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A set of complete ribs, vertebrae, a scapula, and tarsals have been found to date. A left astragalus, left calcaneus, and an undistinguished partial carpal or tarsal exhibit postmortem alterations that may represent carnivorous scavenging by either a wolf (canis dirus), large bear (arctodus simus), or an American lion (panthera atrox). [4]
This list of the prehistoric life of Virginia contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Virginia. Precambrian [ edit ]
This list of the Paleozoic life of Virginia contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Virginia and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.
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The American lion (Panthera atrox (/ ˈ p æ n θ ər ə ˈ æ t r ɒ k s /), with the species name meaning "savage" or "cruel", also called the North American lion) is an extinct pantherine cat native to North America during the Late Pleistocene from around 130,000 to 12,800 years ago.
“The discovery and description of a fossil mammal skull is an important step forward in documenting the earliest diversification of mammals after Earth’s last mass extinction.”
No Precambrian fossils are known from Virginia. [1] The geologic column in Virginia begins at the Cambrian and spans to the Quaternary. [2] Although present, the state's Cambrian rocks preserve very few fossils and no documented individual deposit has proven a fertile collecting ground. [3] The state was covered by a warm shallow sea at the ...
A lot of that early research can be found on the pages of The Cretaceous Fossils of New Jersey, first printed in 1958, and reprinted in 1991. Dinosaurs, reptiles, microbes and more: Check out NJ's ...