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. 2014 Mar 19;9(3):e88987. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088987

Figure 2. New fossil finds corroborating the presence of large predators in the Early Triassic.

Figure 2

A-C. Assemblage of skull and lower jaw elements of a large Birgeria sp. (PIMUZ A/I 4301) from the Lusitaniadalen Member (Smithian), Vikinghøgda Formation, Stensiöfjellet, Sassendalen, Spitsbergen. Note that specimen (B) represents the infilling of the Meckelian canal. D. Position of the large specimen (A) on the reconstruction of animal indicated by blue rectangle. E-H. Humerus (NMMNH P-65886) of a giant ichthyosaur from the mid to late Spathian in the Hammond Creek area, Bear Lake valley, southeast Idaho, USA. I-K. Nodule (PIMUZ 30731) containing large coprolite with fish remains from the Griesbachian of Kap Stosch, East Greenland, possibly from a temnospondyl ‘amphibian’. Br, branchiostegal rays; D, dentary; Mc, Meckelian canal (infilling).