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Reconstruction of the skull of Lagenanectes richterae in right lateral view. Only the anterior part of the skull and lower jaw is preserved in the type and only known specimen. The posterior parts are reconstructed based on the related genus Libonectes.
This reconstruction of Marambionectes molinai, found from the Lopez de Bertodano Formation, is based off of other related elasmosaurs such as Aristonectes and Nakonanectes.
Quarry map and reconstruction of PMO 224.248. (A) Drawing from a combination of field and laboratory drawings in ventral view (modified from Delsett et al. (2016)); (B) skeletal reconstruction of PMO 224.248, where red indicates preserved elements. Scale bar equals 50 cm. Drawn by Aubrey Jane Roberts.
MUHNCAL.20173, holotype specimen of Gondwananectes osvaldoi. A, quarry scheme of the recovered blocks (numbered 1–7). Blocks 1–3 preserve contact surfaces and they are arranged consistently. The position of blocks 4–7 is tentative due to the lack of contact surfaces, although it is based on the anatomical elements preserved. B, schematic diagram of the preserved anatomical elements in MUHNCAL.20173. Abbreviations: c1–c10, cervical centra/vertebrae; d1–d3, dorsal centra; d1na–d3na, neural arches of the d1–d3 dorsal centra; il, ilium fragment; in, indeterminate; lco, left coracoid, lcna, last cervical neural arch; lh, left humerus; lsc, left scapula (ventral process); p1–p2, pectoral centra; pd, posterior dorsal centrum; pna, pectoral neural arch; r, ribs; rh, right humerus (distal); rsc, right scapula (dorsal process). Scale bars represent 10 cm.
Fossil of Eretmosaurus, an extinct reptile-- Took the photo at Natural History Museum, London
A–B, skull in dorsal view; C–E, postcranial skeleton; in left dorsolateral (C) and left lateral (D–E) views. In line drawings (B, E) dark grey tone indicates damage and light grey tone indicates the palate. Abbreviations: ca, caudal vertebra [number following indicates order in preserved series]; ce, cervical vertebra; d, dorsal vertebra; depr, depression; ecto, ectopterygoid; epip, epipterygoid; exp, expanded neural spine apex; fr, frontal; jug, jugal; l., left [followed by name of element]; mx, maxilla; p, ‘pectoral’ vertebra; par, parietal; pmx, premaxilla; po, postorbital; pofr, postfrontal; prfr, prefrontal; qua, quadrate; r., right [followed by name of element]; s, sacral vertebra; sq, squamosal; unexp, unexpanded neural spine apex. Scale bars equal 50 mm (A–B), 20 mm (C), and 200 mm (D–E).
Fossil of Anningasaura, an extinct reptile - Took the picture at Museum of Paleontology, Tuebingen
Macroplata tenuiceps, a pliosaur from the Early Jurassic of Europe, pencil drawing
Outline and overview of the connected slabs TWE 480000454-A, -B, -D, -E, and -M. TWE 480000454-A shows a single plate-like girdle bone (is). TWE 480000454-B contains disarticulated vertebrae from the posterior presacral and sacral region (c1-11, na1-3), fragments of dorsal ribs (dr1, dr2), elements of gastral ribs (unlabelled), the second ischium (is), the round, plate-like pubis (pu), and three bones, most likely representing sacral- or caudal ribs (?cr1-3). TWE 480000454-D, -E, and -M mainly contain dorsal ribs (dr3-9) and elements of gastral ribs as well as two more isolated halves of neural arches (na4, na5), and a caudal rib (cr1).
Fossil - Took the picture at Natural History Museum, Karlsruhe
Fossil with teeth of Macroplacus raeticus from Triassic of Germany, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Skull of Augustasaurus hagdorni in the Field Museum of Natural History.
A color-coded skull diagram of Palatodonta bleekeri, mostly based on a diagram published by Neenan et al. (2013). Some interpretations (such as the presence of a quadratojugal) are based on Maisch (2020). Depicted in left lateral view, mirrored from the original specimen as preserved in right lateral view. Dotted lines indicate missing bone.
Rendering of CT scan segmentation of Xenodens calminechari, MHNM.KHG.331 (holotype), left maxilla; Sidi Chennane, Oulad Abdoun Basin, Morocco; Phosphates, Upper Couche III, uppermost Maastrichtian. (A), lateral view; (B), dorsal view; (C), medial view; (D), ventral view; (E), anterior view. Scale = 50 mm.
Stelladens, teeth of S. mysteriosus (MHNM.KHG.1436, holotype), in (a,f) labial view, (b,g) lingual view, (c,h) anterior view, (d,i) posterior view, (e,j) occlusal view. Abbreviations: ac = accessory carinae; ca = anterior carina, pc = posterior carina. Scale = 5 cm. Sidi Chennane, Oulad Abdoun Basin, Morocco, Lower Couche III, Maastrichtian.
Skeleton mount of Dallasaurus turneri at the Perot Museum
Raeticodactylus filisurensis fossil in Bündner Naturmuseum, Chur.
Raeticodactylus filisurensis fossil in Bündner Naturmuseum, Chur.
Holotype specimen of Bellubrunnus BSP XVIII–VFKO–A12. Scale bare 1 cm.
Type material of Dearc (Scale bar 30 mm) A) a photograph of NMS G.2021.6.1, highlighted in white in the illustration; B) a photograph of NMS G.2021.6.2, highlighted in blue in the illustration; C) a photograph of NMS G.2021.6.3, highlighted in orange in the illustration; D) a photograph of NMS G.2021.6.4, highlighted in green in the illustration.
Life restoration of Harpactognathus gentryii, a pterosaur from Jurassic USA
Jeholopterus ningchengensus Wang, Zhou, Zhang, and Xu, 2002, IVPP V 12705, Lower Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous), China.
Holotype specimen of the anurognathid pterosaur Sinomacrops
Skeletal reconstruction of the Batrachognathus volans holotype.
Photo of a specimen belonging to the anurognathid pterosaur Anurognathus
Holotype skeleton of Wukongopterus lii on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China.
The holotype of Douzhanopterus zhengi gen. et sp. nov. (a) Part of the holotype; (b) close up of the tail, green arrows indicating the anterior and posterior ends of each caudal vertebra; (c) close up of the right foot. Scale bars are 50 mm, 10 mm, and 10 mm in (a,b and c), respectively.
Cuspicephalus scarfi MJMG K1918. A, Original skull on slab of mudstone, Lacking the mandible and dentition; B, outline diagram of preserved bone. Light grey is bone, dark grey is fibrous bone of sagittal crest, black is dental alveoli where unambiguous; C restoration of skull outline, with hypothetical lower jaw. Scale bar = 50 mm. Abbreviation: j, jugal; naof, nasoantorbital fenestra; m, maxilla; o, orbit; pm, premaxilla; q, quadrate; sc, sagittal crest; sq, squamosal; tr np, trace of nasal process.