Exoskeleton Collection (page 2)

Hairy-legged hermit crab emerging out of its shell, Bali, Indonesia

Scuba diver and a common spiny lobster, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands

A live sundial shell crawls across the seafloor
A live sundial shell (Architectonica perspectiva) crawls across the seafloor in Komodo National Park, Indonesia. This tropical region in Indonesia is known for its spectacular coral reefs

Hermit Crab tucked away in its protective shell, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands

Extreme close-up of a Hermit Crab, Papua New Guinea

Tiny red hermit crab with white conch shell, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia

A Black Sea Turtle off the coast of Fiji
A Black Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizi) swims in the clear South Pacific ocean off the coast of Tavarua Island, Fiji in March 2012

Anemone hermit crab running across sand in green light
Anemone hermit crab (Dardanus pedunculatus) running across sand in green light, Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Very small anemone growth is visible on shell above eye

Orange snapping shrimp in coconut shell, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Orange snapping shrimp in coconut shell, Lembeh Strait, Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

An anemone hermit crab crawls across the seafloor of Indonesia
An anemone hermit crab (Dardanus pedunculatus) crawls across the seafloor of Komodo National Park, Indonesia. This beautiful area harbors extraordinary marine biodiversity

Caribbean Spiny Lobster on Caribbean reef

Pair of Hermit Crabs in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina

Red Hermit Crab scavanges for food at night, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands

Pair of Spiny Caribbean lobsters under overhang

Scarlet Reef Hermit Crab peeks out of its shell, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands
Red Reef Hermit Crab peeks out of its shell, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands

Spiny lobster hiding in the reef, Nassau, The Bahamas

Arthropleura is an extinct millipede from the Late Carboniferous of Europe
Arthropleura armata is an extinct millipede from the Late Carboniferous of Europe

Euoplocephalus armored dinosaur from the Cretaceous Period
Euoplocephalus tutus, an herbivorous armored dinosaur that used its long tail and club for defense

Glyptotherium arizonae, a North American megafauna
Glyptotherium arizonae, a glyptodontid from the Pleistocene megafauna of North America

Gargoyleosaurus dinosaur on white background. Gargoyleosaurus was an ankylosaur that lived in the Jurassic Age of Wyoming, North America

Hungarosaurus dinosaur, white background
Hungarosaurus dinosaur. Hungarosaurus was an ankylosaur herbivorous dinosaur that lived in Hungary during the Cretaceous Period

Ornithomimus swallowing stones along a stream as part of their diet
Ornithomimus dinosaurs swallowing stones along a stream as part of their diet, known as geophagy. A Panoplosaurus armored dinosaur wanders in the background

A large Glyptodon stands near the edge of a stream. Glyptodons were giant cousins of the armadillo that lived in South and Central America during the last ice age

Archelon sea turtle on white background. Archelon was a giant sea turtle that lived in South Dakota, USA during the Cretaceous Period

Saichania, a Mongolian ankylosaurid from the Cretaceous Period
Saichania, a Mongolian ankylosaurid from the Late Cretaceous Period

Ankylosaurus, a heavily armored dinosaur from the Cretaceous Period
Ankylosaurus, a heavily armored herbivore dinosaur from the Cretaceous Period

A large glyptodont from the Pleistocene epoch
The Glyptodont lived during the Pleistocene epoch and carried around a protective carapace like the present day turtle. Its tail may have been used to protect itself from predators or for mating

A Doedicurus glyptodont compared to modern armadillos
A glyptodont of the genus Doedicurus from 25, 000 years ago is compared to modern armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus). Doedicurus is five feet tall, weighs about 2, 200 pounds

Prehistoric glyptodonts graze on grassy plains. An Eremotherium is in the background
Prehistoric glyptodonts of the genus Doedicurus graze on grassy plains 25, 000 years ago in what is today South America. In the background is a giant ground sloth of the genus Eremotherium

A Saichania chulsanensis dinosaur is caught in a sandstorm while inspecting a dry pond. Campanian (Late Cretaceous), Mongolia and China

Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaurs confronting a lone Ankylosaurus

Euoplocephalus dinosaurs munch on melons on an ocean beach
Euoplocephalus dinosaurs come down to an ocean beach to munch on melons in the Cretaceous Period

Euoplocephalus dinosaur walking in the mountain amongst fir trees and onychyopsis plants

A Tarbosaurus dinosaur and an armored Saichania ankylosaurid in a prehistoric landscape

Animals and floral life from the Burgess Shale formation of the Cambrian period
Animals and floral life from the Cambrian period about 500 million years ago from the Burgess Shale formation in Canada. Visible are Anomalocaris, Opabinia, trilobites, stromatolites, and anemones

An group of Ankylosaurid dinosaurs from the early Cretaceous in Western North America

Waptia is an extinct arthropod from the Cambrian of Canada
Waptia fieldensis is an extinct arthropod from the Cambrian of Canada

Ankylosaurus dinosaur
Ankylosaurus was an armor-plated herbivorous dinosaur from Western North America in the Cretaceous Period

Sauropelta was a heavily armored dinosaur from the Cretaceous Period of North America

A Crichtonsaurus crosses paths with a pair of frogs within a Cretaceous forest
A ten-foot-long Crichtonsaurus crosses paths with a pair of frogs deep within a Cretaceous forest 95 million years ago. The heavily armored Crichtonsaurus was a herbivore

A Sauropelta mother leads her offspring in a desert area of North America in the Cretaceous Period

Eomanis waldi is a pangolin from the Eocene epoch of Germany

Eurypterus tetragonophthalmus, Silurian of Europe

Sauropelta, a nodosaurid dinosaur from the Cretaceous Period
Sauropelta, a nodosaurid dinosaur that existed in the Early Cretaceous Period

Pinacosaurus dinosaur on white background. Pinacosaurus was a herbivorous ankylosaur that lived in the Cretaceous Period of Mongolia and China

Pterygotus sea scorpion from the Paleozoic Era
Pterygotus was a predatory sea scorpion that lived all over the world from the Silurian to Devonian Eras

A Rubeosaurus and his offspring roam a prehistoric environment

Ankylosaurus was an armored dinosaur from the Creataceous Period of Earths history. Its fossils have been discovered in western North America

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