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A trackway of the trace fossil Bifurculapes laqueatus (positive hyporelief, i.e. casts on the bottom surface of the bed) from the Early Jurassic East Berlin Formation (Hartford Basin) of Holyoke, Massachusetts (not the same specimen as this one). Scale is in cm.
Formations East Berlin

A trackway of the trace fossil Bifurculapes laqueatus (positive hyporelief, i.e. casts on the bottom surface of the bed) from the Early Jurassic East Berlin Formation (Hartford Basin) of Holyoke, Massachusetts (not the same specimen as this one). Scale is in cm.

écaille East Berlin Jurassique inférieur Jurassique +4
Fossil eggs of the oospecies Macroelongatoolithus carlylei (believed to be the eggs of giant oviraptorosaurs) from the Cedar Mountain Formation of North America. At the SECU Dinolab of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Fossil eggs of the oospecies Macroelongatoolithus carlylei (believed to be the eggs of giant oviraptorosaurs) from the Cedar Mountain Formation of North America. At the SECU Dinolab of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

musée Cedar Mountain fossile Macroelongatoolithus +2
Paleogeography and paleoclimate of the Late Jurassic - 150 Ma with dinosaur fossil localities:
A = Tendaguru Formation, Tanzania
C1 =  Shishugou & Kalazha Formations, China
C2 =  Shangshaximiao (Upper Shaximiao) Formation, China
E1 =  Sables de Glos, Argiles d’Octeville, Marnes de Bléville, Kimmeridge Clay, Calcareous Grit, Corallian Oolite, Oxford Clay, Portland Stone, England & France
E2 = Villar del Arzobispo, Alcobaça, Guimarota, Sobral, Amoreira-Porto Novo, Bombarral, Freixial, Lourinhã Formations, Spain & Portugal
M1-6 = Morrison Formation, United States
S1 =  Toquí & Cañadón Calcáreo Formations, Chile & Argentina

Paleogeography and paleoclimate of the Late Jurassic - 150 Ma with dinosaur fossil localities: A = Tendaguru Formation, Tanzania C1 = Shishugou & Kalazha Formations, China C2 = Shangshaximiao (Upper Shaximiao) Formation, China E1 = Sables de Glos, Argiles d’Octeville, Marnes de Bléville, Kimmeridge Clay, Calcareous Grit, Corallian Oolite, Oxford Clay, Portland Stone, England & France E2 = Villar del Arzobispo, Alcobaça, Guimarota, Sobral, Amoreira-Porto Novo, Bombarral, Freixial, Lourinhã Formations, Spain & Portugal M1-6 = Morrison Formation, United States S1 = Toquí & Cañadón Calcáreo Formations, Chile & Argentina

Argentine Chili Chine France +19
A broken concretion with fossils inside; Late Cretaceous Pierre shale, near Ekalaka, Montana.

A broken concretion with fossils inside; Late Cretaceous Pierre shale, near Ekalaka, Montana.

Pierre Shale Crétacé Crétacé supérieur fossile
The distictive banding of the Morrison Formation, a group of rock layers that occur throughout Dinosaur National Monument.  The formation originated as muds and sands laid down by ancient rivers, and some of its outcrops have been found to contain 150-million-year-old dinosaur fossils like those found at the monument's Dinosaur Quarry.

The distictive banding of the Morrison Formation, a group of rock layers that occur throughout Dinosaur National Monument. The formation originated as muds and sands laid down by ancient rivers, and some of its outcrops have been found to contain 150-million-year-old dinosaur fossils like those found at the monument's Dinosaur Quarry.

Morrison fossile Dinosauria formation
Bituminous claystone, Lower Jurassic, Hesselberg, Middle Franconia.
Sedimentary rock of very thin laminated layers (particles less than 0,0002 mm).

Rock formation is known for its rich fossil findings, ex. Ichthyosaur.

Bituminous claystone, Lower Jurassic, Hesselberg, Middle Franconia. Sedimentary rock of very thin laminated layers (particles less than 0,0002 mm). Rock formation is known for its rich fossil findings, ex. Ichthyosaur.

