FOSSILS SPECIMEN: CROCODILES

Fossils are defined as any evidence of prehistoric life. There are two types of fossils: Body Fossils include remains of skeletal bones, shell, carapace, test and teeth. Trace Fossils are clues the organism existed such as foot prints, tracks, burrows and coprolites (fossil dung). To see my crocodile models and where they classified among other Archosauromorphs click here.

Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Chordata – Class: Reptilia – Clade: Archosaur – Order: Crocodilia – Superfamily: Crocodyloidea – Family Crocodylidae

(crocodiles)

Eocene to Holocene

Fossil  Alligator Scutes

Pleistocene

Florida, United States

Fossil  Alligator Bones

Pleistocene

Florida, United States

Fossil  Alligator Hip Ball

Pleistocene

Florida, United States