Creature Collection (page 8)

Marine Studios, Marineland, Florida, USA
A man feeding a 600-pound porpoise at Marine Studios, an oceanarium at Marineland, Florida, USA, watched by spectators. Date: 1939

Greater argonaut octopus, Argonauto argo.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Hyracotherium or Eohippus, the dawn horse, of the Tertiary to Eocene.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916

Giant Hyrax, Riesenklippdachs, extinct ancestor of the Rock or Cape Hyrax (Procavia capensis).. Colour printed (chromolithograph)

Palaeomastodon, believed to be the ancestors of elephants or mastodons.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World

Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis, large, flightless bird that became extinct in the mid-19th century.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric

Ammonites, extinct group of marine animals belonging to the cephalopod subclass Ammonoidea.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World

The Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) is a marine chelicerate arthropod.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916

Diplodocus is a genus of extinct diplodocid sauropod dinosaur of the Late Jurassic.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916

Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, Cylindraspis vosmaeri, Testudo Indica Vosmaer.. Recently extinct species of tortoise. Last recorded in 1800 in Mauritius

Helicoprion with tooth whorl and Xenacanthus, prehistoric shark.. Both became extinct in the Triassic. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F

Megaladapis madagascariensis, Koala lemur, extinct species of giant lemur.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F

Iguanodon bernissartensis, extinct ground-dwelling herbivore of the Jurassic.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F

Discovery of the Adams mammoth, 1799
Discovery of a frozen mammoth in Siberia. A local chief spotted the creature, encased in transparent ice, on the banks of the river Lena in 1799

Chimera
An illustration of a mythical creature, part mammal, part reptile, the Chimera. On display for the Myth and Monsters Exhbition which ran from April to September, 1998 at the Natural History Museum

The Bogey-Beast
The cheerful old lady considers herself lucky to encounter the BOGEY- BEAST, a mischievous but not particularly dangerous folklore creature

Mouse (Bewick)
mus musculus - COMMON MOUSE terror of housemaids, target of mousetrap-makers, prey of cats and farmers wives - but we all have a sneaking fond- ness for this cute creature

Elephant Shrew
Macroscelides typicus. In most ways this cute creature is easily distinguished from the elephant, but its true its nose is rather long

Three boys with seal on a pebbly beach
Unusual Friends - three boys with seal on a pebbly beach. 1950s

Closeup of a walrus
Unusual Friends - closeup of a walrus. 1950s

Sea Serpents
Two explanations for the sighting of sea serpents: the first, a school of porpoises; the second, the tentacles of a giant squid

Deep sea divers at work underwater. 1896

Jonah cast overboard - Jonah 1. circa 1690

Startling Stories - Speak of the Devil by Norman A. Daniels. A figure of Satan looms over a man and a woman. The satanic creature possesses the man by holding a device over his head

Greek art. 5th century BC. Classic period. Stamnos. Red figures. From Bari (Italy). Satyr and maenad playing a aulos. Episcopal Museum of Vic. Catalonia. Spain

Fantastic Adventures - Goddess of the Fifth Plane
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, September 1942, featuring the story Goddess of the Fifth Plane by William P. McGivern. A young beautiful woman with a wand stands next to a black roaring lion with

Fantastic Adventures - Land of the Shadow Dragons
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, May 1941, featuring the story Land of the Shadow Dragons by Eando Binder. Man in overall defend a pretty woman from a huge dragon after their plane crashed. Date: 1941

Fantastic Adventures - Onslaught of the druid girls
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, June 1941, featuring the story Onslaught of the druid girls by Ray Cummings. A young beautiful woman rides a hippogriff. Date: 1941

Fantastic Adventures - Goddess of Fire
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, July 1941, featuring the story Goddess of Fire by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Young pretty woman with torch

Fantastic Adventures - The Devils Pigs
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, January 1945, featuring the story The Devils Pigs by Don Wilcox. A young beautiful woman looks softly at a strange creature. Date: 1945

Fantastic Adventures - Doorway to hell
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, February 1942, featuring the story Doorway to hell by Frank Patton. A pretty woman in a long red dress is looking terrified by a bizarre fishy looking creature with a

Fantastic Adventures - Toka and the man bats
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, February 1946, featuring the story Toka and the man bats by J. W. Pelkie. A beautiful young woman lies on the floor of a dark cave scared by a huge paranormal half man

Fantastic Adventures - The Return of Jongor
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, April 1944, featuring the story The Return of Jongor by Robert Moore Williams. A warrior attacks a club-wielding centaur with a spear. Date: 1944

Fantastic Adventures - The Octopus of Space
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, October 1949, featuring the story The Octopus of Space by Alexander Blade. A man watches another man in a wet suite fighting a huge octopus out of the round window of a

Satyr head
Greek mythology. Satyr head. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Medusa. Relief in a roman sarcofagus. Istanbul Archaeology Museums. Turkey

Gold plate depicting a winged griffin. 6th century B. C. Delp
Greek Art. Gold plate depicting a winged griffin. 6th century B.C. Archeological Museum. Delphi. Greece

Warsaw Mermaid, 1855, by Konstanty Hegel (1799-1876). Poland
Poland. Warsaw. Market Square. Warsaw Mermaid, 1855, by Konstanty Hegel (1799-1876)

Reconstruction of a Phrygian building. 7th century BC
Phrygian Culture. Turkey. Reconstruction of a Phrygian building. Detail. 7th century BC. From Pazarli. Museum of Anatolian Civilizations. Ankara

Leviathan. Sea monster referenced in the Tanakh, or the Old Testament. Book Floridus, 15th century. Chateau of Chatilly. France

The Moor Fountain by Giacomo della Porta. 1576. Rome
Italy. Rome. The Moor Fountain by Giacomo della Porta. 1576. Navona Square. Detail

Bronze head from the statue of a satyr. About 100 BC
Roman Art. Bronze head from the statue of a satyr. About 100 BC. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Altar of Domitius. Detail. Ca. 150 BC
Altar of Domitius. At the base is depicting the wedding of Poseidon and Amphitrite. Ca. 150 BC. Detail of the nuptial courtship with a Nereid on a hippocampus bringing a present and winged erotes

Sphinx. Sculpture. Glyptothek Museum. Munich. Germany

Baldassare Peruzzi (1481-1536). Italian architect and painter. Villa Farnesina. Renaissance. Detail Frescoes. Polyphemus. Cyclope. Rome. Italy

Zoophorus. Detail. Baptistery of Parma
Italy. Parma. Baptistery (1196-1260). Reliefs of different zodiacal signs and animals by Benedetto Antelami. 13th century. Detail. Sagittarius

Baptistery of Parma. Exterior. Detail
Italy. Parma. Baptistery (1196-1260). Statues and reliefs of different zodiacal signs and animals by Benedetto Antelami and their school. 13th century

The early Iron. Roman influence. Gryphon of Vimose. Bronze
The early Iron. Roman influence. Gryphon of Vimose. A gryphons head of gilt bronze. The gryphon was perhaps once part of a Roman parade helmet. Was found in a Bog, Funen. National Museum of Denmark

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