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Chaohusaurus specimen AGM CHS-5, a nearly complete skeleton that is almost as large as AGM I-1. Large scale bars are 10 cm, and short bars 2 cm.
Taxa Chaohusaurus

Chaohusaurus specimen AGM CHS-5, a nearly complete skeleton that is almost as large as AGM I-1. Large scale bars are 10 cm, and short bars 2 cm.

scale specimen Chaohusaurus skeleton
The holotype and only known specimen of the hauffiopterygian leptonectid, Xiphodracon goldencapensis (ROM VP52596) from Golden Cap, between Charmouth and Seatown, Dorset, UK. The skeleton is exposed in ventrolateral view. The skull has been fully prepared free of matrix whereas most of the skeleton is still in matrix. The left (upper) forefin has been prepared so that it is three-dimensionally preserved and projects upwards. Scale bar represents 20 cm.
Taxa Xiphodracon

The holotype and only known specimen of the hauffiopterygian leptonectid, Xiphodracon goldencapensis (ROM VP52596) from Golden Cap, between Charmouth and Seatown, Dorset, UK. The skeleton is exposed in ventrolateral view. The skull has been fully prepared free of matrix whereas most of the skeleton is still in matrix. The left (upper) forefin has been prepared so that it is three-dimensionally preserved and projects upwards. Scale bar represents 20 cm.

scale United Kingdom holotype specimen +4
Holotype of Alcione elainus. Fig. 6 of: Longrich, N. R., Martill, D. M., & Andres, B. (2018). Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. PLoS biology, 16(3), e2001663. --- Original figure legend: A. elainus FSAC-OB 2, holotype partial skeleton and FSAC-OB 217, metacarpal IV. (A) Holotype right humerus in anterior view, (B) holotype right ulna and radius in anterior view, respectively, (C) holotype sternum in left lateral view, (D) referred metacarpal IV, (E) holotype, distal end of left metacarpal IV and left scapulocoracoid, and (F) holotype right femur in posterior view. Abbreviations: co, coracoid; cr, cristospine; dc, distal condyle; dpc, deltopectoral crest; ect, ectepicondyle; fh, femoral head; gl, glenoid; gt, greater trochanter; hh, humeral head; hum, humerus; mcIV, metacarpal IV, pc, proximal cotyle; pf, pneumatic foramen; rad, radius; scpr, supracondylar process; ste, sternum; uln, ulna.

Holotype of Alcione elainus. Fig. 6 of: Longrich, N. R., Martill, D. M., & Andres, B. (2018). Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. PLoS biology, 16(3), e2001663. --- Original figure legend: A. elainus FSAC-OB 2, holotype partial skeleton and FSAC-OB 217, metacarpal IV. (A) Holotype right humerus in anterior view, (B) holotype right ulna and radius in anterior view, respectively, (C) holotype sternum in left lateral view, (D) referred metacarpal IV, (E) holotype, distal end of left metacarpal IV and left scapulocoracoid, and (F) holotype right femur in posterior view. Abbreviations: co, coracoid; cr, cristospine; dc, distal condyle; dpc, deltopectoral crest; ect, ectepicondyle; fh, femoral head; gl, glenoid; gt, greater trochanter; hh, humeral head; hum, humerus; mcIV, metacarpal IV, pc, proximal cotyle; pf, pneumatic foramen; rad, radius; scpr, supracondylar process; ste, sternum; uln, ulna.

crest humerus Cretaceous Maastrichtian +7
Holotype of Alcione elainus. Fig. 6 of: Longrich, N. R., Martill, D. M., & Andres, B. (2018). Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. PLoS biology, 16(3), e2001663. --- Original figure legend: A. elainus FSAC-OB 2, holotype partial skeleton and FSAC-OB 217, metacarpal IV. (A) Holotype right humerus in anterior view, (B) holotype right ulna and radius in anterior view, respectively, (C) holotype sternum in left lateral view, (D) referred metacarpal IV, (E) holotype, distal end of left metacarpal IV and left scapulocoracoid, and (F) holotype right femur in posterior view. Abbreviations: co, coracoid; cr, cristospine; dc, distal condyle; dpc, deltopectoral crest; ect, ectepicondyle; fh, femoral head; gl, glenoid; gt, greater trochanter; hh, humeral head; hum, humerus; mcIV, metacarpal IV, pc, proximal cotyle; pf, pneumatic foramen; rad, radius; scpr, supracondylar process; ste, sternum; uln, ulna.
Taxa Alcione

