Cast Specimens L-Z
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Meaning of Name: |
Forgotten crocodile |
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Classification: |
ANTHRACOSAURIA an amphibian or a primitive reptilian group Family Lanthanosuchidae |
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Age: |
Late Permian, Zone II, 25O million years ago |
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Locality: |
Isheevo, Tatarstan |
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Size: |
l9cm in length |
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Meaning of Name: |
Shovel reptile |
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Classification: |
THERAPSIDA; Anomodontia; Family Lystrosauridae |
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Age: |
Early Triassic, 24O million years ago |
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Locality: |
Astashikha, Nizhegorodskaya Region, Russia |
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Size: |
l00cm in length |
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reconstructed Skeleton |
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Classification: |
Giant varanid lizard |
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Age: |
Pleistocene 1.6million - 40,000 years ago |
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Locality: |
South-eastern Queensland, Australia |
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Size: Skull Size: |
570 cm in length 80cm in length |
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Meaning of Name: |
Reptile from Mezen |
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Classification: |
DIAPSIDA; Order uncertain; Family Mesenosauridae |
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Age: |
Later Permian, Zone II, 25O million years ago |
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Locality: |
Mesen River, Northern part of European Russia |
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Size: |
37cm in length |
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Skeleton as found in field encased in sediment. |
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MONGOLEMYS species (NOT NAMED) |
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Meaning of Name: |
Turtle from Mongolia |
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Classification: |
CHELONIA; Cryptodira; Dermatemydidae |
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Age: |
Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian), 74 million years ago |
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Locality: |
Gobi Desert, Peoples' Republic of Mongolia |
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Size: |
Shell about 25cm in length but sizes of individuals would have varied considerably. |
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Meaning of Name: |
Guardian of the night |
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Classification: |
CAPTORHINIDA; Procolophonia; Family Nyctiphruretidae |
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Age: |
Late Permian, Zone II, 25O million years ago |
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Locality: |
Mesen River, Northern part of European Russia |
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Size: |
33cm in length |
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Skeleton is displayed as found in the field. |
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Meaning of Name: |
Flat faced reptile |
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Classification: |
TEMNOSPONDYLI (an amphibian): Eryopoidae; Family Archegosauridae |
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Age: |
Late Permian, Zone I and Zone II, 255-25O million years ago |
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Locality: |
Belebey, Bashkortostan, Russia |
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Size: |
37cm in length |
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Meaning of Name: |
Sloping head |
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Classification: |
PACHYCEPHALOSAURIA; Pachycephalosauridae |
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Age: |
Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian), Nemegt Formation 7O million years ago |
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Locality: |
Gobi Desert, Nemegt, Mongolia |
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Size: |
23cm in length |
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Meaning of Name: |
Before the Bactrian reptile |
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Classification: |
ORNITHOPODA; Iguanodontia; Iguanodontidae |
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Age: |
Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian), l00-l25 million years ago |
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Locality: |
Alashan Desert, Inner Mongolia, China |
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Size: |
Complete skeleton 500cm in length |
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Meaning of Name: |
First horned face |
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Classification: |
CERATOPSIA; Neoceratopsia; Protoceratopsidae |
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Age: |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian), Djadokhta formation, 75 million years ago |
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Locality: |
Gobi Desert, Southern Peoples' Republic of Mongolia |
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Size: |
130cm in length |
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PROTOCERATOPS andrewsi (Large Skull) |
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Meaning of Name: |
First horned face |
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Classification: |
CERATOPSIA; Neoceratopsia; Protoceratopsidae |
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Age: |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian), Djadokhta formation, 75 million years ago |
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Locality: |
Gobi Desert, Southern Peoples' Republic of Mongolia |
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Size: |
56cm in width |
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PROTOCERATOPS andrewsi (small Skull) |
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Meaning of Name: |
First horned face |
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Classification: |
CERATOPSIA; Neoceratopsia; Protoceratopsidae |
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Age: |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian), Djadokhta formation, 75 million years ago |
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Locality: |
Gobi Desert, Southern Peoples' Republic of Mongolia |
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Size: |
30cm in length |
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Meaning of Name: |
First horned face |
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Classification: |
CERATOPSIA; Neoceratopsia; Protoceratopsidae |
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Age: |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian), Djadokhta formation, 75 million years ago |
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Size: |
35cm in length |
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Meaning of Name: |
First horned face |
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Classification: |
CERATOPSIA; Neoceratopsia; Protoceratopsidae |
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Age: |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian), Djadokhta formation, 75 million years ago |
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Locality: |
Gobi Desert, Southern Peoples' Republic of Mongolia |
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Size: |
40cm in width |
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Meaning of Name: |
First horned face | ||
| Classification: |
CERATOPSIA; Neoceratopsia; Protoceratopsidae | |||
