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Tag: spurs and claws

Dimetrodon limbatus (specimen 01)

Juvenile dimetrodon claw (D. limbatus) from the early Permian period

Amniota, Animalia, Chordata, D limbatus, dimetrodon, Eukarya, Fossils, North America, Palaeozoic, Pelycosauria, Permian, Phanerozoic, Red Beds of Texas and Oklahoma, Sphenacodontidae, Sphenacodontinae, spurs and claws, Synapsida, synapsids, Tetrapoda, Texas, Texas Red Beds, USA

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

Echinoidea sp. (specimen 01)

Urchin spine (Echinoidea sp.) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, Echinodermata, echinoderms, Echinoidea, Echinoidea sp, Echinozoa, Eukarya, Fossils, Miocene, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, scutes and armour, spurs and claws, urchins, USA, Yorktown Formation

Myliobatoidei sp. (specimen 94)

Stingray tail barb (Myliobatoidei sp.) from the present day

Animal Remains, Animalia, Batoidea, Cenozoic, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Eukarya, Holocene, Myliobatiformes, Myliobatoidei, Myliobatoidei sp., Not Fossils, Phanerozoic, Quaternary, skates and rays, spurs and claws, stingray, Unknown Location

Onchopristis numidus (specimens 90-93)

Giant sawfish rostral barbs (O. numidus) from the Late Cretaceous period

Africa, Animalia, Batoidea, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, Cretaceous, Elasmobranchii, Eukarya, Fossils, giant sawfish, Kem Kem Group, Mesozoic, Morocco, O numidus, Onchopristis, Phanerozoic, Pristiorajea, sawfish, Sclerorhynchidae, Sclerorhynchiformes, Sclerorhynchoidei, spurs and claws, teeth, Tegana Formation

Canis latrans (specimen 44)

Coyote claw (C. latrans) from the present day

Amniota, Animal Remains, Animalia, C latrans, Canidae, Caniformia, Canis, Carnivora, Cenozoic, Chordata, coyote, Eukarya, Holocene, Mammalia, North America, Not Fossils, Phanerozoic, Quaternary, spurs and claws, Synapsida (non-mammalian), Tetrapoda, USA

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

Dasypus bellus (specimen 21)

Beautiful armadillo claw core (D. bellus) from the late Pleistocene epoch

Amniota, Animalia, armadillos, Cenozoic, Chordata, Cingulata, D bellus, Dasypodidae, Dasypus, Eukarya, Florida, Fossils, Mammalia, mammals, North America, Phanerozoic, Pleistocene, Quaternary, spurs and claws, Synapsida (non-mammalian), Tetrapoda, Unknown Formation, USA, Xenarthra

Oviraptor philoceratops (specimen 43)

Replica Oviraptor claw (O. philoceratops) based on a claw from the late Cretaceous period

Amniota, Animalia, Archosauria, Chordata, Cretaceous, Dinosauria, dinosaurs, Eukarya, Fossils, Hell Creek Formation, Mesozoic, Montana, North America, Not Fossils, O philoceratops, Oviraptor, Oviraptoridae, Phanerozoic, replica, Replicas, reptiles, Reptilia, Saurischia, spurs and claws, Tetrapoda, Theropoda, USA

Reptilia sp. (specimen 36)

Claw of an unknown species of reptile (Reptilia sp.) from the early Cretaceous period

Africa, Amniota, Animalia, Chordata, Cretaceous, Eukarya, Fossils, Ifezouane Formation, Kem Kem Group, Mesozoic, Morocco, Phanerozoic, reptiles, Reptilia, Reptilia sp, spurs and claws, Tetrapoda

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