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A skeleton of
Steneosaurus, an
extinct
genus of
teleosaurid crocodyliform from the
Toarcian
Lower Jurassic of
Holzmaden,
Germany.
Photo credit:
Didier Descouens
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An specimen of the
brachiopod
Liospiriferina rostrata. Brachiopods filtered
plankton, using a specialized,
spiral-shaped organ called a
lophophore. This specimen is about 35 x 30 mm in size and dates back to the
Pliensbachian age of the
Jurassic period in
France.
Photo credit:
Didier Descouens
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Mounted
skull and
neck of the 150 million year old
Late Jurassic
theropod
Allosaurus fragilis. The specimen was discovered in the
US state of
Utah and is exhibited in the Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée of the
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in
Paris,
France.
Photo credit:
Jebulon
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The mounted
lectotype skeleton of the
Late Jurassic
stegosaur
Kentrosaurus aethiopicus in the
Museum für Naturkunde of
Berlin,
Germany. The specimen was a partial 4.5 m long individual excavated from the "St" quarry at
Kindope,
Tendaguru,
Tanzania.
Photo credit: H. Zell
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An extremely well preserved specimen of the
Late Jurassic
ichthyodectid
fish genus
Thrissops, similar to the species T. formosus. The specimen was discovered near
Ettling,
Bavaria,
Germany and still preserves remains of the animal's soft tissue like
musculature and the
gastrointestinal tract. Even the
color pattern it exhibited in life is preserved as spots by the
melanin in its
scales.
Photo credit: H. Zell
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Dusk on the
Marine Parade,
Lyme Regis,
Dorset,
UK. The
ammonite-design streetlamps reflect the town's location on the
Jurassic Coast, a
World Heritage Site. The
bird is a
herring gull,
Larus argentatus.
Photo credit:
User:MichaelMaggs
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Fossil
shell of the
parkinsoniid
ammonoid
Parkinsonia parkinsoni. The shell dates back to the
Bajocian
age of the
Middle Jurassic
epoch and is about 14.5 cm in diameter. It was collected in
Evrecy,
France.
Photo credit: H. Zell
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Fossil
shell of the
graphoceratid
ammonoid
Hyperlioceras discites. The shell dates back to the
Bajocian
age (168.3–170.3 million years ago) of the
Middle Jurassic
epoch and is about 6.5 cm in diameter. It was collected near
Achdorf,
Germany.
Photo credit:
H. Zell
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A fossil shell of the
perisphinctid ammonoid
Indosphinctes comptoni. The shell dates back to the
Callovian
age (163.5–166.1million years ago) of the
Middle Jurassic
epoch and is about 13.5 cm in diameter. It was collected near
Blumberg,
Germany.
Photo credit:
H. Zell
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A fossil shell of the
reineckeiid ammonoid
Reineckeia eusculpta. The shell dates back to the
Callovian
age (million years ago) of the
Middle Jurassic
epoch and is about 7.5 cm in diameter. It was collected near
Poitiers,
France.
Photo credit:
H. Zell
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A
pyritized fossil shell of the
amaltheid ammonoid
Pleuroceras solare. The shell dates back to the
Pliensbachian
age (182.7–190.8 million years ago) of the
Early Jurassic
epoch and is about 3.2 cm in diameter. It was collected near
Little Switzerland,
Germany.
Photo credit:
H. Zell
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A fossil shell of the
graphoceratid ammonoid
Leioceras comptum. The shell dates back to the
Aalenian
age (170.3–174.1 million years ago) of the
Middle Jurassic
epoch and is about 4.5 cm in diameter. It was collected near
Schörzingen,
Germany.
Photo credit:
H. Zell
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A fossil shell of the
graphoceratid ammonoid
Leioceras opalinum. The shell dates back to the
Aalenian
age (170.3–174.1 million years ago) of the
Middle Jurassic
epoch and is about 38 mm in diameter. It was collected between
Ohmenhausen and
Reutlingen,
Germany.
Photo credit:
H. Zell
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A fossil shell of the
Middle-
Late Jurassic
perisphinctid ammonoid
Perisphinctes on exhibit at the
Museum für Naturkunde in
Berlin,
Germany.
Photo credit:
Masur
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A fossil shell of the
phylloceratid ammonoid
Holcophylloceras calypso. The shell dates back to the
Toarcian
age (174.1–182.7 million years ago) of the
Early Jurassic
epoch and is about 2.5 cm in diameter. It was collected near
Mende,
France.
Photo credit:
H. Zell
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A fossil shell of the
graphoceratid ammonoid
Ludwigia murchisonae. The shell dates back to the
Aalenian
age (170.3–174.1 million years ago) of the
Middle Jurassic
epoch and is about 8.5 cm in diameter. It was collected near
Geisingen,
Germany.
Photo credit:
H. Zell
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A fossil shell of the
harpoceratid ammonoid
Ochetoceras canaliculatum. The shell dates back to the
Oxfordian
age (157.3–163.5 million years ago) of the
Late Jurassic
epoch and is about 9 cm in diameter. It was collected near
Wildegg,
Switzerland.
Photo credit:
H. Zell
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A fossil shell of the
hildoceratid ammonoid
Pseudogrammoceras expeditum. The shell dates back to the
Toarcian
age (174.1–182.7 million years ago) of the
Early Jurassic
epoch and is about 3.5 cm in diameter. It was collected near
Mende,
France.
Photo credit:
H. Zell
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Ammonoids surrounding a skeleton of the
ichthyosaur
Temnodontosaurus acutirostris. The larger ammonoids in the upper region of the slab are
Harpoceras falcifer. Near the bottom and to the right is a specimen of
Dactylioceras. The fossil-bearing slab is about 125 x 120 cm and collected at
Holzmaden,
Germany.
Photo credit:
Didier Descouens
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A fossil shell of the
hildoceratid ammonoid
Grammoceras thouarsense. The shell dates back to the
Toarcian
age (174.1–182.7 million years ago) of the
Middle Jurassic
epoch and is about 4.5 cm in diameter. It was collected near
Mende,
France.
Photo credit:
H. Zell
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A fossil shell of the
hildoceratid ammonoid
Hildoceras sublevisoni. The shell dates back to the
Toarcian
age (174.1–182.7 million years ago) of the
Early Jurassic
epoch and is about 11 cm in diameter. It was collected near
Aselfingen,
Germany.
Photo credit:
H. Zell
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A fossil shell of the
parkinosoniid ammonoid
Parkinsonia compressa. The shell dates back to the
Bathonian
age (166.1–168.3 million years ago) of the
Middle Jurassic
epoch and is about 38 mm in diameter. It was collected near
Sengenthal,
Germany.
Photo credit:
H. Zell
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A cluster of the ammonoid
Dactylioceras from
Schlaufhausen,
Germany on display in the
Naturkundemuseum Ostbayern in
Regensburg.
Photo credit:
High Contrast
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Fruitafossor windscheffeli, an early
termite-eating
mammal from the Late Jurassic of
Colorado.
Illustration credit: Nobu Tamura
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Life restoration of the Jurasic gliding mammal
Volaticotherium.
Illustration credit:
User:ArthurWeasley
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Life restoration of
Dakosaurus maximus (breaching, center) and
Gnathosaurus subulatus (flying).
Illustration credit:
User:Dmitry Bogdanov
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Life restoration of the Middle Jurassic
metriorhynchid
Neptunidraco.
Illustration credit: Nobu Tamura
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Life restoration of
Pliosaurus rossicus.
Illustration credit: Bogdanov [email protected]
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Life restoration of
Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus.
Illustration credit: [email protected]