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The area where the Delaware hunters supposedly found the ancient bones is the same general region as the earliest dinosaur discoveries in North America. Local dinosaurs include ankylosaurs, Coelosaurus, Dryptosaurus, and Hadrosaurus. Other local reptile fossils include crocodilians and Tylosaurus. [17]
Fossil (right) of the Early Jurassic dinosaur footprint ichnogenus Anomoepus †Anomoepus †Anomoepus gracillimus †Apatopus †Atreipus †Atreipus milfordensis †Batrachopus †Batrachopus gracilis †Belodon †Belodon priscus †Brachychirotherium †Brontozoum †Brontozoum sillimanium †Calamops – type locality for genus
State fossils are distinct from other state emblems like state dinosaurs, state stones, state minerals, state gemstones or state rocks and a state may designate one, a few, or all of those. For example, in Arizona, the state stone is turquoise and the state dinosaur is Sonorasaurus thompsoni yet the state fossil is petrified wood.
The skull of Kermitops is of similar size to the skull of another well-known Early Permian amphibian, Gerobatrachus, which had a head about an inch in length (2.5 centimeters).
The holotype skull (CM 76867) was discovered on land owned by the FedEx Corporation near the Pittsburgh International Airport in 2004. Adam Striegel, a student at the University of Pittsburgh, found the skull on a field trip to the area, but he mistook the teeth for a fern frond.
The dino tracks are believed to have been made by multiple species about 166 million years ago. They were found at the Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire, England.
The lokiceratops had at least 12 smaller horns coming from its head, and perhaps even 14, whereas another similar looking dinosaur, the medusaceratops, only had 10, he said.
Fossil skull of Pristinailurus bristoli, Gray Fossil Site red panda. Carnivora. Pristinailurus bristoli . Named as a new species in 2004. Two nearly complete skeletons make this one of the best-known fossil pandas in the world. [28] Arctomeles dimolodontus (Eurasian badger). This species was named alongside the Gray Fossil Site panda in 2004. [29]