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Araucaria mirabilis, pine coneSilicified cones from the Cerro Cuadrado Fossil Forest (Jaramillo Fossil Forest), Argentina dating from the Upper Jurassic. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Melanocetus johnsonii, humpback blackdevilSpecimen jar containing a humpback devilfish (Melanocetus johnsonii), held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London
Oyster shell with pearlOyster is a name given to a group of molluscs which can be found on sea beds, often in coastal waters. The pearl, a smooth spherical object can form inside its shell
Fossiliferous limestoneWenlock Limestone from Dudley. Middle Silurian about 420 million years ago
Clypeaster altus, a fossil echinoidClypeaster altus, 13 cm anterior to posterior, from the Miocene of Malta, oral view
Syringopora, fossil coralSilicified colony of the tabulate coral Syringopora from the British Carboniferous. The tubular corallites are about 2 mm in diameter
Heliolites, coralSmall colony, 4 cm wide, of the tabulate coral Heliolites from the Silurian of England
Hemibrycon taeniurus, Mountain spring sardine
Goliathus goliatus, goliath beetleAn x-ray image of the goliath beetle, Goliathus goliatus, showing shotgun wounds
Sopwith Model XII: Denudation of mineral veinsThis model shows the influence of surface denudation and faulting on inclined strata, with increased complexity to the situation in Model VII
Sopwith Models: denudation & faultingModels showing the effect of denudation and faulting on how rock strata appear at the surface. Thomas Sopwith (1803 - 1879)
Sopwith Model II: Coal strata near NewcastleUnlike the models of generic situations this representation of coal strata was specific to a particular surveyed location in England showing several thin, and mostly hidden, coal seams
Sopwith Model VII: Denudation of mineral veinsThis model shows the influence of surface denudation and faulting on otherwise flat, horizontal strata. The discontinuity between the beds as viewed at the surface can be seen
Thomas Sopwiths Geological Model SetThomas Sopwith (1803 - 1879) was an eminent geologist and civil engineer who pioneered methods of representing geological features
Chimarrogale varennei, lateral view
Chimarrogale varennei, mandible
Chimarrogale varennei, dorsal view
Chimarrogale varennei, dorsal, ventral
Homo heildelbergensis, Broken Hill ManBroken Hill skull, Homo heidelbergensis, discovered in Africa in 1921. The skull belonged to an adult male and may be 200, 000 to 300, 000 years old
Homo neanderthalensis (Ferrassie 1) craniumCranium and mandibula cast of an adult male Neandertal Man (Homo neanderthalensis) discovered at La Ferrassie, Dordogne, France, by D Peyrony and L. Captian in 1909
Dr Leachs 139 great auk eggDr Leachs 139 great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century
Hans Sloanes nautilus shellSir Hans Sloane is perhaps the most important collector ever. His huge collection forms the core of both the British Museum and the Natural History Museum
The Birds of America by John James AudubonThe Birds of America, the 19th-century masterpiece by John James Audubon, is the worlds most valuable book and it is extremely rare
Dwarf elephant toothTooth and jawbone of the dwarf elephant Palaeoloxodon cypriotes, between 10, 000 and 800, 000 years old. This fossil tooth
Homo neanderthalensis (calpicus) craniumFirst skull of an adult female Neanderthal, Homo neanderthalensis, about 50, 000 years old. Unearthed in 1848 in Gibraltar. Date: 1848
Moa bone fragmentFirst piece of moa bone, found between 1831 and 1836. The 15cm fragment comes from the species Dinornis novaezealandiae and is 0.01-1.8 million years old
Iguanodon toothOriginal Iguanodon tooth found by Dr. and Mrs. Mantell. Iguanodon was a large plant eater with cheek teeth for grinding vegetation and hoof-like claws