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Mazon Creek Fossil Fauna

Tetrapods and "Blades"


Amphibians

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Undescribed Amphibian

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                     MPM VP395245.1 Note: Initially thought to be​ Isodectes obtusus from the skull shape and forward eye
                      position, this specimen is now under study as a possible new species of "microsaur."
        
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                                                     Milwaukee Public Museum collection - MPM VP359245.1 (detail)

Larval Amphibians

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                                      Larval Amphibamus sp. temnospondyl, A.Young collection - Mazon River, Morris, IL
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                             Note: Amphibian researcher, Arjan Mann, thinks that the above is "probably a Branchiosaurid
                                       or larval Amphibamid, most likely a larval amphibamid temnospondyl."
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                                         Figure 19.8, Page 260, Richardson's Guide to The Fossil Fauna of Mazon Creek 1997.

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                  Larval Amphibian, B.Riegler collection - Mazon River, Morris, Illinois (above and below - photos by B.Riegler)
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Amphibamus grandiceps

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                            Amphibamus grandiceps, D.Douglass collection, Figure 145.2 The Mazon Creek Fossil Fauna 2012

Phlegethontia longissima

Snake-like amphibian
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           Phlegethontia longissima, MPM VP35922.1 (Note: This specimen is currently being studied as a possible new species.)
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                                                       Milwaukee Public Museum collection - MPM VP35922.1 (detail)

Esconichthys apopyris

"Blades"

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                              Esconichthys apopyris, Milwaukee Public Museum collection - MPM VP359216.2 and VP359216.1
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                            MPM VP359201.1
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                                        MPM VP359200
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                                             MPM VP1382.1

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                                                      Esconichthys apopyris, A.Young collection - Pit 11, Braidwood, IL
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                                                                       J.Wittry collection
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                                                                C.Davis collection

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                                                 Esconichthys apopyris, A.Young collection - Pit 11, Braidwood, Illinois
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                                                                                                                                                                       J.Wittry collection
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                                                        Esconichthys apopyris, MPM VP932.1
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                                                        MPM VP359288.2

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  • News
  • Work
    • mixed media/collage
    • recent sculpture
    • watercolor/drawing
    • works on metal and wood
    • egg tempera on panel
    • edition prints/monotypes
    • early work
    • photography
    • exhibition views
    • selected collections
  • Bio
    • narrative bio
    • resume
    • artist statements
    • process
    • scrapbook
  • Press
    • catalog essays
    • reviews
    • interviews
  • Projects
    • selected projects
    • project images
    • mazon creek fossils
    • herrin fossil flora
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    • contact the artist
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