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Palaeophonus nuncius is an extinct species of scorpion that lived during the Silurian period. Fossils of this arachnid were discovered in Sweden and described by Thorell and Lindström in 1884. As one of the oldest known scorpion genera, Palaeophonus retains primitive features. Paleontologists classi...
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Silurian fossil in one of the oldest scorpion genera; major paleontological and evolutionary significance.
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Mesosaurus tenuidens was a small aquatic reptile that lived during the Early Permian and is known from fossils in southern Africa and eastern South America. It had an elongated body, a long tail, and slender jaws containing numerous narrow teeth, adaptations associated with feeding in water. Its dis...
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Classic continental-drift evidence fossil from Africa and South America; high historical significance.
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