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Tag: reptiles

Desmatosuchus sp. (specimen 18)

Desmatosuchus horn fragment (Desmatosuchus sp.) from the late Triassic period

Aetosauria, Amniota, Animalia, Bull Canyon Formation, Chordata, desmatosuchinae, Desmatosuchus, Desmatosuchus sp, Eukarya, Fossils, Mesozoic, New Mexico, North America, Phanerozoic, reptiles, Reptilia, scutes and armour, spurs and claws, stagonolepididae, Tetrapoda, Triassic, USA

Globidens phosphaticus (specimen 17)

Globidens mosasaur tooth (G. phosphaticus) from the Cretaceous period

Africa, Amniota, Animalia, Chordata, Cretaceous, Eukarya, G phosphaticus, Globidens, Globidensini, Kem Kem Group, marine reptiles, Mesozoic, Morocco, Mosasauridae, Mosasauroidea, mosasaurs, Phanerozoic, Phosphate Beds, reptiles, Reptilia, Squamata, teeth, Tetrapoda

Hesperotestudo sp. (specimens 15-16)

Giant tortoise spurs (Hesperotestudo sp.) from the Pleistocene epoch

Amniota, Animalia, Cenozoic, Chordata, Cryptodira, Eukarya, Florida, Hesperotestudo, Hesperotestudo sp, North America, Phanerozoic, Pleistocene, Quaternary, reptiles, Reptilia, spurs and claws, Testudinata, Testudines, Testudinidae, Tetrapoda, turtles and tortoises, Unknown Formation, USA

Pterosauria sp. (specimen 14)

Pterosaur tooth (Pterosauria sp.) from the Cretaceous period

Africa, Amniota, Animalia, Archosauria, Chordata, Cretaceous, Eukarya, Fossils, Kem Kem Group, Mesozoic, Morocco, Phanerozoic, Pterosauria, pterosauria sp, pterosaurs, reptiles, Reptilia, teeth, Tegana Formation, Tetrapoda

Zarafasaura oceanis (specimen 13)

Elasmosaur tooth (Z. oceanis) from the late Cretaceous period

Africa, Amniota, Animalia, Chordata, Cretaceous, Elasmosauridae, Eukarya, Fossils, marine reptiles, Mesozoic, Morocco, Phanerozoic, Plesiosauria, plesiosaurs, reptiles, Reptilia, Sauropterygia, teeth, Tetrapoda, Unknown Formation, Z oceanis, Zarafasaura

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus (specimens 09-12)

Spinosaurus teeth (S. aegyptiacus) from the late Cretaceous period

Africa, Amniota, Animalia, Archosauria, Chordata, Cretaceous, Dinosauria, dinosaurs, Eukarya, Fossils, Kem Kem Group, Mesozoic, Morocco, Phanerozoic, reptiles, Reptilia, S aegyptiacus, Saurischia, Spinosauridae, Spinosaurinae, Spinosaurus, teeth, Tegana Formation, Tetrapoda, Theropoda

Alligator mississippiensis (specimen 08)

American alligator tooth (A. mississippiensis) from the Pleistocene epoch

A mississippiensis, Alligator, Alligatoridae, alligators, american alligator, Amniota, Animalia, Archosauria, Cenozoic, Chordata, Crocodilia, crocodilians, Eukarya, Florida, North America, Phanerozoic, Pleistocene, Pseudosuchia, Quaternary, reptiles, Reptilia, Suchia, teeth, Tetrapoda, Unknown Formation, USA

Plioplatecarpus sp. (specimen 06)

Mosasaur bone fragment (Plioplatecarpus sp.) from the late Cretaceous period

Amniota, Animalia, Bearpaw Shale Formation, bone fragments, Chordata, Cretaceous, Eukarya, marine reptiles, Mesozoic, Montana, Mosasauridae, Mosasauroidea, mosasaurs, North America, Phanerozoic, plioplatecarpus, plioplatecarpus sp, reptiles, Reptilia, Squamata, Tetrapoda, USA

Prognathodon sp. (specimen 03)

A mosasaur tooth (Prognathodon sp.) in matrix from the late Cretaceous period

Africa, Amniota, Animalia, Chordata, Cretaceous, Eukarya, Mesozoic, Morocco, Mosasauridae, Mosasaurinae, Mosasauroidea, mosasaurs, Phanerozoic, Prognathodon, Prognathodon sp, reptiles, Reptilia, Squamata, teeth, Tetrapoda, Unknown Formation

Alligator mississippiensis (specimen 02)

Dermal scute from an American alligator (A. mississippiensis) from the Quaternary period

A mississippiensis, Alligator, Alligatoridae, american alligator, Amniota, Animalia, Archosauria, Cenozoic, Chordata, Crocodilia, crocodilians, Eukarya, Fossils, North America, Phanerozoic, Pseudosuchia, Quaternary, reptiles, Reptilia, scutes and armour, south carolina, Suchia, Tetrapoda, Unknown Formation, USA

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