Lindow B (2024). NHMD Vertebrate Paleontology Collection. Natural History Museum of Denmark. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/yenbn7 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-04-27.

The Vertebrate Paleontology collection comprises some 18,000 specimens from the Cambrian period (541 million years ago) and until the Quaternary period (2.6 million years ago). They are predominantly agnathans (Agnatha, jawless fish), placoderms (Placodermi, armored fish), acanthodians (Acanthodii), elasmobranchs (Elasmobranchii, sharks and rays), actinopterygians (Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish), dipnoids (Dipnoi, lung fish), and porolepiformes, osteolepiformes and coelacanths (lobe-finned fish). They mainly derive from deposits in North and East Greenland and Denmark.
The collection also houses the very important early tetrapod fossils (early four-legged vertebrates) from late Devonian deposits in East Greenland; late Triassic vertebrates from east Greenland (dinosaurs, phytosaurs, and mammals); and a large collection of ray-finned fish with some birds and turtles from the earliest Eocene marine diatomite deposits of the Limfjord area in Jutland, Denmark.
Den vertebratpalæontologiske samling omfatter lidt over 18.000 fossile stykker af forhistoriske hvirveldyr fra Kambrium (541 millioner år siden) og indtil Kvartær (2,6 millioner år siden). Det er fortrinsvis fossiler af kæbeløse fisk (Agnatha), panserfisk (Placodermi), ”piggede hajer” (Acanthodii), hajer og rokker (Elasmobranchii), strålefinnede fisk (Actinopterygii), lungefisk (Dipnoi), og kvastfinnede fisk (Porolepiformes, Osteolepiformes og Coelacanthiformes). Fossilerne stammer hovedsageligt fra aflejringer i Nord- og Østgrønland og Denmark.
Samlingen huser også de internationalt videnskabeligt vigtige tidlige “firbenede fisk” fra Sen Devon i Østgrønland; dinosaurer, skildpadder, phytosaurer og pattedyr fra Sen Trias i Østgrønland; og en stor samling af strålefinnede fisk og enkelte fugle og skildpadder fra de tidligt eocæne moleraflejringer i Limfjorden.

Catalogue Number	NHMD189317
Country	Sweden
Locality	Limhamn

Class	Crocodylia (Crocodilian)
Family	Crocodylidae (Crocodile)
Genus	Thoracosaurus

Institution Code	NHMD
Institution ID	https://ror.org/040ck2b86
Collection code	VP
Collection Type	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
Occurrence ID	492eba0c-7757-436b-a6cc-fcaa18a076e6
Ocurrence Status	PRESENT
Catalogue Number	NHMD189317
Alternative Catalogue Numbers	MMH 1892.243
Continent	EUROPE
Country	Sweden
State	Skåne Län
County	Malmo Kommun
Country code	SE
Locality	Limhamn
Station/Category	Orig. label: "Limhamn"
Prep Type	cast - 2
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Crocodylia
Family	Crocodylidae
Genus	Thoracosaurus
Preferred Taxon	Thoracosaurus scanicus Troedsson, 1924
Taxon Rank	SPECIES
Modified	2020-01-28
Record License	CC BY-NC 4.0
Rightsholder	Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen

Identification ID	0c7317db-2f48-4084-918a-d6130335131e
Taxon	Thoracosaurus scanicus

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Thoracosaurus scanicus Troedsson, 1924

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