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Cephalopoda Collection (page 2)

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Rasenia uralensi, ammonite

Rasenia uralensi, ammonite
A fossil ammonite from the Upper Jurassic, Kimmeridge clay, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire. An ammonite has a coiled, chambered shell and is an extinct mollusc

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Histioteuthis bonelliana, squid

Histioteuthis bonelliana, squid
A glass model of a squid, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Loligo vulgaris, squid

Loligo vulgaris, squid
A glass model of a squid, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Enoploteuthis veranii, squid

Enoploteuthis veranii, squid
A glass model of a squid, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Enoploteuthis owenii, squid

Enoploteuthis owenii, squid
A glass model of a squid, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Argonauta argo (males), octopus

Argonauta argo (males), octopus
A glass model of two octopuses, created by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka in the late nineteenth century and held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Psiloceras planorbis, nacreous ammonite

Psiloceras planorbis, nacreous ammonite
These specimens of Psiloceras planorbis are Britains earliest ammonites. Part of the William Smith collection

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Belemnotheutis antiquus

Belemnotheutis antiquus
A well-preserved Upper Jurassic squid aged 160 million years. This specimen originates from the famous clay deposits in Wiltshire

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Cuttlefish dissection drawing

Cuttlefish dissection drawing
Table LI, taken from Bibel der Natur byJan Swammerdamm

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: The Tank Room, Darwin Centre

The Tank Room, Darwin Centre
The Tank Room in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Aturia sp. nautilus

Aturia sp. nautilus
Watercolour by Alice B. Woodward, c. 1880. Drawings 1 and 2 have had their shells removed, drawing 3 is a cross section of the shell and drawing 4 is an apical (open end) view

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Shell Gallery, May 1911

Shell Gallery, May 1911
New attractions for visitors in 1907, four years before this image was taken, included life-size models of an octopus and a giant squid in the Shell Gallery (now the Jerwood Galllery)

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Detail of terracotta moulding of an octopus in the Waterhous

Detail of terracotta moulding of an octopus in the Waterhous

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Bactrites carinatus, nautiloid

Bactrites carinatus, nautiloid
This straight nautiloid Bactrites carinatus originates from the Devonian of Germany

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Nautilus pompilius, nautilus

Nautilus pompilius, nautilus
Specimen shell of the nautilus (Nautilus pompilius), which has been sectioned to show body chamber (largest section), septa (individual chambers) and siphuncle (tube canal)

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Brasilia bradfordensis, ammonite

Brasilia bradfordensis, ammonite
This Middle Jurassic ammonite has been sectioned to show its chambers with calcite crystals formed in some and hardened mud in others. The body chamber is missing

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Parkinsonia dorsetensis, ammonite

Parkinsonia dorsetensis, ammonite
This ammonite has an evolute shell and is displaying complex suture lines. Specimen originates from the Middle Jurassic

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Aegocrioceras quadratus, ammonite

Aegocrioceras quadratus, ammonite
This Lower Cretaceous crytocone ammonite displays whorls which do not touch each other but form an open spiral

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Ichthyosaurus, Rhamphorhynchus, Plesiosaurus, Megalosaurus

Ichthyosaurus, Rhamphorhynchus, Plesiosaurus, Megalosaurus
Plate 82 Life on Jurassic Shores 165 Million Years Ago an illustration from Britain Before Man by F.W. Dunning et al (1978)

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Plate 76 from the John Reeves Collection

Plate 76 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: LS Plate 83 from the John Reeves Collection

LS Plate 83 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Darwins Octopus

Darwins Octopus
A specimen held in the Natural History Museum, London, of an octopus collected by Charles Darwin

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Plate 42 from Mineralogie Volume 1 (1790)

Plate 42 from Mineralogie Volume 1 (1790)
Coupe de la corne d ammons don?t chacunes des cazes, renferme une variete particuliere du Spath calcaire. From Recuille complet de Mineralogie? vol.1 (1790) by F.L. Swebach Desfontaines

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Nautilus pompilius, nautilus

Nautilus pompilius, nautilus

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Oxynoticeras oxynotum, ammonite

Oxynoticeras oxynotum, ammonite
Shown here is the ventral view of this Lower Jurassic oxycone ammonite

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Aulacostephanus autissiodorensis, ammonite

Aulacostephanus autissiodorensis, ammonite
Shown here is an Upper Jurassic macroconch (larger form) ammonite. Despite some damage to the shell, the fine ribbing is still apparent

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Dactylioceras commune, ammonite

Dactylioceras commune, ammonite
This shows a Lower Jurassic snakestone from Whitby, Yorkshire, UK where a snakes head has been carved onto the ammonite

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Dactylioceras commune, snakestone ammonite

Dactylioceras commune, snakestone ammonite
Snakestone ammonite (Dactylioceras commune) (J. Sowerby) a lectotype specimen from Toarcian, Upper Liassic, Bifrons Zone, Whitby, U.k

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Concretions with ammonites (saligrams)

Concretions with ammonites (saligrams)

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Actinoceras sp. nautiloid

Actinoceras sp. nautiloid
An extinct, long-shelled or orthoconic marine fossil invertebrate from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Octopus ceiling panel

Octopus ceiling panel
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing a black and white painting of an octopus

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Belemnite longitudinal section to show phragmocone

Belemnite longitudinal section to show phragmocone
A longitudinal section of a belemnite (Acrocoelites vulgaris) from Toarcian, Alum Shales, Ravenscar, Yks; unreg

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Aulacoceras sulcatum, belemnite

Aulacoceras sulcatum, belemnite
An extinct marine fossil known as a belemnite. These are invertebrates from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Vestinautilus cariniferous, nautiloid

Vestinautilus cariniferous, nautiloid
An extinct, coiled-shelled marine fossil invertebrate from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Goniatites, fossil ammonite

Goniatites, fossil ammonite
In marked contrast to Dactylioceras, this Carboniferous Goniatites has a shell in which successive whols overlap stongly, giving a narrow, deep umbilicus

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Wasatchites tridentinus, ammonoid

Wasatchites tridentinus, ammonoid
An extinct, marine fossil invertebrate with a heavily ribbed, coiled shell from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857, squid

Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857, squid
The squid was caught by the Falkland registered trawler John Cheek, on 15 March 2004 It was caught at a depth of 220m, 15.6 km north west of Port Stephens Settlement

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Gomphoceras pyriforme, nautiloid

Gomphoceras pyriforme, nautiloid
An extinct, egg-shaped marine fossil invertebrate from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Gonioteuthis, a fossil belemnite

Gonioteuthis, a fossil belemnite
Guard of the belemnite Gonioteuthis, 8 cm long, from the Cretaceous Chalk of Salisbury, England

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Plesioteuthis sp. belemnite

Plesioteuthis sp. belemnite
An extinct marine fossil known as a belemnite. These are invertebrates from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Acanthoteuthis (Belemnoteuthis) speciosus, belemnite

Acanthoteuthis (Belemnoteuthis) speciosus, belemnite
An extinct, marine fossil invertebrate from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Gonioclymenia laevigata, ammonoid

Gonioclymenia laevigata, ammonoid
An extinct, marine fossil invertebrate from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Dactylioceras, fossil ammonite

Dactylioceras, fossil ammonite
Dactylioceras, represented here by a 9.5 cm wide individual, is a characteristic and abundant ammonite in the Lower Jurassic of north Yorkshire, England

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Prolecanites compressus, goniatite

Prolecanites compressus, goniatite

Background imageCephalopoda Collection: Kosmoclymenia undulata, ammonoid

Kosmoclymenia undulata, ammonoid
An extinct, marine fossil invertebrate from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta



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