Darwinius masillae, Ida the missing link sculpture Iguanodon a clutch of nineteen eggs

a clutch of nineteen eggs

they help us to more accurately envision what they would have looked like in life

The left metartarsus and foot are preserved only as faint impressions

All cephalopods

These animals were not truly bilateral

Darwinius masillae, Ida the missing link sculpture Iguanodon a clutch of nineteen eggsThis specimen is a sculpture based on the original specimen of Darwinius masillae. The only known specimen of Darwinius masillae, dubbed Ida, was discovered in 1983 at the Messel pit, a disused shale quarry noted for its astonishing fossil preservation, near the village of Messel, about 35 km (22 mi) southeast of Frankfurt am Main in Germany. The fossil, divided into a slab and partial counterslab after the amateur excavation and sold separately, was