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Comparison between the tails of for different Ichthyosauria specimens, captions present and in German, from Abel, O. (1919). Die Stämme der Wirbeltiere.

Comparison between the tails of for different Ichthyosauria specimens, captions present and in German, from Abel, O. (1919). Die Stämme der Wirbeltiere.

specimen Ichthyosauria Mixosauridae
Figure description from paper: "Figure 23: Early and Middle Triassic ichthyopterygian heads possessing longirostry.
Simplified outlines of four different Early and Middle Triassic ichthyopterygian heads possessing a long and slender rostrum. Specimens are at the same scale. (A) Utatsusaurus hataii (UHR 30691, Motani, Minoura & Ando, 1998); (B) Grippia longirostris (PMU R445, Motani, 2000); (C) Mixosaurus cornalianus (BES SC 1000, Renesto et al., 2020); (D) Besanosaurus leptorhynchus (PIMUZ T 4847, this paper); (E) Cymbospondylus buchseri (PIMUZ T 4351, Sander, 1989). Scale bar represents 10 cm."
References:

Bindellini, G.; Wolniewicz, A.S.; Miedema, F.; Scheyer, T.M.; Dal Sasso, C. (2021). "Cranial anatomy of Besanosaurus leptorhynchus Dal Sasso & Pinna, 1996 (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic Besano Formation of Monte San Giorgio, Italy/Switzerland: Taxonomic and palaeobiological implications". PeerJ 9: e11179. DOI:10.7717/peerj.11179.

Figure description from paper: "Figure 23: Early and Middle Triassic ichthyopterygian heads possessing longirostry. Simplified outlines of four different Early and Middle Triassic ichthyopterygian heads possessing a long and slender rostrum. Specimens are at the same scale. (A) Utatsusaurus hataii (UHR 30691, Motani, Minoura & Ando, 1998); (B) Grippia longirostris (PMU R445, Motani, 2000); (C) Mixosaurus cornalianus (BES SC 1000, Renesto et al., 2020); (D) Besanosaurus leptorhynchus (PIMUZ T 4847, this paper); (E) Cymbospondylus buchseri (PIMUZ T 4351, Sander, 1989). Scale bar represents 10 cm." References: Bindellini, G.; Wolniewicz, A.S.; Miedema, F.; Scheyer, T.M.; Dal Sasso, C. (2021). "Cranial anatomy of Besanosaurus leptorhynchus Dal Sasso & Pinna, 1996 (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic Besano Formation of Monte San Giorgio, Italy/Switzerland: Taxonomic and palaeobiological implications". PeerJ 9: e11179. DOI:10.7717/peerj.11179.

scale description Italy Switzerland +12
Besanosaurus leptorhynchus referred specimen PIMUZ T 4376, preserved on the same slab as a specimen of the smaller Mixosaurus. Scale bar represents 50 cm (1.6 ft). Figure 3C of Bindellini et al. (2021).
References:

Bindellini, G.; Wolniewicz, A.S.; Miedema, F.; Scheyer, T.M.; Dal Sasso, C. (2021). "Cranial anatomy of Besanosaurus leptorhynchus Dal Sasso & Pinna, 1996 (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic Besano Formation of Monte San Giorgio, Italy/Switzerland: Taxonomic and palaeobiological implications". PeerJ 9: e11179. DOI:10.7717/peerj.11179.

Besanosaurus leptorhynchus referred specimen PIMUZ T 4376, preserved on the same slab as a specimen of the smaller Mixosaurus. Scale bar represents 50 cm (1.6 ft). Figure 3C of Bindellini et al. (2021). References: Bindellini, G.; Wolniewicz, A.S.; Miedema, F.; Scheyer, T.M.; Dal Sasso, C. (2021). "Cranial anatomy of Besanosaurus leptorhynchus Dal Sasso & Pinna, 1996 (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic Besano Formation of Monte San Giorgio, Italy/Switzerland: Taxonomic and palaeobiological implications". PeerJ 9: e11179. DOI:10.7717/peerj.11179.

scale Italy Switzerland Middle Triassic +8
Reconstructed skeleton of the indeterminate Moroccan Cretaceous plioplatecarpine (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae) NMNS005676 F043103, possibly Gavialimimus almaghribensis or an unnamed species (according to Yang, 2022). A collection of the National Museum of Natural Science (Taichung, Taiwan), the specimen was on display in the National Taiwan Museum during a special exhibition.
Taxa Gavialimimus

Reconstructed skeleton of the indeterminate Moroccan Cretaceous plioplatecarpine (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae) NMNS005676 F043103, possibly Gavialimimus almaghribensis or an unnamed species (according to Yang, 2022). A collection of the National Museum of Natural Science (Taichung, Taiwan), the specimen was on display in the National Taiwan Museum during a special exhibition.

museum Taiwan Cretaceous specimen +6
Lithography of specimen ANSP 9534, the lectotype of Deinodon horridus.
Taxa Deinodontinae

