Mazon Creek Fossil Fauna
Tetrapods and "Blades"
Amphibians
Undescribed Amphibian
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."
position, this specimen is now under study as a possible new species of "microsaur."
Milwaukee Public Museum collection - MPM VP359245.1 (detail)
Larval Amphibians
Larval Amphibamus sp. temnospondyl, A.Young collection - Mazon River, Morris, IL
Note: Amphibian researcher, Arjan Mann, thinks that the above is "probably a Branchiosaurid
or larval Amphibamid, most likely a larval amphibamid temnospondyl."
or larval Amphibamid, most likely a larval amphibamid temnospondyl."
Figure 19.8, Page 260, Richardson's Guide to The Fossil Fauna of Mazon Creek 1997.
Larval Amphibian, B.Riegler collection - Mazon River, Morris, Illinois (above and below - photos by B.Riegler)
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Amphibamus grandiceps
Amphibamus grandiceps, D.Douglass collection, Figure 145.2 The Mazon Creek Fossil Fauna 2012
Phlegethontia longissima
Snake-like amphibian
Phlegethontia longissima, MPM VP35922.1 (Note: This specimen is currently being studied as a possible new species.)
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
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
J.Wittry collection
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C.Davis collection
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Esconichthys apopyris, A.Young collection - Pit 11, Braidwood, Illinois
J.Wittry collection
Esconichthys apopyris, MPM VP932.1
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MPM VP359288.2
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