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Paleozoic Cotylosaur Fossil Gallery
Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Cotylosauria
(Kingdom, Phylum, Subphylum, Class)
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Reptiliomorpha, Diadectomorpha, Diadectidae
(Superorder, Order, Family)
Diadectes sp. Period: Vale formation, Clear Fork group, lower Permian Location: south of Abilene Texas Collection: Jo Cox & Judie Ostlien Collected by: Jo Cox, Judie Ostlien, & Family Date found: November 27, 1997 Nickname: specimen #1 is Spot, specimen #2 is Job Partial Identification by : Dr. Louis Jacobs, Dr. Wann Langston, Dr. Stuart Sumida Size: ~ 152 cm long |
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Diadectes means "The ancestor"
Diadectes absitus
Diadectes maximus
Diadectes tenuitectus
Diadectes sp. Period: Permian Location: Germany Collection: Photo by Dr. Robert Reisz Size: ~ 92 cm long |
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Description: baby |
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