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Tag: Chordata

Discosauriscus austriacus (specimen 02)

Partial Discosauriscus skull (D. austriacus) from the early Devonian period

Animalia, Chordata, Czech Republic, Devonian, Discosauriscidae, Discosauriscus, Eukarya, Europe, Fossils, Letovice Formation, Palaeozoic, Phanerozoic, Reptiliomorpha, Seymouriamorpha, Seymourioidea, Tetrapoda

Archeria crassidisca (specimen 01)

Archeria vertebra (A. crassidisca) from the late Pennsylvanian sub-period

A crassidisca, Animalia, Anthracosauria, Archeria, Archeriidae, Carboniferous, Chordata, Embolomeri, Eukarya, Fossils, Moran Formation, North America, Palaeozoic, Pennsylvanian, Phanerozoic, Reptiliomorpha, Tetrapoda, Texas, USA, vertebrae

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

Chelichnus sp. (specimen 03)

Fossilised synapsid footprint (Chelichnus sp.) from the early Permian period

Animalia, Chelichnus, Chelichnus sp, Chordata, Coconino Formation, Eukarya, footprints, Fossils, New Mexico, North America, Palaeozoic, Permian, Phanerozoic, Synapsida, synapsids, Tetrapoda, trace fossils, tracks, USA

Xiphactinus audax (specimen 15)

Xiphactinus fish vertebra (X. audax) from the late Cretaceous period

Actinopterygii, Animalia, Chordata, Cretaceous, Eukarya, fish, Fossils, Ichthyodectidae, Ichthyodectiformes, Ichthyodectinae, Kansas, Mesozoic, Neopterygii, Niobrara Formation, North America, Osteichthyes, Osteoglossomorpha, Phanerozoic, ray finned fish, Smoky Hill Chalk, USA, vertebrae, X audax, Xiphactinus

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

Knightia eocaena (specimen 13)

A knightia fish skeleton (K. eocaena) in matrix 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

Knightia eocaena (specimen 12)

A knightia fish skeleton (K. eocaena) in matrix 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

Atractosteus spatula (specimens 07-11)

Alligator gar scales (A. spatula) from the Pleistocene epoch

A spatula, Actinopterygii, alligator gar, Animalia, Atractosteus, Cenozoic, Chordata, Eukarya, fish, Florida, Fossils, Lepisosteidae, Lepisosteiformes, Neopterygii, North America, Osteichthyes, Phanerozoic, Pleistocene, Quaternary, ray finned fish, scales, scutes and armour, Unknown Formation, USA

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