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Tauraspis rara

Tauraspis rara Mark-Kurik & Janvier, 1995AgnathaCephalaspidomorphiOsteostraciBenneviaspidida Early DevonianSpokoinaya Fm (Pragian)Severnaya Zelmya Archipelago, RussiaLength: 10 cmThis rare and...

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Chilesaurus diegosuarezi

Chilesaurus diegosuarezi Novas et al., 2015DinosauriaSaurischiaTheropodaTetanurae Late JurassicToqui Fm (Tithonian)ChileLength: 2 mKnown from several individuals at different ontogenic stages,...

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Euparkeria capensis

Euparkeria capensis Broom, 1913ReptiliaArchosauromorphaArchosauriformesEuparkeriidae Middle TriassicCynognathus a.z. (Anisian)South AfricaLength: 50 cmEuparkeria was a lightly built small predator that...

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Yi qi

Yi qi Xu et al., 2015DinosauriaTheropodaManiraptoraScansoriopterygidae Late JurassicTiaojishan Fm (Callovian-Oxfordian)Hebei, ChinaLength: 25 cmYi qi is probably the biggest paleontological sensation...

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Pituriaspis doylei

Pituriaspis doylei Young, 1991AgnathaPituriaspidaEarly-Middle DevonianCravens Peak Bed, Geogina Basin (Emsian-Eifelian)Southwestern Queensland, AustraliaLength: 10 cmPituriaspis is the best known of...

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Priscomyzon riniensis

Priscomyzon riniensis Gess et al., 2006AgnathaHyperoartiaPetromyzontiformesLate DevonianWitpoort Fm, Witteberg Group (Famennian)South AfricaLength: 4 cmLampreys probably appear very early during the...

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Kannemeyeria simocephalus

Kannemeyeria simocephalus (Weithofer, 1888)SynapsidaTherapsidaDicynodontiaKannemeyeriidaeEarly-Middle TriassicLower part of the Cynognathus az, Beaufort gr (Late Olenekian- Early-Anisian)South...

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Mesomyzon mengae

Mesomyzon mengae Chang, Zhang & Miao, 2006AgnathaHyperoartiaPetromyzontiformesEarly CretaceousYixian Fm (Berriasian)Nei Mongol, ChinaLength: 8 cmMesomyzon was a small freshwater lamprey from the...

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Drepanaspis gemuendenensis

Drepanaspis gemuendenensis Schlüter, 1887AgnathaHetrostraciPteraspidiformesPsammosteidae Early DevonianHunsrück Slate (Emsian)West GermanyLength: 35 cmThe best known member of the psammosteids, this...

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Bothriolepis canadensis

Bothriolepis canadensis (Whiteaves, 1880)PlacodermiAntiarchiBothriolepididae Late DevonianEscuminac Fm (Frasnian)Quebec, CanadaLength: 30 cmThis small and abundant placoderm (armored fish) from the...

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Arthropleura armata

Arthropleura armata Jordan & Meyer, 1854ArthropodaMyriapodaDiplopodaArthropleuroideaArthropleuridaeLate CarboniferousUpper Saarbrucker layer Fm (Westphalian C - Moscovian)GermanyLength: up to 2.5...

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Tremataspis mammillata

Tremataspis mammillata Patten, 1931AgnathaOsteotraciThyestiidaTremataspidoidea Tremataspididae Late SilurianPaadla Fm (Middle Ludlovian)EstoniaLength: 10 cmThis jawless fish was protected by a rounded...

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Eucritta melanolimnetes

Eucritta melanolimnetes Clack, 1998TetrapodaBaphetoideaBaphetidae Early CarboniferousEast Kirkton quarry (Visean)Scotland, UKLength: 25 cmThe name of this Early carboniferous tetrapod means "creature...

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Brachypterygius extremus

Brachypterygius extremus (Boulenger, 1904)ReptiliaIchthyosauromorphaIchthyosauriaOphthalmosauridae PlatypterygiinaeLate JurassicKimmeridge Clay Fm (Kimmeridgian)England, UKLength: 2.5 mThis medium size...

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Cryptoclidus eurymerus

Cryptoclidus eurymerus Phillips, 1871ReptiliaSauropterygiaPlesiosauriaPlesiosauroideaCryptoclididaeMiddle JurassicPeterborough Mbr, Oxford Clay Fm (Callovian)England, UKLength: 3 mIts small flattened...

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Simolestes vorax

Simolestes vorax Andrews, 1909ReptiliaSauropterygiaPlesiosauriaPliosauroideaPliosauridae Middle JurassicPeterborough Mbr, Oxford Clay Fm (Callovian)England, UKLength: 8 mLiving alongside other...

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Trilophosaurus buettneri

Trilophosaurus buettneri Case, 1928ReptiliaDiapsidaArchosauromorphaTrilophosauriaTrilophosauridae Late TriassicTecovas Fm, Dockum Gr (Carnian)Texas, USLength: 2.5 mThis early archosauromorph had a...

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Sacisaurus agudoensis

Sacisaurus agudoensis Ferigolo & Langer, 2006DinosauromorphaDinosauriformesSilesauridaeLate TriassicCaturrita Fm (Norian)Rio Grando do Sul, BrazilLength: 1.5 mThis close relative of dinosaurs was...

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Lewisuchus admixtus

Lewisuchus admixtus Romer, 1972DinosauromorphaDinosauriformesSilesauridaeMiddle TriassicChañares Fm (Ladinian)La Rioja, ArgentinaLength: 1 mThis small meat eating dinosaur precursor is known from...

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Marasuchus lilloensis

Marasuchus lilloensis (Romer, 1972)DinosauromorphaDinosauriformesMiddle TriassicChañares Fm (Ladinian)La Rioja, ArgentinaLength: 40 mThis animal was originally assigned to the genus Lagosuchus, until...

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