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Tag: Unknown Formation

Physeter macrocephalus (specimen 01)

Sperm whale tooth (P. macrocephalus) from the Neogene period

Amniota, Animalia, Artiodactyla, Canada, Cenozoic, Cetacea, cetaceans, Chordata, Eukarya, Fossils, Mammalia, mammals, marine mammals, Neogene, North America, Oceanic Regions, Odontoceti, Other Locations, P macrocephalus, Phanerozoic, Physeter, Physeteridae, St Lawrence Seaway, Synapsida (non-mammalian), Tetrapoda, Ungulata, Unknown Formation, USA, whales, Whippomorpha

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

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

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

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

KT Boundary Soil Sample (specimen 06)

A vial of layered soil from the KT (KPg) extinction layer in South Dakota, USA

Cretaceous, Fossils, KPg Extinction, KT Extinction, Mesozoic, North America, Not Fossils, Phanerozoic, Rocks and Minerals, Slope County, Soil Sample, South Dakota, Unknown Formation, USA

Moldavite (specimen 05)

A small specimen of Moldavite

Europe, Germany, Meteorites, Moldavite, Not Fossils, Rocks and Minerals, Unknown Formation, Unknown Time Period

Nantan Meteorite (specimen 04)

A small specimen of Nantan meteorite

Asia, Cenozoic, China, Guangxi, Holocene, Meteorites, nantan, Not Fossils, Phanerozoic, Quaternary, Unknown Formation

Campo del Cielo Meteorite (specimen 03)

A small specimen of Campo del Cielo meteorite fragment

Argentina, Campo del Cielo, Cenozoic, Holocene, Meteorites, Not Fossils, Phanerozoic, Quaternary, South America, Unknown Formation

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