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Priconodon (meaning "saw cone tooth" [1]) is an extinct genus of ankylosaurian dinosaur (perhaps nodosaurid), mainly known from its large teeth.Its remains have been found in the Aptian-Albian age Lower Cretaceous Arundel Formation of Muirkirk, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA and the Potomac Group, also located in Maryland.
Life restoration of the Miocene camel Aepycamelus, or the long-necked camel. Heinrich Harder (1920). Restoration of a herd of alarmed Miocene-Pleistocene peccaries of the genus Platygonus. Charles R. Knight (1922).
Paleontology in Indiana. Paleontology in Indiana refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of Indiana. Indiana's fossil record stretches back to the Precambrian, when the state was inhabited by microbes. More complex organisms came to inhabit the state during the early Paleozoic era.
February 20, 2023 at 11:59 AM. Another ancient shark tooth has been found along Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay, only this time it’s even bigger. The 5.5-inch megalodon tooth came out of the bay Feb ...
The appearance of the first eukaryotic cells in the fossil record were relatively followed by evidence of complex multicellular life. Rocks in Nevada dating back to a billion years ago preserve trace fossils left behind by worms as they burrowed below the sediment. [3] Other complex Precambrian life forms were preserved in North Carolina [4 ...
The year after the Hadrosaurus's fossils were first identified, 1859, state agricultural chemist Philip T. Tyson found the first documented dinosaur fossils of the Arundel Formation in an iron pit at Bladensburg, Maryland. [43] The discovery consisted of two fossil teeth. Tyson took the dinosaur teeth to a local doctor named Christopher Johnston.
List of fossil parks in India. Pleistocene fossils in Michigan. List of human evolution fossils. Malapa Fossil Site, Cradle of Humankind – Cave. Mary Anning – British fossil collector and palaeontologist (1799–1847) Paleobiology – Study of organic evolution using fossils. Paleontology – Study of life before the Holocene epoch.
Iguanodon (/ ɪ ˈ ɡ w ɑː n ə d ɒ n / i-GWAH-nə-don; meaning 'iguana-tooth'), named in 1825, is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur.While many species found worldwide have been classified in the genus Iguanodon, dating from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, taxonomic revision in the early 21st century has defined Iguanodon to be based on one well-substantiated species: I ...