Early Echinoderms
Early EchinodermsEchinoderms are today represented by animals that have a radial symmetry in their adult form (starfish, sea urchins, sea lilies, sea cucumbers, brittle stars) but they started as small...
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Early DeuterostomesEarly Deuterostomes (Chordates, Echinoderms and relatives) are represented here with their modern counterparts.Shankouclava anningense Chen et al., 2003 from the Early Cambrian...
View ArticlePalaeochiropteryx tupaiodon
Palaeochiropteryx tupaiodon Revilliod, 1917Systematics: Mammalia Chiroptera PalaeochiropterygidaeSize: 30 cm wingspanType Horizon and Locality: Middle Eocene, Messel Formation (Lutetian), GermanyType...
View ArticleHymenocaris vermicauda
Hymenocaris vermicauda Salter, 1853Systematics: Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Hymenostraca HymenocarididaeSize: 5 cm in length Type Horizon and Locality: Upper Cambrian, Lower "Lingula flags",...
View ArticleIschigualasto Formation
Vertebrate Fauna of the Ischigualasto Formation (Carnian), San Juan Province, ArgentinaType Horizon and Locality: Upper Triassic, Ischigualasto Formation (Carnian) San Juan & La Rioja Provinces,...
View ArticleStaurikosaurus pricei
Staurikosaurus pricei Colbert, 1970Systematics: Dinosauria Saurischia HerrerasauridaeSize: 2 m long Type Horizon and Locality: Late Triassic, Alemoa member, Santa Maria Formation (Carnian), Rio Grande...
View ArticleTrossingen Formation
Vertebrate Fauna of the Trossingen Formation (Middle Norian- Early Rhaetian), Germany and SwitzerlandType Horizon and Locality: Upper Triassic, Knollenmergel member, Trossingen Formation (Middle...
View ArticleBasal Ichthyopterygians
Nasorostrans and Basal IchthyopterygiansRepresented here:Nasorostra:Cartorhynchus lenticarpusMotani et al., 2014 (Early Triassic, Nanlinghu Fm, Anhui, China)Sclerocormus parvicepsJiang et al., 2016...
View ArticleOdontopteryx toliapica
Odontopteryx toliapica Owen, 1873Systematics: Aves Neornithes Neognathae Odontopterygiformes PelagornithidaeSize: 3.5 m wingspanType Horizon and Locality: Early Eocene, London Clay Formation...
View ArticleKimmerosaurus langhami
Kimmerosaurus langhami Brown, 1981Systematics: Sauropterygia Plesiosauria Plesiosauroidea CryptoclididaeSize: 6 m longType Horizon and Locality: Late Jurassic, Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Tithonian),...
View ArticlePuppigerus camperi
Puppigerus camperi (Gray, 1831)Systematics: Reptilia Testudines Cryptodira Chelonioidea CheloniidaeSize: 90 cmType Horizon and Locality: Middle Eocene, Bruxelles Sands Member, Bruxelles Formation...
View ArticleCowielepis ritchiei
Cowielepis ritchiei Blom, 2008Systematics: Anaspidomorphi Anaspida BirkeniiformesSize: 10 cm longType Horizon and Locality: Early Devonian, Dictyocaris member, Cowie Formation (Lochkovian), Cowie...
View ArticlePalaeosinopa didelphoides
Palaeosinopa didelphoides (Cope, 1881)Systematics: Mammalia Eutheria Cimolesta Pantolesta PantolestidaeSize: 70 cm longType Horizon and Locality: Early Eocene, Butte Member, Green River Formation...
View ArticleAugustynolophus morrisi
Augustynolophus morrisi (Prieto-Márquez & Wagner, 2013)Systematics: Dinosauria Ornithischia Ornithopoda Hadrosauridae SaurolophinaeSize: 10 m longType Horizon and Locality: Late Cretaceous, Marca...
View ArticleHydrotherosaurus alexandrae
Hydrotherosaurus alexandrae Welles, 1943Systematics: Sauropterygia Plesiosauria ElasmosauridaeSize: 10 m longType Horizon and Locality: Late Cretaceous, Tierra Loma Member, Moreno Formation...
View ArticlePhenacodus primaevus
Phenacodus primaevus Cope, 1873Systematics: Mammalia Laurasiatheria Scrotifera Euungulata ?Perissodactyla PhenacodontidaeSize: 150 cm longType Horizon and Locality: Early Eocene, Willwood Formation...
View ArticlePlesiotylosaurus crassidens
Plesiotylosaurus crassidens Camp, 1942Systematics: Squamata Mosasauroidea Mosasauridae MosasaurinaeSize: 6.5 m longType Horizon and Locality: Late Cretaceous, Tierra Loma Shale Member, Moreno...
View ArticleMorenosaurus stocki
Morenosaurus stocki Welles, 1943Systematics: Sauropterygia Plesiosauria ?ElasmosauridaeSize: 8 m longType Horizon and Locality: Late Cretaceous, Tierra Loma Shale Member, Moreno Formation...
View ArticleVertebrates from the late Cretaceous of California
Vertebrates from the late Cretaceous of CaliforniaA sampling of the fauna that lived in what is now California during the Late Cretaceous period.Aletopelta coombsiAugustynolophus...
View ArticlePlesiadapis tricuspidens
Plesiadapis tricuspidens Gervais, 1877Systematics: Mammalia Boreoeutheria Euarchontoglires Euarchonta Plesiadapiformes PlesiadapidaeSize: 8 m longType Horizon and Locality: Paleocene, Calciare of...
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