Holotype of Alcione elainus. Fig. 6 of: Longrich, N. R., Martill, D. M., & Andres, B. (2018). Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. PLoS biology, 16(3), e2001663. --- Original figure legend: A. elainus FSAC-OB 2, holotype partial skeleton and FSAC-OB 217, metacarpal IV. (A) Holotype right humerus in anterior view, (B) holotype right ulna and radius in anterior view, respectively, (C) holotype sternum in left lateral view, (D) referred metacarpal IV, (E) holotype, distal end of left metacarpal IV and left scapulocoracoid, and (F) holotype right femur in posterior view. Abbreviations: co, coracoid; cr, cristospine; dc, distal condyle; dpc, deltopectoral crest; ect, ectepicondyle; fh, femoral head; gl, glenoid; gt, greater trochanter; hh, humeral head; hum, humerus; mcIV, metacarpal IV, pc, proximal cotyle; pf, pneumatic foramen; rad, radius; scpr, supracondylar process; ste, sternum; uln, ulna.

crest humerus Cretaceous Maastrichtian +7
Photograph of a fossil cast of a Tanycolagreus topwilsoni skeleton taken at the North American Museum of Ancient Life.

Photograph of a fossil cast of a Tanycolagreus topwilsoni skeleton taken at the North American Museum of Ancient Life.

museum cast fossil Coeluridae +2
Mounted skeleton (cast) of Majungasaurus crenatissimus, Stony Brook University.

Mounted skeleton (cast) of Majungasaurus crenatissimus, Stony Brook University.

cast Majungasaurini Majungasaurus skeleton
Plesioplatecarpus planifrons mounted skeleton in the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park, Colorado

Plesioplatecarpus planifrons mounted skeleton in the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park, Colorado

Plesioplatecarpus Plioplatecarpini skeleton
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.

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
Jeholornis prima skeleton (IVPP V13350) on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China.
Taxa Jeholornithiformes

Jeholornis prima skeleton (IVPP V13350) on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China.

museum China Jeholornithidae Jeholornithiformes +1
Jeholornis prima skeleton (IVPP V13350) on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China.
Taxa Jeholornithidae

Jeholornis prima skeleton (IVPP V13350) on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China.

museum China Jeholornithidae Jeholornithiformes +1
Jeholosaurus skeleton
Taxa Jeholosauridae

Jeholosaurus skeleton

Jeholosauridae Jeholosaurus skeleton
Fossil skeleton of Guaibasaurus, a basal Saurischian dinosaur genus
Taxa Guaibasauridae

Fossil skeleton of Guaibasaurus, a basal Saurischian dinosaur genus

fossil Guaibasauridae Guaibasaurus Saurischia +1
Mounted skeleton of Allosaurus fragilis, on display at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Taxa Allosauridae

Mounted skeleton of Allosaurus fragilis, on display at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

museum United States Allosauridae Allosaurinae +2
Mounted skeleton of Allosaurus fragilis, on display at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Taxa Allosaurinae

Mounted skeleton of Allosaurus fragilis, on display at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

museum United States Allosauridae Allosaurinae +2
Mosasaurus skeleton; Maastricht Natural History Museum, The Netherlands.
Taxa Mosasaurini

Mosasaurus skeleton; Maastricht Natural History Museum, The Netherlands.

museum Netherlands Mosasaurini Mosasaurus +2
Mosasaurus skeleton; Maastricht Natural History Museum, The Netherlands.
Taxa Plotosaurini

Mosasaurus skeleton; Maastricht Natural History Museum, The Netherlands.

museum Netherlands Mosasaurini Mosasaurus +2
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