diptera sp.) in amber

amber, Animalia, Antliophora, Arthropoda, Dicondylia, Diptera, Diptera sp, Endopterygota, Eukarya, flies, Fossils, Hexapoda, Insecta, insects, Neoptera, Panorpida, Pterygota, Unknown Formation, Unknown Location, Unknown Time Period

Culicidae sp. (specimen 01)

Mosquito (Culicidae sp.) in amber from the Quaternary period

Africa, amber, Animalia, Antliophora, Arthropoda, Cenozoic, Culicidae, Culicidae sp, Culicoidea, Culicomorpha, Dicondylia, Diptera, Endopterygota, Eukarya, Hexapoda, Insecta, insects, Madagascar, mosquito, Nematocera, Neoptera, Panorpida, Phanerozoic, Pterygota, Quaternary, Unknown Formation

Araneida sp. (specimen 01)

Spider (Araneida sp.) in amber from the late Cretaceous period

amber, Animalia, Arachnida, arachnids, Araneae, Araneida, Araneida sp, Arthropoda, Baltic Sea Region, Chelicerata, Cretaceous, Dekatriata, Euchelicerata, Eukarya, Europe, Fossils, Mesozoic, Phanerozoic, Planaterga, Prosomapoda, spiders, Unknown Formation

Eurypterus remipes (specimen 01)

Eurypterus head plate, swimming paddle, and four thorax plates (E. remipes) in shale from the late Silurian period

Animalia, Arthropoda, Bertie Group, Chelicerata, Dekatriata, E remipes, Euchelicerata, Eukarya, Eurypterida, Eurypteridae, eurypterids, Eurypteroidea, Eurypterus, Fiddler's Green Dolomite, Fossils, New York, North America, Palaeozoic, Phanerozoic, Planaterga, Prosomapoda, sea scorpions, Silurian, USA

Rhynchonella sp. (specimen 02)

Brachiopod (Rhynchonella sp.) from the Devonian period

Africa, Animalia, Brachiopoda, brachiopods, Brachiozoa, Devonian, Eukarya, Fossils, Lophophorata, Morocco, Palaeozoic, Phanerozoic, Rhynchonella, Rhynchonella sp, Rhynchonellata, Rhynchonellida, Rhynchonellidae, Rhynchonelliformea, Shells, Unknown Formation

Paraspirifer bownockeri (specimen 01)

Brachiopod (P. bownockeri) from the middle Devonian period

Animalia, Brachiopoda, brachiopods, Brachiozoa, Delthyridina, Delthyridoidea, Devonian, Eukarya, Fossils, Hysterolitidae, Lophophorata, North America, Ohio, P bownockeri, Palaeozoic, Paraspirifer, Phanerozoic, Rhynchonellata, Rhynchonelliformea, Shells, Spiriferida, Unknown Formation, USA

Dimetrodon limbatus (specimen 02)

Partial dimetrodon sail spine process (D. limbatus) from the early Permian period

Amniota, Animalia, bone fragments, Chordata, D limbatus, dimetrodon, Eukarya, Fossils, North America, Palaeozoic, Pelycosauria, Permian, Phanerozoic, Red Beds of Texas and Oklahoma, Sphenacodontidae, Sphenacodontinae, Synapsida, synapsids, Tetrapoda, Texas, Texas Red Beds, USA

Dimetrodon limbatus (specimen 01)

Juvenile dimetrodon claw (D. limbatus) from the early Permian period

Amniota, Animalia, Chordata, D limbatus, dimetrodon, Eukarya, Fossils, North America, Palaeozoic, Pelycosauria, Permian, Phanerozoic, Red Beds of Texas and Oklahoma, Sphenacodontidae, Sphenacodontinae, spurs and claws, Synapsida, synapsids, Tetrapoda, Texas, Texas Red Beds, USA

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