Jurassique fossile Ichthyosauria formation
Map of Cretaceous-aged dinosaur fossil localities of Mongolia.
Gobihadros mongoliensis was collected from Bayshin Tsav in Area C. Open squares indicate Late Cretaceous sites, solid squares represent Early Cretaceous localities. Abbreviations: A, Localities of Western Gobi Desert in Mongolia, mainly group of localities of Nemegtian age (early Maastrichtian), Late Cretaceous; B, Localities of Central Gobi Desert in Mongolia, mainly Djadokhtian age (Campanian), Late Cretaceous; C & D- Localities of Eastern Gobi Desert in Mongolia, mainly Baynshirenian age (Cenomanian-Santonian), Late Cretaceous. Figure has been modified from Tsogtbaatar et al. 2014, Figure 1 [24].

Map of Cretaceous-aged dinosaur fossil localities of Mongolia. Gobihadros mongoliensis was collected from Bayshin Tsav in Area C. Open squares indicate Late Cretaceous sites, solid squares represent Early Cretaceous localities. Abbreviations: A, Localities of Western Gobi Desert in Mongolia, mainly group of localities of Nemegtian age (early Maastrichtian), Late Cretaceous; B, Localities of Central Gobi Desert in Mongolia, mainly Djadokhtian age (Campanian), Late Cretaceous; C & D- Localities of Eastern Gobi Desert in Mongolia, mainly Baynshirenian age (Cenomanian-Santonian), Late Cretaceous. Figure has been modified from Tsogtbaatar et al. 2014, Figure 1 [24].

Mongolie Campanien Cénomanien Crétacé +8
Fossil hunting at Dinosaur Park
Formations Arundel Clay

Fossil hunting at Dinosaur Park

chasse Dinosaur Park fossile Dinosauria
Figure 2: Fossil vertebrate locality of Eric the Red West.
Shore platform looking west, showing undulating erosive boundary (solid white line) between the top of the Anchor Sandstone (AS) and the base of the ETRW Sandstone (ES). White dashed lines indicate selected bedding surfaces. White scale in mid-ground (indicated by arrow) equals 1 m.

Figure 2: Fossil vertebrate locality of Eric the Red West. Shore platform looking west, showing undulating erosive boundary (solid white line) between the top of the Anchor Sandstone (AS) and the base of the ETRW Sandstone (ES). White dashed lines indicate selected bedding surfaces. White scale in mid-ground (indicated by arrow) equals 1 m.

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Fossil of Suevoleviathan- Took the picture at Museum am Lowentor, Stuttgart

Fossil of Suevoleviathan- Took the picture at Museum am Lowentor, Stuttgart

musée fossile Suevoleviathan
Fossil of Suevoleviathan- Took the picture at Museum am Lowentor, Stuttgart

Fossil of Suevoleviathan- Took the picture at Museum am Lowentor, Stuttgart

musée fossile Suevoleviathan
Fossil of Suevoleviathan, an extinct reptile- Took the picture at Museum of Paleontology at Tuebingen

Fossil of Suevoleviathan, an extinct reptile- Took the picture at Museum of Paleontology at Tuebingen

musée fossile Suevoleviathan
Fossil of Suevoleviathan, an extinct reptile- Took the picture at Museum of Paleontology at Tuebingen

Fossil of Suevoleviathan, an extinct reptile- Took the picture at Museum of Paleontology at Tuebingen

musée fossile Suevoleviathan
The Naturmuseum Senckenberg in Frankfurt is the second largest museum of natural history in Germany. It is particularly popular with children, who enjoy the extensive collection of dinosaur skeletons: Senckenberg boasts the largest exhibition of large dinosaurs in Europe. One particular treasure is a dinosaur fossil with unique, preserved scaled skin. The museum contains the world's largest and most diverse collection of stuffed birds with about 2000 specimens.