| Age: |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian), Djadokhta formation, 75 million years ago | |||
| Locality: |
Gobi Desert, Peoples' Republic of Mongolia |
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| Size: |
250cm long |
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Meaning of Name: |
Parrot reptile |
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Classification: |
CERATOPSIA; Psittacosauridae |
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Age: |
Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian), Barunbayan Formation, lOO-l25 million years ago |
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Locality: |
Gobi Desert, Southwestern Peoples'; Republic of Mongolia |
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Size: |
l50cm in length |
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Meaning of Name: |
Beautiful |
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Classification: |
ANKYLOSAURIA; Ankylosauridae |
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Age: |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian), Barun Goyot Formation, 75 million years ago |
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Locality: |
Gobi Desert, Southern Peoples' Republic of Mongolia |
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Size: |
93cm in length |
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Classification: |
ORNITHOPODA; Hadrosauridae; Hadrosaurinae | ||
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Age: |
Late Cretaceous 70 million years ago | ||
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Size: |
200cm in length |
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Meaning of Name: |
Shield Reptile |
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Classification: |
PARARETTILIA; Pareiasauroidea; Family Pareiasauridae |
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Age: |
Late Permian, Zone IV, 245 million years ago |
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Locality: |
Sokolki, Malaya Severnaya ("Small North"), Dvina River near Archangel'sk, Northern Russia |
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Size: |
100cm in length |
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Meaning of Name: |
Gobi crocodile |
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Classification: |
CROCODYLA; Mesosuchia; Paralligatoridae |
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Age: |
Late Cretaceous (Santonian), Tayn Shireh Formation |
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Locality: |
Gobi Desert, South Eastern Peoples' Republic of Mongolia |
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Size: |
59cm in length |
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Meaning of Name: |
Named in honour of D. Sumin, a Russian palaeontologist |
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Classification: |
THERAPSIDA; Anomodontia |
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Age: |
Late Permian, Zone III, 25O million years ago |
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Locality: |
KOTELNICH ON THE Vyatka River, Ural Mountains, Russia |
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Size: |
20cm in length |
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Skeleton encased in sediment, as found in the field. |
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Meaning of Name: |
Basket tail |
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Classification: |
ANKYLOSAURIA; Ankylosauridae |
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Age: |
Late Cretaceous (Santonian), Tayn Shireh Formation |
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Locality: |
Gobi Desert, South Eastern Peoples' Republic of Mongolia |
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Size: |
450cm in length |
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| Meaning of Name: | Alarming reptile from Bataar | |||
| Classification: |
THEROPODA; Carnosauria; Tyrannosauridae |
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| Age: |
Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian), Nemegt Formation 74 million years ago |
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Locality: |
Gobi Desert, Southern Peoples' Republic of Mongolia |
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Size: |
900cm in length |
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TARBOSAURUS bataar skull |
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| Meaning of Name: | Alarming reptile from Bataar | |||
| Classification: |
THEROPODA; Carnosauria; Tyrannosauridae |
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| Age: |
Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian), Nemegt Formation 74 million years ago |
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Locality: |
Gobi Desert, Southern Peoples' Republic of Mongolia |
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Size: |
130cm in length |
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Meaning of Name: |
Brain |
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Classification: |
ANKYLOSAURIA; Ankylosauridae |
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Age: |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian), Barun Goyot Formation, 75 million years ago |
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Locality: |
Gobi Desert, Southern Peoples' Republic of Mongolia |
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Size: |
40cm in length |
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Meaning of Name: |
Scythe reptile |
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Classification: |
THEROPODA; relationships uncertain |
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Age: |
Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian- Early Maastrichtian), Nemegt Formation, 74 million years ago |
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Locality: |
Gobi Desert, Southern Peoples' Republic of Mongolia |
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Size: |
70cm long Claw |
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Meaning of Name: |
Reptile from the Ulema River |
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| Classification: |
THERAPSIDA; Dinocephalia' Family Tapinocephalidae |
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| Age: |
Late Permian, Zone II, 250 million years ago |
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| Locality: |
Isheevo, Tartarstan |
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| Size: |
40cm in length |
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| Meaning of Name: |
Speedy predator |
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| Classification: |
THEROPODA; Dromaeosauridae |
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| Age: |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian), Djadokhta Formation, 75 million years ago |
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| Locality: |
Shabarak Usa, Gobi Desert, southeastern Peoples' Republic of Mongolia |
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| Size: |
22cm in length |
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| Meaning of Name: |
Speedy predator |
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| Classification: |
THEROPODA; Dromaeosauridae |
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| Age: |
Late Cretaceous (Campanian), Djadokhta Formation, 75 million years ago |
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| Locality: |
Shabarak Usa, Gobi Desert, southeastern Peoples' Republic of Mongolia |
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| Size: |
250cm long |
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Meaning of Diprotodon: |
Two prominent teeth |
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Classification: |
Diprotodontid |
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Age: |
Late Tertiary and Quaternary
Periods |
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Locality: |
Tasmania, Australia |
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Size: |
250cm in length |
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