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Goniosaurus Goniosaurus Goniosaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur.... |
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Dorygnathus Dorygnathus Dorygnathus was a genus of pterosaur that lived in Europe during the Early Jurassic period, 180 million years ago when shallow seas flooded much of the continent. It had a short 1.5 meter wingspan, and a relatively small triangular sternum, which is where its flight muscles attached. Its skull... |
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Non-mammalian
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Deuterosaurus Deuterosaurus Deuterosaurus is a genus of the Therapsids, one of the "mammal-like” reptiles dominating land during the late Palaeozoic.-Anatomy:Skulls of Deuterosaurus are well-known from several finds. They were around 80 cm with a long snout and conical teeth. Like all anteosaurs, the skull possessed long,... |
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Eurosaurus Eurosaurus Eurosaurus is an extinct genus of non-mammalian synapsid.-References:*... |
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Oudenodon Oudenodon Oudenodon is an extinct genus of dicynodont. It was common throughout southern Africa during the Late Permian. Several species of Oudenodon are known. Both O. bainii, the type species, and O. grandis are known from South Africa. Specimens of O. luangwensis have been found from Zambia. One species,... |
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