Microdon
Fossilized marine fish. Note the fine detail present in the vertebral column. a. denotes jaw, b. caudal fin.
Notelops
Fossilized remains of a fish: a. opercular bones; b. vertebral column; c. forked caudal fin.
Notelops
Fossilized fish preserved in a rock nodule. The nodule was split in two, exposing both halves of the fish fossil. a. denotes lower jaw, b. deeply forked caudal fin.
Oshunia
Fossilized fish preserved in a rock. a. denotes lower jaw with teeth, b. fin rays of caudal fin.
Paraelops
Fossilized fish, Paraelops. Note: a. head region; b. caudal region of the fish.
Pterosaur
Associated skull and wing bones of a large pterosaur [housed at the American Museum of Natural History] but is shown here, as the pterosaur was taken from the same deposit as the fish fossils in the Axelrod Collection.
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