In paleontology, a chimera is a fossil which was reconstructed with elements coming from more than a single species (or genus) of animal. A now classic example of chimera is Protoavis.
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Chimera — Chimera, chimaira, or chimaera may refer to: Chimera (mythology), a monstrous creature with parts from multiple animals Mount Chimaera, the region in Lycia that some believe was an inspiration for the myth Contents 1 Science 2 … Wikipedia
Coxoplectoptera — Temporal range: 150–120 Ma … Wikipedia
Species of Allosaurus — There have been a number of potential species assigned to the carnosaurian dinosaur genus Allosaurus since its description in 1877 by Othniel Charles Marsh, but only a handful are still regarded as valid. Allosaurus was originally described from… … Wikipedia
Iguanodon — Taxobox name = Iguanodon fossil range = Early Cretaceous image width = 250px image caption = Iguanodon bernissartensis skull regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida superordo = Dinosauria ordo = Ornithischia subordo = Cerapoda… … Wikipedia
Protoavis — NOTOC Taxobox name = Protoavis fossil range = Late Triassic regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida superordo = Dinosauria (disputed) ordo = Saurischia (disputed) subordo = Theropoda (disputed) familia = Protoavidae familia… … Wikipedia
Rahonavis — Taxobox name = Rahonavis fossil range = fossil range|84|71| Late Cretaceous regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida superordo = Dinosauria ordo = Saurischia subordo = Theropoda familia = Dromaeosauridae genus = Rahonavis genus… … Wikipedia
Palaeosaurus — Several very different genera of prehistoric animals have been named Palaeosaurus or Paleosaurus since the 1830s. Further confusing the matter, all of the species are poorly known or poorly preserved and both spellings have been used… … Wikipedia
List of dinosaurs — Mounted skeletons of Tyrannosaurus (left) and Apatosaurus (right) at the AMNH. This list of dinosaurs is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the superorder Dinosauria, excluding class Aves (birds, both living and … Wikipedia
Trachodon — Taxobox name = Trachodon fossil range = Upper Cretaceous image width = image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida superordo = Dinosauria ordo = Ornithischia familia = Hadrosauridae subfamilia = ?Lambeosaurinae genus … Wikipedia
Spinosaurus — Taxobox name = Spinosaurus fossil range = Early Late Cretaceous image width = 250px image caption = Spinosaurus aegyptiacus regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida superordo = Dinosauria ordo = Saurischia subordo = Theropoda… … Wikipedia
