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Tag: USA

Neuropteris sp. (specimen 01)

Seed fern imprints in shale (Neuropteris sp.) from the Pennsylvanian sub-period

Allegheny Formation, Carboniferous, Embryophyta, Eukarya, Euphyllophytina, ferns, Fossils, Lignophyta, Medullosalles, Neurodontopteridaceae, Neuropteris, Neuropteris sp, North America, Palaeozoic, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvanian, Phanerozoic, Plantae, plants, Pteridospermatophyta, seed ferns, Spermatophyta, Streptobionta, Tracheophyta, USA

Polypodiidae sp. (specimens 01-02)

Fern imprints (Polypodiidae sp.) in shale from the Triassic period

Embryophyta, Eukarya, Euphyllophytina, ferns, Fossils, Mesozoic, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, Plantae, plants, Polypodiidae, Polypodiidae sp, Polypodiopsida, Streptobionta, Tracheophyta, Triassic, Unknown Formation, USA

Eurypterus remipes (specimen 01)

Eurypterus head plate, swimming paddle, and four thorax plates (E. remipes) in shale from the late Silurian period

Animalia, Arthropoda, Bertie Group, Chelicerata, Dekatriata, E remipes, Euchelicerata, Eukarya, Eurypterida, Eurypteridae, eurypterids, Eurypteroidea, Eurypterus, Fiddler's Green Dolomite, Fossils, New York, North America, Palaeozoic, Phanerozoic, Planaterga, Prosomapoda, sea scorpions, Silurian, USA

Paraspirifer bownockeri (specimen 01)

Brachiopod (P. bownockeri) from the middle Devonian period

Animalia, Brachiopoda, brachiopods, Brachiozoa, Delthyridina, Delthyridoidea, Devonian, Eukarya, Fossils, Hysterolitidae, Lophophorata, North America, Ohio, P bownockeri, Palaeozoic, Paraspirifer, Phanerozoic, Rhynchonellata, Rhynchonelliformea, Shells, Spiriferida, Unknown Formation, USA

Dimetrodon limbatus (specimen 02)

Partial dimetrodon sail spine process (D. limbatus) from the early Permian period

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

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

Tullimonstrum gregarium (specimen 01)

Partial tully monster (T. gregarium) in nodule from the middle Pennsylvanian sub-period

Animalia, Carbondale Formation, Carboniferous, Eukarya, Fossils, Francis Creek Shale, Illinois, Mazon Creek Fossil Beds, North America, Palaeozoic, Pennsylvanian, Phanerozoic, T gregarium, Tullimonstrum, Tully Monster, USA

Didontogaster cordylina (specimen 01-AB)

Polychaete worm (D. cordylina) in nodule from the middle Pennsylvanian sub-period

Animalia, Annelida, Carbondale Formation, Carboniferous, D cordylina, Didontogaster, Eukarya, Fossils, Francis Creek Shale, Illinois, North America, Palaeozoic, Pennsylvanian, Phanerozoic, Polyachaeta incertae sedis, Polychaeta, Polychaeta fossils incertae sedis, USA, worms

Chelichnus sp. (specimen 03)

Fossilised synapsid footprint (Chelichnus sp.) from the early Permian period

Animalia, Chelichnus, Chelichnus sp, Chordata, Coconino Formation, Eukarya, footprints, Fossils, New Mexico, North America, Palaeozoic, Permian, Phanerozoic, Synapsida, synapsids, Tetrapoda, trace fossils, tracks, USA

Gastrolith (specimen 02)

A gizzard stone (gastrolith) from the Mesozoic era

dinosaurs, Fossils, gizzard stone, Mesozoic, North America, North Carolina, Not Fossils, Phanerozoic, trace fossils, Unknown Formation, USA

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