The seabed from 240 million years ago. Visible is a nothosaurid tooth and a fragment of a gastralium.

SilesianTriassic

Tag: Reptilia

  • Reptilia indet., ?cranium element, 22/LMK

    Reptilia indet., ?cranium element, 22/LMK

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    The specimen is a bone or bone fragment from an unidentified reptile. Structure of the bone and its robustness almost certainly rule out fish and amphibians (the lack of ornamentation typical of amphibians).

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

    Reptilia indet., lateral gastralium, 21/LMK?

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    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…