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Holotype specimen (NHMUK PV R1822) of the coloborhynchine anhanguerid Coloborhynchus.
PLATE II(IX). Fig. 1. Anchisaurus colurus MARSH. All extant specimens in approximately 1/5 nat. size. Connecticut red sandstone (Upper Triassic). Manchester, Conn., USA. MARSH's original specimen, preserved at the Yale Museum, New Haven, Conn. Scale bar: 11 cm. Skull: see Pl. I [VIII], forefoot: see Pl. III [X], scapula, hindleg, and pubis: see figures in the text.
Skull of Oohkotokia horneri, gen. et sp. nov. (MOR 433, holotype)
A, Four consecutive track casts of Minisauripus isp.; B, Natural impression slab of second left and right feet tracks; C, Isolated fifth track of Minisauripus isp.
Skeletal cast mount of Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis on display at the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia.
Arcovenator escotae (Theropoda, Abelisauridae), braincase (MHNAix-PV 2011-12) in dorsal view (Lower Argiles Rutilantes Formation, Jas Neuf Sud, Var)
Left ilium of Stokesosaurus clevelandi, Madsen 1974 (UMNH VP 7473), Morrison Formation, Utah, USA, Late Jurassic (early Tithonian).
Figure 24: Reconstruction of Kwanasaurus williamparkeri. (A) Skeletal reconstruction with elements based on individuals of varied sizes, all scaled under the assumption that Kwanasaurus is proportioned similarly to Silesaurus. (B) Life reconstruction. Scale bars = 10 cm, given for probable largest specimen (DMNH EPV.34579) and one of the smallest specimens (DMNH EPV.63139).
Dentary of Echinodon becklesii from the Lower Cretaceous Purbeck Formation of England. Left dentary (NHMUK 48215b) in lateral (A), medial (B), and dorsal (C) views.
A life reconstruction of the titanosaur Aeolosaurus rionegrinus in lateral view. The neck and head reconstructed based on its relative Rapetosaurus; the curvature of the tail is based on da Silva Vidal et al. 2020 (doi: 10.1080/08912963.2020.1745791)
fossil of Prenocephale prenes, an extinct ornithischian
Griffe de Trierarchuncus prairiensis de trois centimètres. Collection Max Rouger.
AMNH 0044, Sphaerotholus buchholtzae, in dorsal view with arrows denoting dorsal lesions
Diamantinasaurus matildae gen. et sp. nov. (AODF 603) A. Right side B. Left side (both silhouettes with sketched in bone parts of the material currently known at publishing date; scale bars: 5 x 5 = 25 m; complemented with height data here)
Fluvionectes sloanae TMP2009.37.68 (Campbell et al., 2021). (A) Recovered skeletal and gastrolith material with the gastroliths arranged in a grid at the lower right. (B) Full complement of gastroliths removed from inside the rib cage of TMP2009.37.68 during preparation. This view is an enlargement of the gastrolith grid seen in (A). Source credit: Sue Sabrowski, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.
Sisteronia seeleyi, basicranium. A, B: basisphenoid (RGHP SI 2) in dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views. C: basioccipital (CAMSM B57943) in posterior view. D: holotype basioccipital (CAMSM B58257_67) in dorsal view. E–G: supraoccipital (RGHP SI 2) in posterior (E) and anterolateral (otic) (F, G) views. H–J: left opisthotic (CAMSM B58257_67) in posterior (H) and anterior (otic) (I, J) views. K: left stapes (RGHP SI 2) in posterior view. Note the extremely reduced (nearly absent) extracondylar area of the basioccipital, a platypterygiine synapomorphy, and the dorsal process posterior to a triangular depression (delineated by the thick dotted line) on the basioccipital, an autapomorphy of Sisteronia seeleyi. Abbreviations: AVSC: impression of the anterior vertical semicircular canal of the otic labyrinth; HSC: impression of the horizontal semicircular canal of the otic labyrinth; PVSC: impression of the posterior vertical semicircular canal of the otic labyrinth; UPL: impression of the utricular portion of the otic labyrinth; Vag: vagus foramen.
Fossil specimen BSP 1935.I.24 (Ctenochasma elegans), an extinct pterosaur
NMV P157390, a referred maxilla of Atlascopcosaurus loadsi (top), and NMV P166409, a cast of the holotype maxilla of Atlascopcosaurus loadsi (bottom).
Fossil skeleton of Qianichthyosaurus zhoui on display at the Geological Museum of China.
* Wintonotitan wattsi gen. et sp. nov. (QMF 7292) (Silhouette with sketched in bone parts of the material currently known at publishing date; scale bar: size unknown — not mentioned in original source)
Skull replica of Vagaceratops at Canadian Museum of Nature
Holotype material of Aegyptosaurus, based on plates in Stromer 1932. Scale bar = 1 meter
Caenagnathasia martinsoni Currie, Godfrey & Nessov, 1994. Mandibles of the holotype CMGP 401/12457 (left) and paratype CMGP 402/12457 (right). Mandibles in dorsal view, ventral view, and right lateral view. Paratype is copied, flipped and paired with the original on the right side.
Skull cast of Anchiceratops ornatus (original specimen: TMP 1983.001.0001) on display at the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History.
Tooth of cf. Zapsalis, with close up of denticles. Specimen UALVP 49582 from the Milk River Formation.
Photograph of a fossil cast of a Keichousaurus hui skeleton taken at the North American Museum of Ancient Life.
Fossil of Leptoceratops at the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa
Restoration of Asiaceratops salsopaludalis a ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan
MSNVE 3714, Ouranosaurus nigeriensis. The mounted specimen as exhibited today at the MSNVE. For scale, the right femur is 920 mm long.
Skeletal reconstructions of Dinosaur Park Formation caenagnathids. Skeletal reconstructions of Citipes elegans (left), Chirostenotes pergracilis (middle), and Caenagnathus collinsi (right), showing variation in skeletal representation and body size. Previously referred material is indicated in white and newly referred material is indicated in red for each taxon. Blue asterisks indicate elements that have been histologically sampled for each taxon. Citipes elegans: dentaries, metatarsal IV; Chirostenotes pergracilis: dentaries, tibia; Caenagnathus collinsi: pubis.
Cranial remains of Arthropterygius chrisorum CCMGE 17–44/13328 (A–J) and PMO 222.669 (L, M). (A, B) Right postfrontal in ventral (A) and dorsal (B) views. (C) Left lateral view on articulated postfrontal, prefrontal and nasal. (D) Left prefrontal in ventral view. (E, F) Right prefrontal in ventral (E) and dorsal (F) views. (G, H) left nasal in dorsal (G) and ventral (H) views. (I, J) Left jugal in medial (I) and lateral (J) views. (K) Cranial reconstruction, showing the depicted elements (colored). (L, M) oblique dorsal view and interpretation of sutures of the skull roof of PMO 222.669. Abbreviations: ffr, facet for the frontal; fnas, facet of the nasal; fpo, facet for the postorbital; fpref, facet for the prefrontal; fqj, facet for the quadratojugal; fsut, facet for the supratemporal; lw, lateral wing of the nasal lamella; nas, nasal; par, parietal; pf, parietal foramen; pref, prefrontal; sut, supratemporal. Both scale bars represent 10 cm.