Diapsid Collection (page 4)

Chamaeleo zeylanicus, Indian chameleon
Illustration from the Thomas Hardwicke Collection; attributed to artist J. Hayes; 1819

Hypsilophodon skull
Hypsilophodons narrow mouth would have been suitable for picking out soft shoots and leaves. Narrow mouths allow animals to select food with more care. This specimen lived 125 million years ago

Plesiosaurus macrocephalus
Plate 15 from Geology and Inhabitants of the Ancient World, by Sir Richard Owen, (1854). This marine reptile could be found during the Jurassic period between 200 and 145 million years ago. Date: 1854

Daspletosaurus teeth
Fossil teeth from the Daspletosaurus, a large carnivorous dinosaur closely related to, but not as big as, the Tyrannosaurus

Hypsilophodon foot
Hypsilophodons upper foot bones were long and the lower foot thin and flexible, very like todays running birds. This specimen which was discovered in England dates back 125 million years to

Iguanodon femur
A fossil femur, or thigh bone that once belong to the bipedal herbivorous dinosaur, Iguanodon. This specimen shows marks where muscles were once attached to the bone

Magyarosaurus sp. & Cetiosaurus oxoniensis
Magyarosaurus was a titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Transylvania, Romania. Cetiosaurus was an early sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of England

Thadeosaurus colcanapi, Late Permian of Madagascar

Arizonasaurus portrait on white background. Arizonasaurus was a sailback carnivorous archosaur that lived in Arizona, North America in the Triassic Period

A Chirotherium roams a prehistoric era landscape

Metriorhynchus, an extinct genus of crocodyliform from the Jurassic Period
Metriorhynchus was a marine reptile similar to our present day crocodile and lived in the Jurassic Period

Arizonasaurus dinosaur walking in the desert amongst bjuvia trees

A Dakosaurus attacks a small Plesiosaurus in the clear waters of a prehistoric ocean

A curious Koumpiodontosuchus eyes a Neovenator
A curious Koumpiodontosuchus aprosdokiti eyes a Neovenator as it pauses to take a drink on the Isle of Wight around 126m BP

Prestosuchus portrait on white background. Prestosuchus was a carnivorous archosaur dinosaur that lived in the Triassic Period of Brazil

Desmatosuchus armored dinosaur
Desmatosuchus was a herbivore with an armored body that lived in the Triassic Period of Arizona and Texas

Gephyrosaurus is an extinct animal from the Early Jurassic period
Gephyrosaurus is an extinct Rhynchocephalian from the Early Jurassic period of Wales

Youngina capensis, Late Permian of South Africa

Clevosaurus, a prehistoric reptile similar to the modern tuatara
Clevosaurus, a prehistoric reptile that is similar to the modern tuatara

Arizonasaurus dinosaur, white background

Archaeothyris is a synapsid from the Late Carboniferous Period of Canada
Archaeothyris florensis is an extinct synapsid from the Late Carboniferous Period of Canada

Cymbospondylus, an early ichthyosaur from the Triassic Period
Cymbospondylus is an early ichthyosaur that lived between the Middle and Late Triassic Period

A Temnodontosaurus burgundiae from the Early Jurassic period
Illustration of a Temnodontosaurus burgundiae from the Early Jurassic period

Desmatosuchus search for edible roots in a prehistoric landscape
15-foot-long, 750 pound aetosaurian archosaurs of the genus Desmatosuchus search for edible roots amidst cycads and ferns 230 million years ago in what is today Texas

Chanaresuchus is an archosaur of the Triassic period

Dolichorhynchops plesiosaurs try to evade a Dakosaurus marine reptile
A group of Dolichorhynchops plesiosaurs try to evade a Dakosaurus marine reptile in Cretaceous seas of North America

Postosuchus was an extinct rauisuchian reptile that lived during the Triassic period
Postosuchus was an extinct genus of rauisuchian reptile that lived in what is now North America during the Middle and Late Triassic period about 228-202 million years ago

Erythrosuchus is a reptile from the Middle Triassic of South Africa
Erythrosuchus africanus reptile from the Middle Triassic of South Africa

Tanystropheus is an archosauromorph from the Middle Triassic period
Tanystropheus is an archosauromorph from the Middle Triassic of Italy

Plesiosaurus attacks a Metriorhynchus in Jurassic seas
A Metriorhynchus becomes a meal for a Plesiosaurus marine reptile in blue Jurassic seas

Arizonasaurus dinosaur in the desert with pachypteris trees

Cymbospondylus ichthyosaur from the Triassic Period
Cymbospondylus was an early carnivorous Ichthyosaur that lived during the Triassic seas of Germany and Nevada

A fierce Prestosuchus dinosaur, side view. Prestosuchus was a carnivorous archosaur dinosaur that lived in the Triassic Period of Brazil

Dakosaurus, white background
Dakosaurus was discovered in Argentina and lived during the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Period. It is unique among the family of marine crocodylians with its short snout

Cymbospondylus ichthyosaurs swim together in a pod searching for prey in a Triassic ocean

Shonisaurus hunting Cymbospondylus in Triassic waters
Shonisaurus ichthyosaur was an enormous marine reptile that hunted prey such as Cymbospondylus in the Late Triassic Period

Arizonasaurus dinosaurs follow along with a herd of Plateosaurus
Arizonasaurus dinosaurs and Eudimorphodon flying reptiles follow along with a herd of Plateosaurus on their annual migration

An archosaur of the genus Postosuchus wanders in a prehistoric landscape
A 12-foot-long, 1, 000 pound rauisuchian archosaur of the genus Postosuchus wanders a hilltop 220 million years ago in what is today Texas

Hyperodapedon is a rhynchosaur from the Late Triassic period

A large Prestosuchus moves through the brush
A large mid Triassic reptile called Prestosuchus moves through the brush

Black ink drawing of extinct animals from the Hell Creek Formation, Late Cretaceous of USA. Shown here are: Brachychampsa montana (bottom left; globiodont crocodile)

Postosuchus reptile from the Triassic Period. Postosuchus was a cousin of crocodiles and lived as a carnivore in North America during the Triassic Period

A Kaprosuchus reptile confronts an Agustinia dinosaur
Two Anhanguera reptiles fly above as a Kaprosuchus reptile confronts an Agustinia dinosaur

Arizonasaurus dinosaur on white background. Arizonasaurus was a sailback carnivorous archosaur that lived in Arizona, North America in the Triassic Period

Arizonasaurus dinosaur amongst pachypteris trees
Arizonasaurus dinosaur walking in the desert amongst pachypteris trees

Cymbospondylus, a very large and early Triassic ichthyosaur

Teraterpeton, an archosauromorph from the late Triassic
Teraterpeton, an enigmatic archosauromorph from the late Triassic

A Triassic scene with the sailback Arizonasaurus and some dicynodonts

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