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Complete specimen, excellent mineralization. Presented with a base (exceptional, very good condition)).	
Skull length 18,9 inch ( 28,3 inch with vertebras)

Complete specimen, excellent mineralization. Presented with a base (exceptional, very good condition)). Skull length 18,9 inch ( 28,3 inch with vertebras)

vertebra specimen Platecarpus skull
Crâne de mosasaure d'espèce Platecarpus tympaniticus (squamates, mosasaures).
Provenance : Smoky Hill Chalk, Kansas (aux Etats-Unis).
Date : Crétacé supérieur, période du Campanien, 88 millions d'années avant notre ère.
Collections du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris (France).
Exposé à l'occasion de l'exposition "Un T-Rex à Paris" au Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris (France) du 6 juin au 2 septembre 2018.

Légende du fossile dans cette exposition : "Les mosasaures ne sont pas des dinosaures mais des reptiles marins, très répandus à la fin du Crétacé. Certains genres comme Globidens et Halisaurus sont connus aussi bien aux Etats-Unis qu'au Maroc. Ces animaux étaient d'excellents nageurs, capables de traverser l'Atlantique."

Crâne de mosasaure d'espèce Platecarpus tympaniticus (squamates, mosasaures). Provenance : Smoky Hill Chalk, Kansas (aux Etats-Unis). Date : Crétacé supérieur, période du Campanien, 88 millions d'années avant notre ère. Collections du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris (France). Exposé à l'occasion de l'exposition "Un T-Rex à Paris" au Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris (France) du 6 juin au 2 septembre 2018. Légende du fossile dans cette exposition : "Les mosasaures ne sont pas des dinosaures mais des reptiles marins, très répandus à la fin du Crétacé. Certains genres comme Globidens et Halisaurus sont connus aussi bien aux Etats-Unis qu'au Maroc. Ces animaux étaient d'excellents nageurs, capables de traverser l'Atlantique."

France Morocco Campanian Cretaceous +8
Drawing of the skull of MCZ 4374, the holotype of Macrosaurus proriger (Tylosaurus proriger) from Cope (1870)

Drawing of the skull of MCZ 4374, the holotype of Macrosaurus proriger (Tylosaurus proriger) from Cope (1870)

drawing holotype Drinker Hainosaurus +3
a Skeletal reconstruction of A. greppini. Elements preserved in the material and therefore providing information for the skeletal reconstruction are marked in blue. Because much information is missing from the incomplete skeletal material, the dorsal vertebrae, the proportions and morphology of the cervical vertebrae and the skull were modified from Camarasaurus. b Scaled silhouette drawings of Cetiosauriscus stewarti (in black) and A. greppini (in grey) demonstrating the significant size difference between the two taxa. Scale bar is 1 m

a Skeletal reconstruction of A. greppini. Elements preserved in the material and therefore providing information for the skeletal reconstruction are marked in blue. Because much information is missing from the incomplete skeletal material, the dorsal vertebrae, the proportions and morphology of the cervical vertebrae and the skull were modified from Camarasaurus. b Scaled silhouette drawings of Cetiosauriscus stewarti (in black) and A. greppini (in grey) demonstrating the significant size difference between the two taxa. Scale bar is 1 m

scale drawing Amanzia Camarasaurus +2
Reconstructed skull of the turiasaurian Mierasaurus, based on the holotype UMNH.VP.26004.
Taxa Mierasaurus

Reconstructed skull of the turiasaurian Mierasaurus, based on the holotype UMNH.VP.26004.

holotype Mierasaurus Turiasauria skull
Yizhousaurus sunae skull and jaw
Taxa Yizhousaurus

Yizhousaurus sunae skull and jaw

Yizhousaurus skull
Skull diagram showing the known material of Aardonyx. Based on photographs and measurements in original description and supplementary material. Scale bar = 10 cm
Taxa Aardonyx

Skull diagram showing the known material of Aardonyx. Based on photographs and measurements in original description and supplementary material. Scale bar = 10 cm

scale description Aardonyx skull
Photographs of the skull of BP/1/4779.
(A) Right lateral view. (B) Dorsal view. (C) Left lateral view. Scale bar represents 10 mm. Photographs by Kimberley E.J. Chapelle.
Taxa Ngwevu

Photographs of the skull of BP/1/4779. (A) Right lateral view. (B) Dorsal view. (C) Left lateral view. Scale bar represents 10 mm. Photographs by Kimberley E.J. Chapelle.

scale Ngwevu skull
Skull of the new basal sauropodomorph Leyesaurus marayensis (PVSJ 706). 
Photograph of the skull (A) and
interpretative drawing (B) in lateral view.
Dark grey color represents matrix and light grey color represents foraminae.

