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Allodesmus(Allodesmus
Kelloggi)
Classification: Family Otariidae
Description:
The sea lion ancestor Allodesmus thrived in the Miocene bay that
covered what is now Bakersfield, and many of its skulls have
been found. This specimen is a male. The museums most prized
specimen is a nearly complete, articulated skeleton of
Allodesmus. This fossil is the only one of its kind ever found
with its flippers fully intact and articulated.
Allodesmus
Skeleton
Age:
Miocene
Note: Mounted
skeleton
Size: 10 ft. long
Item#:
allodesmus-skeleton-aa303a-va
Cost: $11350
(+ shipping)
Chalicothere Mounted
(Moropus Elatus)
Age: Cenozoic
Description: There are
two types of chalicothere - this kind shambled along with most of
their weight on their short but strong hind legs. The long front
legs had enormously long, curved claws which meant the chalicothere
couldn't put its font feet flat on the ground, and instead had to
walk on its knuckles. These chalicotheres had no front teeth in the
upper jaw, and even the back teeth show little wear from use, and so
they must have been fussy eaters - picking only the newest, freshest
shoots and putting them straight into the back of their mouths like
modern pandas.
Chalicothere Skeleton Mounted
Cost: $18750
(+ shipping)
Description: Mounted / Crated. Carton pack included. North America / Europe.
Size: Length 2.5 m / 8 ft; Height - 6 ft / 1.8 m
Item#: chalicothere-moropus-skeleton-mounted-aa106-va
Chasmosaur Belli
(Chasmosaur Belli)
Age: Cretaceous
Cost: $21300 (+ shipping)
Description: Chasmosaurus
was the oldest of the long-frilled, horned ceratopsian dinosaurs,
whose family includes Triceratops. It was a medium-sized plant eater
that had a long neck frill with large holes in the bone and narrow
structures to support the weight of the frill. It would have had
skin stretched over the holes in its frill. Chasmosaurus had
medium-sized horns over its eyes, and a smaller nose horn. Judging
from the monotypic bone beds of the Chasmosaurus fossils, this
animal traveled in single species herds. Since the frill of a
Chasmosaurus would not be a very effective defensive weapon, there
is speculation that it may have been used for identification and
attracting mates. New discoveries suggest the possibility that
Chasmosaurus and Pentaceratops might belong in the same genus.
Chasmosaur Belli Skeleton
Age: Cretaceous
Cost: $21300
(+ shipping)
Size: 17 ft / 5.2 m; Skull - 7 ft / 2.1 m
Item#: chasmosaur-belli-skeleton-aa102-va
Dimetrodon (Dimetrodon Limbatus)
Age: Permian
Description: Dimetrodon
is commonly mistaken for a dinosaur, but it was in fact NOT a
dinosaur at all. It was one of a number of animals known as
Mammal-Like Reptiles that dominated the late Permian period. It was
a large meat-eater that lived primarily in swampy areas and had a
very interesting feature - a large sail on its back. Dimetrodon
disappeared at the beginning of the Triassic Period. Unlike other
pelycosaurs that did not have fins, Dimetrodon was able it to warm
up in the morning and cool off more efficiently during the heat of
the day due to its sail. This method of controlling its body
temperature, along with its large and powerful jaws, gave this
predator a distinct advantage over the other large carnivores,
making it the dominant land predator. In fact, its ability to warm
up faster would have enabled it to catch and eat the slower,
non-finned Mammal-Like Reptiles. Dimetrodon is easily distinguished
from dinosaurs as its legs were positioned on the side of its body
while dinosaurs had their legs under their bodies. Even with this
body structure, it was probably a very fast runner. It had a large
head with very strong jaws and two types of teeth -sharp fang-like
teeth for ripping and tearing in the front and smaller cheek teeth
in the back that were designed for shredding the meat.
Dimetrodon Skeleton Mounted and Crated
Cost: $9000
(+ shipping)
Size: Length - 11 ft; Height - 4 ft.
