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Libya Libyan Fossils March 1, 1985 The stamp depicts fossilized fish, frog, and mammal.  |
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Bulgaria Extinct Species October 19, 2018 Aurochs ( Bos primigenius) Steller's sea cow ( Hydrodamalis gigas) Tasmanian tiger ( Thylacinus cynocephalus) Great auk ( Pinguinus impennis)  |
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Egypt Wadi Al-Hitan February 10, 2008 Wadi Al-Hitan is a paleontological site in northern Egypt, some 150 km southwest of Cairo. The UNESCO World Heritage Site is known for its hundreds of fossils of some of the earliest forms of whale. The stamp set depicts fossilized and a reconstructed whale skeleton.  |
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Mauritania Fossil Shells July 31, 1972 The stamp set shows stylized fossils of spirifer (Paleozoic marine brachiopods) and gryphaea (Triassic-Jurassic marine oyster).  |
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Peru Prehistoric Animals January 10, 2017 The stamp depicts Pelagornis, a widespread genus of the prehistoric pseudotooth birds.  |
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Slovenia Fossil Mammals in Slovenia March 22, 2019 The stamp depicts Anthracothere, an extinct artiodactyl ungulates related to the hippopotamus and whales.  |
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Germany Chemnitz Stone Forest August 7, 2003 The stamp depicts the petrified forest near the city of Chemnitz in eastern Germany. The uprooted tree trunks were buried and silicified by volcanic ash as a resuit of the eruption of the Zeisigwald volcano ca. 290 million years ago.  |
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Brazil Brazilian Prehistoric Animals September 27, 2014 The stamp set features Prionosuchus plummeri, Oxalaia quilomboensis, Pycnonemosaurus nevesi, Eremotherium laurillardi.  |
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The stamps of Bulgaria shouldn't count, as all the animals depicted lived into historic times. The last live Tasmanian wolf or thylacine was captured in 1933. The Steller's Sea cow lasted only 27 years between discovery and extinction.
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Transkei (South Africa) Prehistoric Animals June 18, 1993 The stamp set shows reconstructions of vertebrates in their natural habitats in southern Africa around 200 million years ago: 45c - Fabrosaurus, 65c - Diictodon, 85c - Chasmatosaurus, R1.05 - Rubidgea.  |
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Armenia Fauna and Flora of Ancient World December 14, 2018 The stamp set depicts Argentinosaurus and Tapejara.  |
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Poland Dinosaurs November 25, 2020 This stamp set depicts skeletons and reconstruction of Dilophosaurus, Scelidosaurus, and Coelophysis.  |
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Peru Prehistoric Animals October 12, 2013 The minisheet depicts Canaanimys maquiensis, a species of Middle Eocene rodent from Peruvian Amazonia.  |
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Argentina Mammals of Cenozoic Argentina March 10, 2001 The stamp set depicts Ground sloth, Glyptodont, Macrauchenia, and Toxodon.  |
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