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This indoor photograph captures a museum exhibit displaying two fossil specimens and their descriptive plaques. The setting is characterized by dark display stands and backgrounds, indicating a controlled environment typical of a museum. At the top, a smaller, elongated, greyish fossil fragment, possibly part of a jaw or bone, is displayed on a raised black platform. Its accompanying plaque identifies it as "Chlorocyon phantasma" from the Order Sparassodonta, dated 36-37 million years ago (Ma) from the Tinguiririca formation. The collection number is MNHN: SGO.PV. 6200, and it is designated as a Holotype. The main subject in the foreground is a much larger, irregularly shaped fossil, predominantly grey and brown with textured surfaces. It exhibits distinct, possibly spiral or concentric, formations on its right side and rough, fragmented areas elsewhere. This fossil is supported by a thin black stand. Its plaque identifies it as "Periphragnis vicentei" from the Order Notoungulata, also from the Tinguiririca period, dated 33 Ma. Its collection number is MNHN: SGO.PV. 3107. The plaques also feature silhouette images of the animals. The "Chlorocyon phantasma" plaque shows a small, quadrupedal, possibly carnivorous mammal. The "Periphragnis vicentei" plaque shows a larger, stockier, quadrupedal mammal. The visible collection numbers starting with "MNHN" and the provided location context suggest these fossils are part of a natural history museum collection in Santiago, Chile. The scene is static, focused on the scientific presentation of paleontological finds.
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