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Tag: Cenozoic

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

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

Cidaroida sp. (specimen 03)

Primitive urchin spine (Cidaroida sp.) from the Eocene epoch

Animalia, Cenozoic, Cidaroida, Echinodermata, echinoderms, Echinoidea, Echinozoa, Eocene, Eukarya, Fossils, Palaeogene, Perischoechinoidea, Phanerozoic, scutes and armour, spurs and claws, Unknown Formation, Unknown Location, urchins

Clypeasteroida sp. (specimen 02)

Fossilised sand dollar (Clypeasteroida sp.) from the Eocene epoch

Animalia, Cenozoic, Clypeasteroida, Clypeasteroida sp, Echinodermata, echinoderms, Echinoidea, Echinozoa, Eocene, Euechinoidea, Eukarya, Fossils, Gnathostomata, Palaeogene, Phanerozoic, sand dollar, Unknown Formation, Unknown Location

Echinoidea sp. (specimen 01)

Urchin spine (Echinoidea sp.) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, Echinodermata, echinoderms, Echinoidea, Echinoidea sp, Echinozoa, Eukarya, Fossils, Miocene, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, scutes and armour, spurs and claws, urchins, USA, Yorktown Formation

Glycymeris sp. (specimen 05)

Bittersweet clam shell (Glycymeris sp.) from the Pliocene epoch

Animalia, Arcida, Arcoidea, bivalves, Bivalvia, Cenozoic, clams, duplin formation, Eukarya, Fossils, Glycymerididae, Glycymeris, Glycymeris sp, kirby sand pits, Mollusca, Neogene, North America, Phanerozoic, pliocene, Pteriomorphia, south carolina, USA

Carditamera arata (specimen 04)

Marine clam shell (C. arata) from the Pliocene epoch

Animalia, Archiheterodonta, bivalves, Bivalvia, C arata, Carditamera, Carditida, Carditidae, Carditoidea, Cenozoic, clams, duplin formation, Eukarya, Fossils, Heterodonta, kirby sand pits, Mollusca, Neogene, North America, Phanerozoic, pliocene, Shells, south carolina, USA

Cerastoderma sp. (specimen 02)

Cockle shell (Cerastodermata sp.) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, bivalves, Bivalvia, Cardiida, Cardiidae, Cardioidea, Cenozoic, Cerastoderma, Cerastoderma sp, Chesapeake Group, cockle shell, Euheterodonta, Eukarya, Fossils, Heterodonta, Imparidentia, Lymnocardiinae, Miocene, Mollusca, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, Shells, USA, Yorktown Formation

Knightia eocaena (specimens 14a-14c)

A knightia fish mortality plate (K. eocaena) from the early Eocene epoch

Actinopterygii, Animalia, Cenozoic, Chordata, Clupeidae, Clupeiformes, Eocene, Eukarya, fish, Fossils, Green River Formation, K eocaena, Knightia, mortality plate, Neopterygii, North America, Osteichthyes, Palaeogene, Pellonulinae, Phanerozoic, ray finned fish, USA, Wyoming

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