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Tag: Eocene

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

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

Knightia sp. (specimen 06)

A small mortality plate of bony fish (Knightia sp.) from the early Eocene epoch

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

Mammalia sp. (specimens 23-25)

Unidentified mammal bone fragments (Mammalia sp.) from the Eocene epoch

Amniota, Animalia, bone fragments, Cenozoic, Chordata, Eocene, Eukarya, Fossils, Mammalia, Mammalia sp, mammals, North America, North Carolina, Palaeogene, Phanerozoic, Synapsida (non-mammalian), Tetrapoda, Unknown Formation, USA

Cetacea sp. (specimen 22)

Juvenile dolphin or porpoise vertebra (Cetacea sp.) from the Eocene epoch

Amniota, Animalia, Artiodactyla, Cenozoic, Cetacea, Cetacea sp, cetaceans, Chordata, dolphins and porpoises, Eocene, Eukarya, Fossils, Mammalia, mammals, marine mammals, North America, North Carolina, Palaeogene, Phanerozoic, Synapsida (non-mammalian), Tetrapoda, Ungulata, Unknown Formation, USA, vertebrae, Whippomorpha

Cetacea sp. (specimen 18)

Whale inner ear cast (Cetacea sp.) from the Eocene epoch

Amniota, Animalia, Artiodactyla, Cenozoic, Cetacea, Cetacea sp, cetaceans, Chordata, Eocene, Eukarya, Fossils, Mammalia, mammals, marine mammals, North America, Palaeogene, Phanerozoic, south carolina, Synapsida (non-mammalian), Tetrapoda, Ungulata, Unknown Formation, USA, whales, Whippomorpha

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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