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Tag: fish

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

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

Enchodus ferox (specimen 05)

Enchodus fish fang (E. ferox) from the late Cretaceous period

Actinopterygii, Aleposauroidei, Animalia, Aulopiformes, Burches Ferry, Chordata, Cretaceous, E ferox, Enchodontidae, Enchodus, Eukarya, fish, Fossils, Mesozoic, Neopterygii, North America, Osteichthyes, PeeDee Formation, Phanerozoic, ray finned fish, south carolina, teeth, USA

Actinopterygii sp. (specimen 04)

Unidentified fish premaxillary jaw bone (Actinopterygii sp.) from the Miocene epoch

Actinopterygii, Actinopterygii sp, Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, bone fragments, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, Chordata, Eukarya, fish, Fossils, Miocene, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Osteichthyes, Phanerozoic, ray finned fish, USA, Yorktown Formation

Actinopterygii sp. (specimen 01-03)

Unidentified ray-finned fish vertebrae (Actinopterygii sp.) from the Quaternary period

Actinopterygii, Actinopterygii sp, Animalia, Cenozoic, Chordata, Eukarya, fish, Fossils, North America, Osteichthyes, Phanerozoic, Quaternary, ray finned fish, south carolina, Unknown Formation, USA, vertebrae
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