Fossils of Antarctica
19 entries in the Fossils of Antarctica compendium.
AntarctanaxTriassic archosauriform reptile from Antarctica.AntarcticarcinusExtinct euthycarcinoid with distinctive wing-like processes.AntarcticavisExtinct Antarctic bird of uncertain evolutionary relationships.AntarcticerasEnigmatic Eocene cephalopod from Antarctica, disputed as orthocone or squid.AntarcticoolithusFirst fossil egg found in Antarctica, named 'The Thing'.BaculitesStraight-shelled ammonite that outlasted the K-Pg extinction.Conflicto antarcticusExtinct stem waterfowl from early Paleocene Antarctica.CynognathusA large cynodontian predator from the Middle Triassic.DiademodonAn extinct cynodont with debated diet and wide fossil distribution.EubostrychocerasCorkscrew-shaped heteromorph ammonite from the Upper Cretaceous.GlossopterisExtinct tongue-shaped leaves that revealed the ancient supercontinent Gondwana.HemihoplitesExtinct ammonoid cephalopod from the Cretaceous period.Heptranchias howelliExtinct sevengill shark known from fossil teeth across multiple continents.ImpidensLarge omnivorous cynodont from the Triassic of Gondwana.KaikaifiluLarge mosasaur from Antarctica, one of the last of its kind.LemdadellaOldest known trilobite genus, key to Cambrian stratigraphy.LlanocetusAncient toothed whale that grew huge without baleen.MarambionectesA Late Cretaceous elasmosaurid plesiosaur from Antarctica.NotiolofosExtinct Antarctic ungulate from the Eocene epoch.
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