Tag: Femur

  • Sauropterygia indet., femur 8/LMK

    Sauropterygia indet., femur 8/LMK

    Sauropterygia indet. Middle Triassic, Lower Muschelkalk (Anisian), Gogolin Beds, Upper Silesia, Poland An isolated femur of Sauropterygia indet. The damaged (eroded) epiphysis reveals a spongy bone structure in this area (the shaft, in turn, is unusually dense). Those are characteristic features of Sauropterygia long bones. The specimen lacks features that would allow for a more…