Confuciusornis sanctus, fossil bird from China Gallimimus The Meganeuridae differed from modern

The Meganeuridae differed from modern Odonata in a number of ways -- they lacked a nodus (wing notch) and pterostigma (features of the wings) and were enormous compared to modern species

Its discovery 66 million years after it was believed to have become extinct makes the coelacanth the best-known example of a Lazarus taxon

one of the rarest of Cretaceous dinosaurs

3---mammoth tooth

or fossils as art collection

Confuciusornis sanctus, fossil bird from China Gallimimus The Meganeuridae differed from modernConfuciusornis sanctus ("the sacred bird of Confucius") is the earliest known beaked bird. Discovered in 1994, Confuciusornis represents an important side branch in avian evolution. Though Confuciusornis and its descendants all became extinct, it is the earliest known bird to abandon its reptilian teeth in favor of a light weight keratin beak. Remains of Confuciusornis are found at an Early Cretacaeous fossil site known as Sihetun in the Liaoning