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Tag: Cenozoic

Odobenus rosmarus (specimen 03)

Walrus tooth (O. rosmarus) from the Pleistocene epoch

Alaska, Amniota, Animalia, Caniformia, Carnivora, Cenozoic, Chordata, Eukarya, Fossils, Mammalia, mammals, marine mammals, North America, O rosmarus, Odobenidae, Odobenus, Phanerozoic, Pinnipedia, Pleistocene, Quaternary, Synapsida (non-mammalian), teeth, Tetrapoda, Unknown Formation, USA, Walrus

Mammuthus columbi (specimen 02)

Columbian mammoth tooth fragment (M. columbi) from the late Pleistocene epoch

Amniota, Animalia, bone fragments, Cenozoic, Chordata, Elephantidae, Elephantina, Elephantini, Elephantoidea, Eukarya, Fossils, Hawthorn Formation, M columbi, Mammalia, mammals, mammoths, Mammuthus, North America, Phanerozoic, Pleistocene, Proboscidea, Quaternary, south carolina, Synapsida (non-mammalian), teeth, Tetrapoda, USA

Physeter macrocephalus (specimen 01)

Sperm whale tooth (P. macrocephalus) from the Neogene period

Amniota, Animalia, Artiodactyla, Canada, Cenozoic, Cetacea, cetaceans, Chordata, Eukarya, Fossils, Mammalia, mammals, marine mammals, Neogene, North America, Oceanic Regions, Odontoceti, Other Locations, P macrocephalus, Phanerozoic, Physeter, Physeteridae, St Lawrence Seaway, Synapsida (non-mammalian), Tetrapoda, Ungulata, Unknown Formation, USA, whales, Whippomorpha

Hesperotestudo sp. (specimens 15-16)

Giant tortoise spurs (Hesperotestudo sp.) from the Pleistocene epoch

Amniota, Animalia, Cenozoic, Chordata, Cryptodira, Eukarya, Florida, Hesperotestudo, Hesperotestudo sp, North America, Phanerozoic, Pleistocene, Quaternary, reptiles, Reptilia, spurs and claws, Testudinata, Testudines, Testudinidae, Tetrapoda, turtles and tortoises, Unknown Formation, USA

Alligator mississippiensis (specimen 08)

American alligator tooth (A. mississippiensis) from the Pleistocene epoch

A mississippiensis, Alligator, Alligatoridae, alligators, american alligator, Amniota, Animalia, Archosauria, Cenozoic, Chordata, Crocodilia, crocodilians, Eukarya, Florida, North America, Phanerozoic, Pleistocene, Pseudosuchia, Quaternary, reptiles, Reptilia, Suchia, teeth, Tetrapoda, Unknown Formation, USA

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

Nantan Meteorite (specimen 04)

A small specimen of Nantan meteorite

Asia, Cenozoic, China, Guangxi, Holocene, Meteorites, nantan, Not Fossils, Phanerozoic, Quaternary, Unknown Formation

Campo del Cielo Meteorite (specimen 03)

A small specimen of Campo del Cielo meteorite fragment

Argentina, Campo del Cielo, Cenozoic, Holocene, Meteorites, Not Fossils, Phanerozoic, Quaternary, South America, Unknown Formation

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

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