Lithography of specimen ANSP 9534, the lectotype of Deinodon horridus.

specimen Deinodon Deinodontinae
PRESERVED_SPECIMEN; ; ; microslide; HOLOTYPE. See: Sanders, Howard L. 1955. The Cephalocarida, a new subclass of Crustacea from Long Island Sound. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 41 (1): 61-66.; CSBR Slide Grant Image 2015; IZ number 3617; lot count 1; Microslide 01, balsam, whole mount; 1954-07-23T00:00:00Z
Taxa Brachypoda

PRESERVED_SPECIMEN; ; ; microslide; HOLOTYPE. See: Sanders, Howard L. 1955. The Cephalocarida, a new subclass of Crustacea from Long Island Sound. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 41 (1): 61-66.; CSBR Slide Grant Image 2015; IZ number 3617; lot count 1; Microslide 01, balsam, whole mount; 1954-07-23T00:00:00Z

holotype specimen Brachypoda
Collage of two protoceratopsids. Bagaceratops (top) and Protoceratops (bottom). These files are already on Commons with their respective licenses. This montage was made for the article Protoceratopsidae on Wikipedia.
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File:Protoceratops specimen MPC-D 100 519.jpg
Taxa Protoceratopsidae

Collage of two protoceratopsids. Bagaceratops (top) and Protoceratops (bottom). These files are already on Commons with their respective licenses. This montage was made for the article Protoceratopsidae on Wikipedia. File:Bagaceratops specimen MPC-D 100 551B.png File:Protoceratops specimen MPC-D 100 519.jpg

specimen Bagaceratops Bagaceratopsidae Protoceratops +1
Collage of two protoceratopsids. Bagaceratops (top) and Protoceratops (bottom). These files are already on Commons with their respective licenses. This montage was made for the article Protoceratopsidae on Wikipedia.
File:Bagaceratops specimen MPC-D 100 551B.png
File:Protoceratops specimen MPC-D 100 519.jpg
Taxa Bagaceratopsidae

Collage of two protoceratopsids. Bagaceratops (top) and Protoceratops (bottom). These files are already on Commons with their respective licenses. This montage was made for the article Protoceratopsidae on Wikipedia. File:Bagaceratops specimen MPC-D 100 551B.png File:Protoceratops specimen MPC-D 100 519.jpg

specimen Bagaceratops Bagaceratopsidae Protoceratops +1
Restored skull and neck vertebra of Anzu wyliei (previously labelled as a specimen of Chirostenotes)
Taxa Caenagnathidae

Restored skull and neck vertebra of Anzu wyliei (previously labelled as a specimen of Chirostenotes)

vertebra specimen Anzu Caenagnathidae +4
Restored skull and neck vertebra of Anzu wyliei (previously labelled as a specimen of Chirostenotes)
Taxa Caenagnathinae

Restored skull and neck vertebra of Anzu wyliei (previously labelled as a specimen of Chirostenotes)

vertebra specimen Anzu Caenagnathidae +4
Restored skull and neck vertebra of Anzu wyliei (previously labelled as a specimen of Chirostenotes)
Taxa Elmisaurinae

Restored skull and neck vertebra of Anzu wyliei (previously labelled as a specimen of Chirostenotes)

vertebra specimen Anzu Caenagnathidae +4
Skull of the Middle Triassic North-American ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus petrinus, preserved in three dimensions. This specimen is cataloged under the number UCMP 9913. More information is available from the source link.
Taxa Hueneosauria

Skull of the Middle Triassic North-American ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus petrinus, preserved in three dimensions. This specimen is cataloged under the number UCMP 9913. More information is available from the source link.

museum Middle Triassic Triassic specimen +5
Skull of the Middle Triassic North-American ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus petrinus, preserved in three dimensions. This specimen is cataloged under the number UCMP 9913. More information is available from the source link.
Taxa Longipinnati

Skull of the Middle Triassic North-American ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus petrinus, preserved in three dimensions. This specimen is cataloged under the number UCMP 9913. More information is available from the source link.

museum Middle Triassic Triassic specimen +5
Skull of Pteranodon sp. (specimen AMNH 7515) in the American Museum of Natural History.
Taxa Pteranodontia

Skull of Pteranodon sp. (specimen AMNH 7515) in the American Museum of Natural History.

museum specimen Aponyctosauria Pteranodon +2
Skull of Pteranodon sp. (specimen AMNH 7515) in the American Museum of Natural History.
Taxa Aponyctosauria

Skull of Pteranodon sp. (specimen AMNH 7515) in the American Museum of Natural History.

museum specimen Aponyctosauria Pteranodon +2
Holotype fossil specimen SMNS 12591 of Procompsognathus
Taxa Procompsognathus

Holotype fossil specimen SMNS 12591 of Procompsognathus

fossil holotype specimen Procompsognathinae +1
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hunting predator Egypt fossil specimen discovery evolution
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tooth Ethiopia fossil specimen discovery evolution
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