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Acrophoca longirostris is an extinct species of monachine seal known from Miocene-age fossils of the Pisco Formation of Peru. Its skull is unusually elongated relative to other fossil and living seals, suggesting specialized feeding adaptations. The Pisco Formation is a Lagerstätte preserving except...
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Long-snouted Pisco Formation seal has distinctive morphology and strong fossil context, earning solid specialist acclaim.
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Bandringa is an extinct genus of shark that lived approximately 300 million years ago during the Carboniferous period, first described in 1969 from specimens found in the Mazon Creek fossil beds of Illinois. Notable for its distinctive elongated snout, which accounted for roughly one-third of its to...
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Mazon Creek fossil with nursery interpretation and long snout, strong specialist appeal.
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