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Tag: Pleistocene

Tropisternus sp. (specimen 04)

Water scavenger beetle (Tropisternus sp.) from the Pleistocene epoch

Animalia, Arthropoda, beetles, California, Cenozoic, Coleoptera, Dicondylia, Endopterygota, Eukarya, Fossils, Hexapoda, Hydrophilidae, Hydrophilinae, Hydrophilini, Hydrophiloidea, Insecta, insects, McKittrick Tar Pits, Neoptera, North America, Phanerozoic, Pleistocene, Polyphaga, Pterygota, Quaternary, Rancho La Brea Formation, tar pits, Tropisternus, Tropisternus sp, USA

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

Myliobatiformes sp. (specimen 77)

Ray dental plate (Myliobatiformes sp.) from the Pleistocene epoch

Animalia, Batoidea, Cenozoic, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Eukarya, Fossils, Myliobatiformes, Myliobatiformes sp, North America, Phanerozoic, Pleistocene, Quaternary, skates and rays, south carolina, teeth, Unknown Formation, USA

Mammuthus primigenius (specimen 43)

Woolly mammoth hair (M. primigenius) from the Pleistocene epoch

Amniota, Animalia, Cenozoic, Chordata, Elephantidae, Elephantina, Elephantini, Elephantoidea, Eukarya, Europe, Fossils, hair, M primigenius, Mammalia, mammals, mammoths, Mammuthus, Not Fossils, Phanerozoic, Pleistocene, Proboscidea, Quaternary, Russia, Siberia, Synapsida (non-mammalian), Tetrapoda, woolly mammoth, Yakutia, Yakutia Permafrost

Ursus deningeri (specimens 40-42)

Associated Deninger’s bear (cave bear) phalanges and claw core (U. deningeri) from the Pleistocene epoch

Amniota, Animalia, bears, Caniformia, Carnivora, cave bear, Cenozoic, Chordata, Czech Republic, deninger's bear, Eukarya, Europe, Fossils, Mammalia, mammals, Moravian Karst Formation, Phanerozoic, Pleistocene, Quaternary, spurs and claws, Stránská skála, Synapsida (non-mammalian), Tetrapoda, U deningeri, Ursidae, Ursus

Tapirus veroensis (specimen 39)

Extinct tapir incisor tooth (T. veroensis) from the Pleistocene epoch

Amniota, Animalia, Cenozoic, Chordata, Eukarya, Florida, Fossils, Mammalia, mammals, North America, Perissodactyla, Phanerozoic, Pleistocene, Quaternary, Synapsida (non-mammalian), T veroensis, tapir, Tapiridae, Tapirus, teeth, Tetrapoda, Unknown Formation, USA

Panthera onca (specimen 38)

Jaguar partial upper carnassial tooth (P. onca) from the Pleistocene epoch

Amniota, Animalia, big cats, Carnivora, Cenozoic, Chordata, Eukarya, Felidae, Feliformia, Florida, Fossils, jaguar, Mammalia, mammals, North America, P onca, Panthera, Phanerozoic, Pleistocene, Quaternary, Synapsida (non-mammalian), teeth, Tetrapoda, Unknown Formation, USA

Mammuthus columbi (specimens 36-37)

Columbian mammoth tooth slices (M. columbi) from the late Pleistocene epoch

Amniota, Animalia, bone fragments, Cenozoic, Chordata, Elephantidae, Elephantina, Elephantini, Elephantoidea, Eukarya, Fossils, Hawthorn Formation, M columbi, Mammalia, mammals, mammoths, Mammuthus, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, Pleistocene, Proboscidea, Quaternary, Synapsida (non-mammalian), teeth, Tetrapoda, USA

Mammuthus columbi (specimen 35)

Polished Columbian mammoth ivory (M. columbi) from the late Pleistocene epoch

Amniota, Animalia, Cenozoic, Chordata, Elephantidae, Elephantina, Elephantini, Elephantoidea, Eukarya, Fossils, Hawthorn Formation, ivory, M columbi, Mammalia, mammals, mammoths, Mammuthus, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, Pleistocene, Proboscidea, Quaternary, Synapsida (non-mammalian), Tetrapoda, USA

Glyptotherium arizonae (specimen 34)

A glypotdon scute (G. arizonae) from the late Pleistocene epoch

Amniota, Animalia, Cenozoic, Chlamyphoridae, Chordata, Cingulata, Eukarya, Florida, Fossils, G arizonae, glyptodon, glyptodont, Glyptodontinae, Glyptotherium, Mammalia, mammals, North America, Phanerozoic, Pleistocene, Quaternary, scutes and armour, Synapsida (non-mammalian), Tetrapoda, Unknown Formation, USA, Xenarthra

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