Bone Collection (page 12)

Caenolestes
Teeth and mandibles of marsupials of the genus Caenolestes that presented detal anomalies. Photographs by Gabriel Martin

Homo habilis carniums casts from Olduvai Gorge and Koobi For
The white cranium is Homo habilis discovered at Koobi Fora, East Turkana, Kenya believed to have lived about 1.8 million years ago

Phyllotis chacoensis
Views of a Phyllotis chacoensis skull. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2010

Skull cups and bone fragments, Goughs Cave
Skull cups identified among human remains from Goughs Cave, Somerset. At around 14, 700 years old, the skull cups are the oldest directly dated examples in the world

Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas (1858-1929)
Portrait of Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas, a British zoologist. Painting, oil on canvas, by J. Ernest Braun, 1904. Original held at the Natural History Museum, London

Calyptrella tenuissima
Glass sponge fossil which died on the seabed 80 million years ago

Homo heidelbergensis mandible casts (Mauer 1 and Swartkrans)
The larger mandible is a cast from Homo heidelbergensis and was discovered by workmen at Mauer sand-pit, Germany in 1907. The smaller is of a mandible discovered in Swartkrans, South Africa

Toxodon Platensis, found at Sadillo
Illustration (p.134) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Paranthropus robustus cranium (SK 48)
A cast of the cranium belonging to an adult female Paranthropus robustus discovered at Swartkrans, South Africa by Dr. Robert Broom and J.T. Robinson. P. robustus lived around 1.5 million years ago

Cynognathus crateronotus
A fossil skull that belonged to the extinct mammal-like reptile, Cynognathus. It lived during the Triassic period, 245 to 208 million years ago. Typical length of entire creature 1.8 metres

Antiquite de l Homme Alpes-Maritimes. Pl X
Tete, thorax et membres superieurs du premier squelette d adulte trouve dans la quatrieme caverne des Baousse-Rousse ou de Menton, le 26 mars 1872

Eastmanosteus, Gogo fish
The Gogo fish, Eastmanosteus, was one of the first ever fossils extracted using acid

Phiolophus vulpiceps. Skull of a dawn horse found in Harwich

Aurignacian tools
A bone point, probably a spearhead and a flint end-scraper tool of Aurignacian age, 30, 000 - 34, 000 years old from France

Cervus unicolor brookei
Photograph of BM(NH) 1.3.13.1 Cervus unicolor brookei, Sarawak

Iguanodon bones
A jumble of Iguanodon bones developed originally in 1834 by Gideon Algeronon Mantell (1790-1852). Specimen known as The Maidstone Slab. It dates back to around 140 to 110 million years

Skull cup found at Goughs Cave
A skull cup identified among human remains from Goughs Cave, Somerset. At around 14, 700 years old, the skull cups are the oldest directly dated examples in the world

Megaloceros, Irish elk
Also known as Irish elk, Megaloceros lived across Europe and western Asia until it became extinct about 8, 000 years ago

Spiranthes romanzoffiana, Irish Lady s-tresses orchid
Species found on Colonsay, Scotland, by Lady Strathcona and A.N. Skelton, July 1930

Blue Whale Hall
View of Blue Whale Hall, Mammal Gallery, Gallery 24, Life Galleries at The Natural History Museum, London

Australopithecus sp. hip bone
The hip bone (Os coxae) of Australopithecus from Sterkfontein, South Africa

Homo habilis cranium & mandible fragment casts
Casts of fragments mandible and cranium fragments of a Homo habilis discovered at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania dating back to between 1.85 million years ago to 1.6 million years ago

Trachypithecus cristatus, silver leaf monkey. Males skull. Catalogue reference 1909.4.1.5

Rhinoceros sondaicus, javan rhinoceros skull from sunderabund, Bengal

Apateon pedestris, amphibian larva
A seven-centimetre-long larval amphibian

Protocaratops skull from Mongolia
This dinosaur lived during the Cretaceous period about 80 million years ago. This skull. roughly the size of a bear s, was found in Mongolia

Homo sapiens cranium
A cast of a human (Homo sapiens) cranium held at the Natural History Museum, London

Ichthyosaurus. Illustration taken from the Richard Owen coll
Illustration 117a, annotated by William Clift asNo 4. Profile of Mr Johnsons Fossil found at Lyme

The Investigate Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Part of human perinatal skeleton from Poundbury Cemetery (Romano-British, 2nd / 3rd century A.D.), Dorset

Fake rodent skeleton
Sent to the Museum by amateur palaeontologist Reverend C Green in 1843. The skeleton had not been dug out of the ground whole and bones belonged to different individuals

Marinavis longirostris
Fossil fragments from Abbey Wood. Specimens are beak fragments (BMNH A 4267 holotype and BMNH A 4268 paratype), a wing fragment, and a carpometacarpus (BMNH A 4233)

Adeliee penguin skeleton Pygoscelis adeliae
Specimen collected by Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition. It had a broad scientific programme and collected thousands of geological

Missourium theristrocaulodon, jaw bone
Unearthed in 1840 on the shore of the Pomme de Terre River in Missouri by Albert Koch. The enormous skulls, jaws and bones all belonged to an extinct relative of the elephant

Graomys lockwoodi
Views of Graomys lockwoodi skull. Original specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2010

Trachypithecus delacouri, delacours langur
Skull of Trachypithecus delacouri, delacours langur. Type specimen catalogue number 32.4.19. Male

Oligoryzomys victus, St. Vincent pygmy rice rat (holotype). Catalogue reference NHM 1897.12.26.1)

Lower jaw casts of Paranthropus robustus (Swartkrans 23) and
From Swartkrans, South Africa (left) and Peninj, Tanzania (right)

Cervus unicolor brookei, sambar deer
Photograph of BM(NH) 1.3.13.1 Cervus unicolor brookei, Sarawak

Phyllotis cachinus
Views of Phyllotis cachinus skull. Original specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2010

Mylodon darwinii, ground sloth
Jaw bone collected by Charles Darwin when he stepped off the Beagle in Argentina. First officially recorded by Richard Owen, the first Superintendent of the Museum

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