Abbreviations: a, angular; aoF, antorbital fenestra; aoFo; antorbital fossa; Apmx, ascending process of the maxilla; d, dentary; f, frontal; itF, infratemporal fenestra; j, jugal; l, lacrimal; laoFo; lacrimal antorbital fossa; mF, mandibular fenestra; mx, maxilla; n, nasal; O, orbit; p, parietal; pf, prefrontal; pm, premaxilla; po, postorbital; rug, platform-like rugosities; q, quadrate; qj, quadratejugal; Rmx, ridge of the ascending process of the maxilla; sa, surangular; snf, subnarial foramen.
Scale bar equals 1cm.
Taxa Leyesaurus

Skull of the new basal sauropodomorph Leyesaurus marayensis (PVSJ 706). Photograph of the skull (A) and interpretative drawing (B) in lateral view. Dark grey color represents matrix and light grey color represents foraminae. Abbreviations: a, angular; aoF, antorbital fenestra; aoFo; antorbital fossa; Apmx, ascending process of the maxilla; d, dentary; f, frontal; itF, infratemporal fenestra; j, jugal; l, lacrimal; laoFo; lacrimal antorbital fossa; mF, mandibular fenestra; mx, maxilla; n, nasal; O, orbit; p, parietal; pf, prefrontal; pm, premaxilla; po, postorbital; rug, platform-like rugosities; q, quadrate; qj, quadratejugal; Rmx, ridge of the ascending process of the maxilla; sa, surangular; snf, subnarial foramen. Scale bar equals 1cm.

scale drawing Leyesaurus skull
Photograph of the skulls NHMD 164741 and NHMD 164758. (A) NHMD 164741 in left lateral view. (B) NHMD 164758 in left lateral view.
Taxa Issi

Photograph of the skulls NHMD 164741 and NHMD 164758. (A) NHMD 164741 in left lateral view. (B) NHMD 164758 in left lateral view.

Issi skull
Three-dimensional skull of BMT 1955.G35.1, Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis. (B) Skull in left lateral view, as reconstructed in 2015. (C) Skull in right lateral view, as reconstructed in 2015. Note the distinctive asymmetric maxilla with long, narrow anterior process. Teeth are not in their original positions. Scale bar represents 20 cm.
Taxa Protoichthyosaurus

Three-dimensional skull of BMT 1955.G35.1, Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis. (B) Skull in left lateral view, as reconstructed in 2015. (C) Skull in right lateral view, as reconstructed in 2015. Note the distinctive asymmetric maxilla with long, narrow anterior process. Teeth are not in their original positions. Scale bar represents 20 cm.

scale Protoichthyosaurus skull
Skull of Megacephalosaurus eulerti FHSM VP-321 in dorsal and palatal view. Right mandible in medial and lateral views.

Skull of Megacephalosaurus eulerti FHSM VP-321 in dorsal and palatal view. Right mandible in medial and lateral views.

Megacephalosaurus skull
Holotype skull of Plesiotylosaurus crassidens (LACM 2759) on display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
Taxa Plesiotylosaurus

Holotype skull of Plesiotylosaurus crassidens (LACM 2759) on display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

museum holotype Plesiotylosaurus skull
Selmasaurus johnsoni mounted skull in the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park, Colorado
Taxa Selmasaurus

Selmasaurus johnsoni mounted skull in the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park, Colorado

Dinosauria Selmasaurus skull
Cast of the skull of Parapsicephalus purdoni (specimen AMNH 1694) in the American Museum of Natural History.
Taxa Parapsicephalus

Cast of the skull of Parapsicephalus purdoni (specimen AMNH 1694) in the American Museum of Natural History.

museum cast specimen Parapsicephalus +1
Achelousaurus horneri skull, collected in Glacier County, Montana, at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana.
The Ceratopsidae are those dinosaurs with head frills.  There are three large subgroups of Ceratopsidae: Centrosaurinae, Ceratopsinae, and Chasmosaurinae. The Triceratopsini are a "tribe" of the Chasmosaurinae -- a genus so vast that it gets the special name "tribe".  The Pachyrhinosaurini are a "tribe" within the Centrosaurinae.

Achelousaurus is a genus within the Pachyrhinosaurini.  So far, only three skulls and some limited skeletal remains have been collected anywhere in the world -- and all of them in Montana.  Their bony frills are quite similar to the Styracosaurus albertensis, although their other skull features (such as big bony bosses on the nose and behind the eyes) are not.
Taxa Achelousaurus

Achelousaurus horneri skull, collected in Glacier County, Montana, at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana. The Ceratopsidae are those dinosaurs with head frills. There are three large subgroups of Ceratopsidae: Centrosaurinae, Ceratopsinae, and Chasmosaurinae. The Triceratopsini are a "tribe" of the Chasmosaurinae -- a genus so vast that it gets the special name "tribe". The Pachyrhinosaurini are a "tribe" within the Centrosaurinae. Achelousaurus is a genus within the Pachyrhinosaurini. So far, only three skulls and some limited skeletal remains have been collected anywhere in the world -- and all of them in Montana. Their bony frills are quite similar to the Styracosaurus albertensis, although their other skull features (such as big bony bosses on the nose and behind the eyes) are not.

museum United States Achelousaurus Centrosaurinae +8
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