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Tag: Palaeogene

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

Otodus obliquus (specimen 88)

Extinct mackerel shark tooth (O. obliquus) from the Palaeogene period

Animalia, Cenozoic, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Eukarya, Fossils, Lamniformes, Mackerel shark, O obliquus, Otodontidae, Otodus, Palaeogene, Phanerozoic, Selachimorpha, sharks, teeth, Unknown Formation, Unknown Location

Carcharocles megalodon (specimen 86)

Megalodon shark tooth (C. megalodon) from the Palaeogene period

Animalia, C megalodon, Carcharocles, Cenozoic, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Eukarya, Fossils, Lamniformes, Megalodon, North America, Otodontidae, Palaeogene, Phanerozoic, Selachimorpha, sharks, south carolina, teeth, Unknown Formation, USA

Otodus obliquus (specimen 82)

Extinct mackerel shark tooth (O. obliquus) from the Palaeogene period

Animalia, Cenozoic, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Eukarya, Fossils, Lamniformes, Mackerel shark, O obliquus, Otodontidae, Otodus, Palaeogene, Phanerozoic, Selachimorpha, sharks, teeth, Unknown Formation, Unknown Location

Carcharocles megalodon (specimen 81)

Megalodon shark tooth (C. megalodon) from the Palaeogene period

Animalia, C megalodon, Carcharocles, Cenozoic, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Eukarya, Fossils, Lamniformes, Megalodon, Otodontidae, Palaeogene, Phanerozoic, Selachimorpha, sharks, teeth, Unknown Formation, Unknown Location

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