The Naturmuseum Senckenberg in Frankfurt is the second largest museum of natural history in Germany. It is particularly popular with children, who enjoy the extensive collection of dinosaur skeletons: Senckenberg boasts the largest exhibition of large dinosaurs in Europe. One particular treasure is a dinosaur fossil with unique, preserved scaled skin. The museum contains the world's largest and most diverse collection of stuffed birds with about 2000 specimens.

musée Allemagne fossile spécimen +4
Fossil in the Oxford University natural history museum

Fossil in the Oxford University natural history museum

musée Pérou fossile Peloneustes
Identifier: catalogueoffossi02bri (find matches)
Title: Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural history) ... By Richard Lydekker ..
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors:  British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Geology Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915
Subjects:  Reptiles, Fossil Amphibians, Fossil
Publisher:  London, Printed by order of the Trustees
Contributing Library:  Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor:  Biodiversity Heritage Library

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rface smooth; their terminal faces onlyslightly cupped, transversely ellipsoidal, and somewhat angulatod.Dorsals with longer centra, having nearly flat terminal faces, andforward overhang of upper part. Pectoral girdle of the general typeof Pliosaurus, with a small triangular omostornum between theventral plates of the scapula) (fig. 48), which have a strong ridge 1 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. xlv. p. 49 (1889). 152 SATJKOPTERYGTA. dividing the ventral from the dorsal portion, and are thus more ofthe type of Thaumatosaurus. Pelvis (figs. 53, 54) like that ofPliosaurus, the pubis and ischium uniting to form an obturatorforamen. Relative lengths of humerus and femur unknown.Humerus articulating distally with only the radius and ulna, whichare relatively short, and separated only by a small interval (fig. 52) ;ulna and fibula subreniform, the former being considerably thelarger of the two. This genus may have been directly derived from the Longiros-trine group of Plesiosaurus. Fig. 49.
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Peloneustes philarchus.—Dorsal aspect of the coracoids; from the Oxford Clay of Bedford. Reduced, gl, glenoid cavity. (This and the preceding figure from the Quart. Joum. Geol. Soc.) Peloneustes sequalis (Phillips1). Syn. Pliosaurus cequalis, Phillips2.Pliosaurus sterrodirus, Seeley3. Imperfectly known. Cervical vertebrae with the neural canal•sunk into the centrum, and the pectorals with distinctly concaveterminal faces. Larger than typical examples of the next species. This species was founded upon a femur (fig. 50) from the Kime-ridge Clay of Oxfordshire, which so closely resembles the corre-sponding bone of P.jihilarchus as to indicate its generic identity; the 1 Geology of Oxford, p. 365 (1871).—Plesiosaurus. 2 Loc. cit. 3 Index to Ayes &c. in Cambridge Museum, p. 98 (1869).—No description. PLESI0SATJKIDJE, 153 length of this specimen is 0,572 (23 inches). The undermentionedvertebrae agree in relative size with this femur, and in genericcharacters with those of the ty

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Identifier: catalogueoffossi02bri (find matches) Title: Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural history) ... By Richard Lydekker .. Year: 1888 (1880s) Authors: British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Geology Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915 Subjects: Reptiles, Fossil Amphibians, Fossil Publisher: London, Printed by order of the Trustees Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: rface smooth; their terminal faces onlyslightly cupped, transversely ellipsoidal, and somewhat angulatod.Dorsals with longer centra, having nearly flat terminal faces, andforward overhang of upper part. Pectoral girdle of the general typeof Pliosaurus, with a small triangular omostornum between theventral plates of the scapula) (fig. 48), which have a strong ridge 1 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. xlv. p. 49 (1889). 152 SATJKOPTERYGTA. dividing the ventral from the dorsal portion, and are thus more ofthe type of Thaumatosaurus. Pelvis (figs. 53, 54) like that ofPliosaurus, the pubis and ischium uniting to form an obturatorforamen. Relative lengths of humerus and femur unknown.Humerus articulating distally with only the radius and ulna, whichare relatively short, and separated only by a small interval (fig. 52) ;ulna and fibula subreniform, the former being considerably thelarger of the two. This genus may have been directly derived from the Longiros-trine group of Plesiosaurus. Fig. 49. Text Appearing After Image: Peloneustes philarchus.—Dorsal aspect of the coracoids; from the Oxford Clay of Bedford. Reduced, gl, glenoid cavity. (This and the preceding figure from the Quart. Joum. Geol. Soc.) Peloneustes sequalis (Phillips1). Syn. Pliosaurus cequalis, Phillips2.Pliosaurus sterrodirus, Seeley3. Imperfectly known. Cervical vertebrae with the neural canal•sunk into the centrum, and the pectorals with distinctly concaveterminal faces. Larger than typical examples of the next species. This species was founded upon a femur (fig. 50) from the Kime-ridge Clay of Oxfordshire, which so closely resembles the corre-sponding bone of P.jihilarchus as to indicate its generic identity; the 1 Geology of Oxford, p. 365 (1871).—Plesiosaurus. 2 Loc. cit. 3 Index to Ayes &c. in Cambridge Museum, p. 98 (1869).—No description. PLESI0SATJKIDJE, 153 length of this specimen is 0,572 (23 inches). The undermentionedvertebrae agree in relative size with this femur, and in genericcharacters with those of the ty Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.

