Category: Miscellaneous

  • Reptilia indet., medial gastralium, 23/LMK?

    Reptilia indet., medial gastralium, 23/LMK?

    Reptilia indet. Dating uncertain – Upper Roeth or Lower Muschelkalk (Olenekian or Anisian) Upper Silesia, Poland The specimen is an incomplete, fragmentary medial gastralium (“abdominal rib”) of an unidentified reptile. As mentioned in another post, the gastralia are non-diagnostic and do not support taxonomic identification. The specimen, although incomplete, clearly illustrates the morphology of these dermal…

  • Reptilia indet., lateral gastralium, 21/LMK?

    Reptilia indet., lateral gastralium, 21/LMK?

    Reptilia indet. Dating uncertain – Upper Roeth or Lower Muschelkalk (Olenekian or Anisian) Upper Silesia, Poland The specimen is the lateral gastralium (ventral rib) of an indeterminate reptile. Gastralia were present in almost all Triassic marine reptiles (the exception being Ichthyosauria). Their morphology is very similar, making such specimens non-diagnostic. The specimen is approximately 56 mm…