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Tag: Cenozoic

Isurus oxyrinchus (specimens 26-30)

Shortfin mako shark teeth (I. oxyrinchus) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Eukarya, Fossils, I oxyrinchus, Isurus, Lamnidae, Lamniformes, mako shark, Miocene, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, Selachimorpha, sharks, shortfin mako, teeth, USA, Yorktown Formation

Hemipristis serra (specimens 18-25)

Snaggletooth shark teeth (H. serra) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, Carcharhiniformes, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Eukarya, Fossils, ground sharks, H serra, Hemigaleidae, Hemipristis, Miocene, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, Selachimorpha, sharks, snaggletooth shark, teeth, USA, Yorktown Formation

Rhinoptera bonasus (specimens 13-17)

Cownose ray dental plate fragments (R. bonasus) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, Batoidea, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, cownose ray, Dasyatoidea, Elasmobranchii, Eukarya, Fossils, Miocene, Myliobatiformes, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, R bonasus, Rhinoptera, Rhinopteridae, skates and rays, teeth, USA, Yorktown Formation

Myliobatoidei sp. (specimens 08-12)

Stingray dental plate fragments (Myliobatoidei sp.) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, Batoidea, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, Eukarya, Fossils, Miocene, Myliobatiformes, Myliobatoidei, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, skates and rays, teeth, USA, Yorktown Formation

Chondrichthyes sp. (specimens 04-07)

Shark vertebral discs (Chondrichthyes sp.) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, Chondrichthyes, Chondrichthyes sp, Chordata, Eukarya, Fossils, Miocene, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, sharks, USA, vertebrae, Yorktown Formation

Carcharodon carcharias (specimen 03)

Great white shark teeth (C. carcharias) from the Quaternary period

Animalia, C carcharias, Carcharodon, Cenozoic, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Eukarya, Fossils, great white shark, Lamnidae, Lamniformes, North America, Phanerozoic, Quaternary, Selachimorpha, sharks, south carolina, teeth, Unknown Formation, USA, white shark

Megacerops coloradensis (specimens 45-46)

Titanothere rib fragments (M. coloradensis) from the Oligocene epoch

Amniota, Animalia, bone fragments, Brontotheriidae, Cenozoic, Chordata, Eukarya, Fossils, M coloradensis, Mammalia, mammals, Megacerops, North America, Oligocene, Palaeogene, Perissodactyla, Phanerozoic, South Dakota, Synapsida (non-mammalian), Tetrapoda, titanothere, USA, White River Formation

Canis latrans (specimen 44)

Coyote claw (C. latrans) from the present day

Amniota, Animal Remains, Animalia, C latrans, Canidae, Caniformia, Canis, Carnivora, Cenozoic, Chordata, coyote, Eukarya, Holocene, Mammalia, North America, Not Fossils, Phanerozoic, Quaternary, spurs and claws, Synapsida (non-mammalian), Tetrapoda, USA

Mammuthus primigenius (specimen 43)

Woolly mammoth hair (M. primigenius) from the Pleistocene epoch

Amniota, Animalia, Cenozoic, Chordata, Elephantidae, Elephantina, Elephantini, Elephantoidea, Eukarya, Europe, Fossils, hair, M primigenius, Mammalia, mammals, mammoths, Mammuthus, Not Fossils, Phanerozoic, Pleistocene, Proboscidea, Quaternary, Russia, Siberia, Synapsida (non-mammalian), Tetrapoda, woolly mammoth, Yakutia, Yakutia Permafrost

Ursus deningeri (specimens 40-42)

Associated Deninger’s bear (cave bear) phalanges and claw core (U. deningeri) from the Pleistocene epoch

Amniota, Animalia, bears, Caniformia, Carnivora, cave bear, Cenozoic, Chordata, Czech Republic, deninger's bear, Eukarya, Europe, Fossils, Mammalia, mammals, Moravian Karst Formation, Phanerozoic, Pleistocene, Quaternary, spurs and claws, Stránská skála, Synapsida (non-mammalian), Tetrapoda, U deningeri, Ursidae, Ursus

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