Animal Stamp of Republic of Benin

Benin is the country located in the Africa Gulf of Guinea northern coast, Niger, Burkina Faso, and the east are in contact of Nigeria, and west is in contact with Togo for north. It became independent of France as Dahome in 1960. The name was changed to the Benin people republic in 1975, and is again changed to Republic of Benin in 1990.
The stamp on which it drew six kinds of ancient creatures in 1996 was issued by this Benin.

Republic of Benin
1996.8.30 Ancient Animal Stamp
Longisquama
Longisquama
(Longisquamidae)
(RAUISUCHUS)
Dunkleosteus
Dunkleosteus
(Dinichthyidae)
(ARTHRODIRA)
Dimorphodon
Dimorphodon
(Dimorphodontidae)
(PTEROSAURIA)
Eryops
Eryops megacephalus
(Eryopidae)
(TEMNOSPONDYLI)
Peloneustes
Peloneustes
(Pliosauridae)
(SAUROPTERYGIA)
Deinonychus
Deinonychus
(Dromaeosauridae)
(THEROPODA)


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