Cast of mandible – Pycnodus bowerbunki, Egerton

Phylum:    Chordata Order: Pycnodontiformes Order: Pycnodontidae Kingdom : Animalia Formation : Ypresian, England Country- United Kingdom Continent – Europe Class- Osteichthyes The right mandible contains three rows of teeth. The inner or principle row has five normal teeth in series and a sixth, the anterior one, replaced by what...

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Cast of vomerine teeth – Coelodus gyrodoides, Egerton

Type status : Holotype, NHM , London,UK. Phylum – Chordata Order – Pycnodontiformes Formation – Upper Greensand Formation Country – United Kingdom Continent – Europe Class- Osteichthyes It carries five rows of tritorial teeth. The central series is composed of eight reniform teeth (Kidney shaped). They have an elongated...

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Cast of mandible – Coelodus ellipticus, Egerton

Phylum:    Chordata Order: Pycnodontiformes Order: Pycnodontidae Kingdom : Animalia Formation : Gault Formation Country- United Kingdom Continent – Europe Class- Osteichthyes Right mandible (lower Jaw) with most of the crown (tritoral) teeth. The dental armature is composed of four ranks on the anterior and three on the posterior area...

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Calf skin

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Genus: Bos Specimen Description Calfskin or calf leather is a leather or membrane produced from the hide of a calf, or juvenile domestic cattle. Calfskin is particularly valuable because of its softness, and fine grain, as well as durability....

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Long-eared hedgehog

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Eulipotyphla Family: Erinaceidae Genus: Hemiechinus Species: H. auritus Description Hedgehogs are easily recognized by their spines, which are hollow hairs made stiff with keratin. Their spines are not poisonous or barbed and unlike the quills of a porcupine, cannot easily be removed...

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Skin and Foot of Nilgai

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Bovinae Genus: Boselaphus Specimen Description Marsupials are the group of mammals commonly thought of as pouched mammals. They give live birth, but they do not have long gestation times like placental mammals. Instead, they give birth very early and...

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Manus of Monkey showing Nails

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Specimen Description A monkey’s hand is long, strong and covered with  hairs, the nails are hard and sharp. They have five fingers just as humans do, even though their hands are similar to humans in some ways, there are many differences....

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Foot of Antelope

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Antilocapridae Specimen Description Hooves are another specialty for many antelope. Each hoof has a split down the middle, dividing the hoof into two toes About the Animal Iguanodon lived during the Early to Late Cretaceous period from 145-65 million years ago. They were very...

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Feet of Mouse Deer

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Infraorder: Tragulina Family: Tragulidae Specimen Description The mouse deer or chevrotain is the smallest hoofed mammal in the world. They have spindly legs with even-toed hooves which supports it’s round body, These small sized deer that Standing on their pencil-thin legs...

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Hoof of Pony

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Perissodactyla Family: Equidae Genus: Equus Specimen Description A Pony’s hoof may look like a solid object, tough and hard all the way through. However, The hoof is made up of several different layers and structures, each with a specific function. There are...

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