FOSSILS SPECIMEN: PHYTOSAURS
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 model Phytosaur and where it fits in the Archosauromorph group click here.
Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Chordata – Class: Reptilia – Clade: Archosaur – Clade: Eucrocopoda – Clade: Crurotarsi – Order: Phytosauria
(phytosaur)
Triassic Period
Phytosaur Teeth
Upper Triassic
North America
Phytosaur Bone-fragments
Upper Triassic
New Mexico, United States