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According to Simmons & Geisler 1998, [7] Icaronycteris is the first genus, followed by Archaeonycteris, Hassianycetris, and Palaeochiropteryx, in a series leading to extant microchiropteran bats. [8] Rietbergen et al. 2023 found Onychonycteris to be sister to the North American species of Icaronycteris.
Fossil shark spines found in Michigan are usually the remains of ctenacanths and cladodonts. Bradyodont shark teeth have also been discovered in Michigan, however, it's also possible that these teeth were shed by animals more closely related to holocephalans than true sharks. [6] Tabulate and tetra- corals disappeared from Michigan during the ...
Southeastern Ohio was a swamp-covered coastal plain. [4] Ferns and horsetails were among the state's rich flora. [3] Ohio was only about 5 degrees north of the equator. Sand and mud deposited on local river deltas gradually filled in the swamp. Later in the Permian Ohio was subjected to geologic uplift and its sediments were eroded away ...
The two oldest-known fossil skeletons of bats, unearthed in southwestern Wyoming and dating to at least 52 million years ago, are providing insight into the early evolution of these flying mammals ...
This list of the Paleozoic life of Ohio contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Ohio and are between 538.8 and 252.17 million years of age.
Mounted skull of the Late Devonian placoderm fish Dunkleosteus †Dunkleosteus †Ecdyceras †Edmondia †Edon †Eldredgeops †Eldredgeops rana †Elita †Elpe †Elrodoceras †Emmonsia †Endoceras †Erettopterus †Erpetosaurus †Eucalyptocrinites †Euomphalus †Euomphalus planodorsatus
A 69-million-year-old skull found in Antarctica belonged to what scientists say is the oldest known modern bird.. An early relative of the continent’s ducks and geese, it lived off the Antarctic ...
Investigators are seeking the public's help to finally provide an ID for John Doe, whose skull was found in front of 1345 Marcy St. The rest of the skeleton was found inside the abandoned house.