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Pterodactylus (from Ancient Greek: πτεροδάκτυλος, romanized: pterodáktylos ' winged finger ' [2]) is a genus of extinct pterosaurs.It is thought to contain only a single species, Pterodactylus antiquus, which was the first pterosaur to be named and identified as a flying reptile and one of the first prehistoric reptiles to ever be discovered.
Fossil of the Devonian-Triassic arthropod trackway ichnogenus Cruziana †Cruziana †Cyclolobus †Cyclonema †Cymbidium †Daguinaspis †Dicoelosia †Didymograptus †Dimeropygiella †Diplichnites †Encrinurus †Endoceras – tentative report †Euomphalus †Fallotaspis †Favosites †Fenestella †Gogia †Halysites †Helicoplacus
This list of the Mesozoic life of California contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of California and are between 252.17 and 66 million years of age.
The fossils include unique species of fish that had never been found in the area before. The discovery is reshaping views on California geology with the possibility of extinct islands.
Millions of prehistoric marine fossils were discovered beneath a California high school over the course of a multi-year construction project. The relics recovered at San Pedro High School included ...
Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Reptiles of California. Berkeley: University of California Press. 318 pp. ISBN 9780520233157. Mayor, Adrienne. Fossil Legends of the First Americans. Princeton University Press. 2005. ISBN 0-691-11345-9. Murray, Marian (1974). Hunting for Fossils: A Guide to Finding and Collecting Fossils in All 50 States. Collier ...
San Pedro High School discovered a deposit of marine fossils on campus in 2022 and began collaborating with local paleontologists to uncover secrets from the Palos Verdes Peninsula's geological past.
A list of prehistoric and extinct species whose fossils have been found in the La Brea Tar Pits, located in present-day Hancock Park, a city park on the Miracle Mile section of the Mid-Wilshire district in Los Angeles, California. [1] [2] [3]