BIO 113 — Dinosaurs
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Lab 8
Reptile Diversity: Fossils & Fossil Replicas

See also Reptile Diversity Page

See also Reptile Phylogeny Overview Page

Synapsid Skull Replicas


Oedaleops campi skull replica ("Pelycosauria") Thrinaxodon sp. skull replica ("Cynodontia")
Oedaleops skull replica Thrinaxodon skull replica
Lystrosaurus sp. skull replica ("Therapsida")
Lystrosaurus skull replica

Basal Reptiles


Cast of a Mesosaurus braziliensis fossil
Clade Parareptilia
Early Permian Period, 278-270 Ma; Brazil
Mesosaurus Fossil Replica
Possible life appearance of Mesosaurus:
Mesosaurus Model



Barasaurus besairiei fossil
Clade Parareptilia
Late Permian Period, 252-247 Ma; Madagascar
Barasaurus Fossil

Marine Reptiles (Euryapsida)


Replica of a juvenile Stenopterygius sp. fossil
Clade Ichthyosauria
Early Jurassic Period, 183-179 Ma; Europe
Stenopterygius Fossil Replica


Possible life appearance of (adult) Stenopterygius:
Stenopterygius Model

Replica of a Xinpusaurus kohi skeleton
Clade Thalattosauria
Late Triassic Period, 237-232 Ma; China
Xinpusaurus Skeleton Replica

Keichousaurus hui fossil
Clade Nothosauria
Middle Triassic Period, 245-234 Ma; China
Keichousaurus Fossil
Possible life appearance of Keichousaurus:
Keichousaurus Model



Cast of a Sinocyamodus sinpuensis fossil
Clade Placodontia
Late Triassic, 237-227 Ma; China
Sinocyamodus Fossil

Partial fossil shell of a Stylemys nebrascensis turtle
Clade Testudines
Paleogene, Oligocene Epoch, 35-31 Ma; South Dakota
Stylemys Fossil

Stem-Archosaurs (Archosauromorphs)


Juvenile Hyphalosaurus lingyuanensis fossil
Clade Choristodera
Early Cretaceous Period, Yixian Formation, 125 Ma; China
Hyphalosaurus Fossil Replica
Possible life appearance of Hyphalosaurus:
Hyphalosaurus Model



Replica of the only fossil of Sharovipteryx mirabilis
Clade Protorosauria
Late Triassic Period, 225 Ma; Russia
Sharovipteryx Fossil

Replica of Icarosaurus siefkeri fossil
Clade Allokotosauria?
Late Triassic Period, 228 Ma; New Jersey
Icarosaurus Fossil
Possible life appearance of Icarosaurus:
Icarosaurus Model


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