Postosuchus kirkpatricki was an archosaur of the late part of the Triassic period. It co-existed with dinosaurs. Fossil remains of this ancient reptile have...
Keichosaurus was a genus of semi-aquatic reptiles that lived in China during the Middle Triassic (245 - 228 million years ago. Fossils of them have been found...
Helicoprion (also Heliocoprion) was a genus of sharks that lived 300-225 million years ago. These sharks existed in the Carboniferous, Permian, and Triassic...
Neal, of anyone, I've been wondering, since these Posts are archived, would it be best to enter these items (such as what Neal is doing) under the period:...
These links have artwork depicting Enchodus. http://njfossils.net/Enchodus1d.jpg http://www.magma.ca/~watsondn/img66_e.html This link has a fossil photo of...
Enchodus was a genus of fishes with saber-like teeth. They lived in the Cretaceous and survived the mass extinction event that occurred at the end of it....
Machaeroides was a saber-toothed creodont of the Eocene period. The type species is Machaeroides eothen. Matthew named it in 1909. Another species is...
Inostrancevia was a genus of therapsids that lived in the very late part of the Permian. They lived up to the end of the Permian. Inostrancevia alexandri is...
Thylacosmilus was a marsupial animal that had saber teeth. Riggs named it in 1933. This meat eating creature appeared a little before 5.3 million years, in the...
Wuerhosaurus was a genus of stegosaurid dinosaurs that lived in the early part of the Cretaceous. Fossils of them have been found in China. The type species is...
As one paleontologist put it, "Imagine a small deer with five hoves on each front foot, four on each of the back feet, and a robust pig-like head. That's about...
Ailurus fulgens is called the Red Panda. This creature is native to Nepal, southern Tibet, Bhutan, northeast India, and the Hengduan Mountains, and in Sichuan...
Simocyon is a fossil relative of the modern pandas. The relationship is close. Simocyon and the Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) are in the family Ailuridae....
Welcome aboard, Garrett. Be sure to check out Neal's Links to artist's drawings of some Permian age reptiles in the Messages. Also, I've posted a drawing of a...
Spinosaurus was a theropod dinosaur of the Cretaceous. Fossil remains of it have been found in Egypt and Morocco. Evidence has been found to indicate that it...
Nyctiphruretus was a reptile species that lived in the Wordian Age (267-265 million years ago). Efremov named it in 1938. Two species have been identified....
My name is Neal Robbins. I am glad to have joined this group. I currently reside in Arkansas. I'm a native of Arkansas, but I've spent plenty of time in other...
Massetognathus pascuali was a therapsid that lived during the Triassic period. Fossils remains of it have been found in the Chanares Formation (Agua de la Pena...
Welcome to Seymour, Texas, located fifty miles southwest of Wichita Falls. Currently, paleontologist Robert Bakker and his team from the Houston Museum of...