Item#: dimetrodon-skeleton-mounted-byu-aa104-va
Dimetrodon Hayashibara
(Dimetrodon Limbatus)
Age: Permian
Description: Dimetrodon
is commonly mistaken for a dinosaur, but it was in fact NOT a
dinosaur at all. It was one of a number of animals known as
Mammal-Like Reptiles that dominated the late Permian period. It was
a large meat-eater that lived primarily in swampy areas and had a
very interesting feature - a large sail on its back. Dimetrodon
disappeared at the beginning of the Triassic Period. Unlike other
pelycosaurs that did not have fins, Dimetrodon was able it to warm
up in the morning and cool off more efficiently during the heat of
the day due to its sail. This method of controlling its body
temperature, along with its large and powerful jaws, gave this
predator a distinct advantage over the other large carnivores,
making it the dominant land predator. In fact, its ability to warm
up faster would have enabled it to catch and eat the slower,
non-finned Mammal-Like Reptiles. Dimetrodon is easily distinguished
from dinosaurs as its legs were positioned on the side of its body
while dinosaurs had their legs under their bodies. Even with this
body structure, it was probably a very fast runner. It had a large
head with very strong jaws and two types of teeth -sharp fang-like
teeth for ripping and tearing in the front and smaller cheek teeth
in the back that were designed for shredding the meat.
Eremotherium Skeleton Mounted and Crated
(Eremotherium Mirabile)
Age: Pleistocene
Cost: $33,500
(+ shipping)
Description: These
plant-eating creatures rivaled elephants in size! They stood 6 m (20
ft) tall and weighed several tons. Ground sloths originated in South
America and spread northward by drifting on trees and debris to the
West Indies and by migrating over the Central American land bridge
to North America.
Size: 13 ft / 4 m
Item#: eremotherium-skeleton-mounted-aa101-va
Eryops
(Eremotherium Mirabile)
Age: Permian
Description: Eryops was a
common, primitive amphibian that lived in swamps during the Permian
period. This meat-eater had a stout body with very wide ribs, a
strong spine, four short, strong legs, a short tail, and a wide,
elongated skull with many sharp teeth in strong jaws. Its teeth had
enamel with a folded pattern. Eryops was about 5 feet (1.5 m) long,
one of the largest land animals of its time. Eryops may have been
slow moving on land, but was perhaps faster in the water. Some
scientists have suggested that Eryops may not have been able to run.
Eryops was a swamp dweller. Like all amphibians, Eryops had to live
near the water since amphibian eggs have no shells and must be laid
in the water (or in very damp areas) or they will dry out and die.
Also, it lost its gills as an adult.
Eryops Skeleton Mounted and Crated
Cost: $8,700
(+ shipping)
Size: 5.5 ft / 1.68 m
Item#: eryops-skeleton-mounted-aa117-va
Glossotherium
(Glossotherium Harlani)
Age: Late Pleistocene
Cost: $15,000
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Description: The
Glossotherium was a gigantic tardigrade that lived during the
Pleistocene and was the size of an ox, being very similar to the
Megalonyx (another giant tardigrades). It passed the day eating
leaves of trees and shrubs in enormous amounts. The Glossotheriuns
was a relative of the Megatheriuns who had come of the South America
for the North America when a land bridge emerged enters the two
continents in the end of the Tertiary period. Although the enormous
Glossotheriuns was pacifistic, many Pleistocene predators had to
attack them for the enormous amount of meat that they could supply,
but with certainty they could very defend themselves in combat.
Therefore they were very strong and among these predators were the
tiger teeth of sabre, the American Cave Bears, Lions, wolves and the
worse one of all, which are given credit to have extinguished this
species, the Homo sapiens.
Glossotherium Skeleton Mounted and Crated
Cost: $15,000
(+ shipping)
Size: 7 ft / 2.1 m
Weight: Est. 760
Item#: glossotherium-skeleton-mounted-al103-va
Glyptodon
(Pachyarmatherium Leisyi)
Description: A Glyptodont
resembled a huge turtle but was more closely related to the giant
armadillo... They had bony helmets on their furry heads; their
bodies were covered by huge carapaces made of bony hexagons bound
together by collagen; the bases of their tails were ringed with
bone, and terminated in stiff bony sheaths.
Hadrosaurid Duckbill Dinosaur
Age: Cretaceous
Cost: $500
(+ shipping)
Description: Hadrosaurus
was the second dinosaur named in North America and a whole family of
dinosaurs - hadrosaurs - was named after it. It was the first
duck-billed dinosaur found, and one of the first on the East Coast
of the U.S. It was a large plant-eater and is often shown standing
upright, although it actually would have spent most of its time on
all four legs. The original specimen of Hadrosaurus was found in the
Cretaceous marls of New Jersey in 1858. Joseph Leidy, an anatomy
professor from Philadelphia, assembled the skeleton and named it.
