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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.
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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 dmitrchel@mail.ru
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Life restoration of Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus.
Illustration credit: dmitrchel@mail.ru