musée fossile Peloneustes Pliosaurus +1
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Cet animal ancien fut l'un des premiers à manger des plantes sur terre
dent fossile crâne
Il y a des centaines de millions d’années, les premiers animaux à ramper sur terre étaient de purs mangeurs de viande, alors même que les plantes avaient déjà envahi le paysage. Aujourd’hui, les scientifiques ont découvert un fossile vieux de 307 millions d’années qui réécrit cette histoire : l’un des premiers vertébrés terrestres connus à avoir commencé à manger des plantes. L'animal, nommé Tyrannoroter heberti, était une créature trapue de la taille d'un ballon de football avec un crâne rempli de dents spécialisées conçues pour écraser et broyer la végétation.
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Ces fossiles vieux de 773 000 ans pourraient révéler notre ancêtre humain commun
fossile évolution Homo sapiens
Les fossiles d'une grotte marocaine ont été datés avec une précision remarquable il y a environ 773 000 ans, grâce à une signature magnétique verrouillée dans les sédiments environnants. Les restes d’hominidés présentent un mélange de caractéristiques anciennes et plus modernes, les plaçant à proximité d’un point de branchement crucial dans l’évolution humaine. Ces individus représentent probablement une population africaine proche du dernier ancêtre commun de l'Homo sapiens, des Néandertaliens et des Dénisoviens.
07/02/2026 sciencedaily ⚙ Traduction automatique
Les bébés dinosaures étaient l'épine dorsale de la chaîne alimentaire jurassique
chasse prédateur proie Jurassique fossile Dinosauria
Bien qu’ils soient devenus les plus gros animaux ayant jamais marché sur terre, les sauropodes ont commencé leur vie petits, exposés et seuls. Les preuves fossiles suggèrent que leurs bébés étaient fréquemment mangés par de multiples prédateurs, ce qui en faisait un élément clé de la chaîne alimentaire jurassique. Cet approvisionnement constant en proies faciles peut expliquer pourquoi les premiers prédateurs ont prospéré sans avoir besoin d’adaptations extrêmes en matière de chasse. Les résultats offrent un rare aperçu du fonctionnement réel des écosystèmes de dinosaures.
02/02/2026 sciencedaily ⚙ Traduction automatique
Cette application d'IA peut déterminer quel dinosaure a laissé une empreinte
fossile empreintes Dinosauria oiseau datation découverte
Les empreintes de dinosaures ont toujours été mystérieuses, mais une nouvelle application d'IA perce leurs secrets. DinoTracker analyse les photos de traces de fossiles et prédit quel dinosaure les a créées, avec une précision rivalisant avec celle des experts humains. En cours de route, il a découvert des empreintes de pas qui ressemblent étonnamment à celles d'un oiseau, remontant à plus de 200 millions d'années. Cette découverte pourrait repousser l’origine des oiseaux bien plus loin dans la préhistoire.
01/02/2026 sciencedaily ⚙ Traduction automatique
Hesperosuchus: Beast of the Week
Hesperosuchus : Bête de la semaine
Mexique États-Unis Trias supérieur Trias fossile squelette
Cette semaine, nous allons découvrir un parent de crocodiliens modernes qui a trompé les scientifiques à plusieurs reprises !  Entrez Hesperosuchus agilis ! Hesperosuchus était un pseudosuchien (lié aux crocodiliens) qui vivait dans ce qui est aujourd'hui l'Arizona et le Nouveau-Mexique, aux États-Unis, à la fin du Trias, il y a environ 210 millions d'années.  Il s'agissait probablement d'un mangeur de viande et, du museau à la queue, le squelette le plus complet mesure environ 1,2 m (4 pieds), mais d'autres fossiles suggèrent qu'il aurait pu devenir plus grand, jusqu'à environ 1,2 m.
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