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Tag: Phanerozoic

Goniatitida sp. (specimen 09)

Goniatite (Goniatitida sp.) from the Devonian period

Africa, Ammonites, Ammonoidea, Animalia, Atlas Mountains, Cephalopoda, cephalopods, Devonian, Eukarya, Fossils, Goniatite, Goniatitida, Goniatitida sp, Mollusca, Morocco, Palaeozoic, Phanerozoic, Unknown Formation

Perisphinctes sp. (specimen 08)

Perisphinctes ammonite (Perisphinctes sp.) from the late Jurassic period

Africa, Ammonites, Ammonitida, Ammonitina, Ammonoidea, Animalia, Cephalopoda, cephalopods, Eukarya, Fossils, Jurassic, Madagascar, Mesozoic, Mollusca, Perisphinctes, Perisphinctes sp, Perisphinctidae, Perisphinctoidea, Phanerozoic, Unknown Formation

Cleoniceras sp. (specimen 07)

A Cleoniceras ammonite (Cleoniceras sp.) from the Cretaceous period

Africa, Ammonites, Ammonitida, Ammonitina, Ammonoidea, Animalia, Cephalopoda, cephalopods, Cleoniceras, Cleoniceras sp, Cretaceous, Eukarya, Fossils, Hoplitidae, Hoplitoidea, Madagascar, Mesozoic, Mollusca, Phanerozoic, Unknown Formation

Belemnitella americana (specimens 02-06)

Belemnite guards (B. americana) from the late Cretaceous period

Animalia, B americana, belemnite, Belemnitella, Belemnitellidae, Belemnitida, Belemnoidea, Burches Ferry, Cephalopoda, cephalopods, Coleoidea, Cretaceous, Eukarya, Fossils, Mesozoic, Mollusca, North America, PeeDee Formation, Phanerozoic, south carolina, USA

Ancyloceratidae sp. (specimen 01)

A partial heteromorph ammonite (Ancyloceratidae sp.) from the Cretaceous period

Ammonites, Ammonitida, Ammonoidea, Ancyloceratidae, Ancyloceratidae sp, Ancyloceratina, Ancyloceratoidea, Animalia, Cephalopoda, cephalopods, Cretaceous, Eukarya, Fossils, Mesozoic, Mollusca, Phanerozoic, Unknown Formation, Unknown Location

Lepidodendron sp. (specimen 01)

Scale tree bark impression (Lepidodendron sp.) from the Triassic period

bark, Embryophyta, Eukarya, impressions, Lepidodendraceae, Lepidodendrales, Lepidodendron, Lepidodendron sp, Lycophytina, Lycopodiophyta, Lycopodiopsida, Mesozoic, Phanerozoic, Plantae, plants, Scale tree, Streptobionta, trace fossils, Tracheophyta, trees, Triassic, Unknown Formation, Unknown Location

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

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