Monday, September 8, 2008

Puzzle Time: What's the connection?


Yes, see if you can guess the connection between these two fossils.

5 comments:

Andrea Cau said...

Are they two animals bearing a pair of lateral processes on their heads?

The vertebrate seems a juvenile procolophonid, am I right?

Andrea Cau said...

Hemm... "an owenettid" may be a better answer.

Andrea Cau said...

Saurodectes is both an insect and an owenettid!!!!! "Saurodectes" is another "invertebrate" name that kills a fossil reptile name (after Rahona, Ingenia, Nemegtia, Mononichus...) ? The owenettid on the left must change its name?

I apologise for writing 3 comments...

Adam Yates said...

Wow that was quick! Yes you are correct, both were named Saurodectes.

220mya said...

For those naming new animal taxa, the website Nomenclator Zoologicus is indispensable for finding pre-occupied names.