Hadrosaurus was large for a hadrosaur and had a typical hadrosaur
body. Its skull was typical of non-crested hadrosaurs, except for a
noticeable bump on the nasal bones that created a resemblance to a
prizefighter with a broken nose. Hadrosaurus is sometimes
erroneously used as a generic name for hadrosaurs.
Item#: hadrosaurid-duckbill-skeleton-s040-va
Maiasaur Juvenile
(Maiasaur Juvenile)
Age: Cretaceous
Description: Maiasaura is
one of the most famous of the duck-billed dinosaurs because it
proved to many scientists that dinosaurs had nests, nesting grounds
and took care of their young. It was a medium-sized member of the
duck-billed hadrosaur family, which included Parasaurolophus and
Lambeosaurus. More than 200 specimens of this dinosaur have been
discovered, making it one of the best known. What is especially
interesting is that many babies and young adults have been found.
Jack Horner's discovery of Maiasaura set the world of paleontology
on fire and also rekindled public interest in dinosaurs. Until its
discovery, most scientists thought that dinosaurs laid their eggs,
left them on their own to hatch and then let the babies fend for
themselves. The nests Horner discovered seem to clearly show
evidence of babies that remained in the nest for some time and would
have been cared for by adults. Apart from the spectacular nature of
its discovery, and the number of specimens, Maiasaura was a fairly
typical, mid-sized hadrosaus . It had no real crest, but it did have
a small spike-like crest in front of its eyes.
Maiasaur Skeleton Mounted and Crated
Cost: $12,500
(+ shipping)
Description: Free standing mount.
Size: Length - 7 ft / 2.1 m; Height - 5 ft / 1.5 m
Item#: maiasaur-juvenile-skeleton-mounted-aa107-va
Plesiosaurus
(Elasmosaurid Thalassomedon)
Age: Cretaceous
Cost: $35,500
(+ shipping)
Description: Plesiosaurus
(which means "near lizard") gave its name to the Plesiosaurs, a
group of predatory marine reptiles, because it was the first of its
group to be discovered. This earliest Plesiosaurus had already
developed all the main features of the order. This animal must have
been very vulnerable, since it had no any protective "armor" and
what is more, it had an exposed tail. It may have relied on its
sight, maneuverability and camouflage colors to survive. It was
probably preyed on by large marine reptiles. Plesiosaurus probably
laid its eggs just like a sea turtle does, in nests that were dug
out in the sand. It was an excellent fish-catcher; its long neck was
well suited to catching fish. Wide jaws and teeth were efficient at
trapping prey. It used its intermeshing teeth to catch its food. It
did not chew it, but it swallowed food whole. It had four wide,
paddle-like flippers, used to propel the Plesiosaurus through the
water with great maneuverability. It flapped its paddles up and
down, so that it probably looked like it was "flying" through the
waters. This long necked animal had a streamlined, tapered body. Its
long and flexible neck allowed quick changes of direction; it could
turn almost on the spot. Plesiosaurus had a small head and rows of
long, pointed and razor sharp teeth. The teeth of the upper and
lower jaws were intermeshed.
Plesiosaurus Skeleton Mounted and Crated
Cost: $35,500
(+ shipping)
Size: 42 ft. / 13 m
Item#: plesiosaurus-skeleton-mount-aa108-va
Uintatherium
(Uintatherium)
Age: Eocene
Description: The
uintatherium was an enormous rhino-like mammal, but it is not like
the wooly rhino because they don't have any living decedents. Also,
despite their looks, they are definitely not like a dinosaur. The
uintatheriums were from the Eocene in North America. The fully grown
uintatheriums grew to about 13 feet long (4 meters), and their
weight was about 2.25 tons. The male uintatheriums had sharp canine
teeth that pointed towards the ground. They had four thick legs with
elephant like feet. As you can see from the picture to the left and
right, they grew three pairs of bony horns on their head, and
something you can't see is that they had very small brains. Like the
wooly rhino, the uintatheriums were herbivores. The mainly lived in
forests were there were leaves and soft plants that they could eat.
Uintatherium Skeleton Mounted and Crated
Cost: $15,000
(+ shipping)
Description: Rare and exitic dinocerta mammal of Uinta Colorado.
Size: 114 in / 2.89 m
Item#: uintatherium-skeleton-mount-va
