Cretaceous Collection (page 2)

Pteranodon was a giant flying reptile which lived during the Cretaceous period around 85 to 75 million years ago

Nipponites mirabilis, ammonite
This ammonite from the Upper Cretaceous of Japan displays a loose, tangled coil

Carnotaurus
This was a carnivore that lived during the Lower Cretaceous period, around 70 million years ago. Fossil evidence in the unusual form of skin has been discovered in Argentina

Pachycephalosaurus skull
A fossil skull that once belonged to the dinosaur, Pachycephalosaurus. It features a huge dome of bone which may have protected the brain. The skull is also covered in decorative bony studs

Maiasaura with nest of eggs and hatchlings
An animated model of the dinosaur Miasaura, created by Kokoro Ltd. for the Natural History Museum, London. This dinosaur whose name meand good mother lizard lived during the Upper Cretaceous 60-85 mya

Hippurites radiosus, rudist mollusc shell
Rudist mollusc shells are elongated molluscs and were also reef builders. Specimen dates from the Late Cretaceous, Des Moulins, Charente, France

Euoplocephalus
A model of Euoplocephalus, one of the armoured plated dinosaurs from the family Ankylosauria. It lived during the Upper Cretaceous period 76 to 70 million years ago

Dinosaur footprints at Swanage
Fossilised footprint of a dinosaur dating back to around 135 million years ago from a Purbeck Stone quarry near Swanage, Dorset, UK. Scientists believe that they may have belonged to the Iguanodon

Chalk sea diorama
Diorama of Cretaceous (144 to 65 million years ago) sea floor chalk deposits, and various cephalopods

Cretaceous L scape
Cretaceous landscape with a few animals, birds and reptiles Date: 146-65 million BC

Hypsilophodon skull
Hypsilophodons narrow mouth would have been suitable for picking out soft shoots and leaves. Narrow mouths allow animals to select food with more care. This specimen lived 125 million years ago

Daspletosaurus teeth
Fossil teeth from the Daspletosaurus, a large carnivorous dinosaur closely related to, but not as big as, the Tyrannosaurus

Hypsilophodon foot
Hypsilophodons upper foot bones were long and the lower foot thin and flexible, very like todays running birds. This specimen which was discovered in England dates back 125 million years to

Restoration of a landscape in Cretaceous Europe.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Fr. Rolles Geology and Paleontology section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

Torosaurus latus and Monoclonius, extinct ceratopsid dinosaurs from the late Cretaceous.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F

Tylosaurus pelor, a type of mosasaur, a large, predatory marine lizard from the Cretaceous.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F

Hylaeosaurus, extinct genus of herbivore from the Cretaceous.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F. John from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1910, Hamburg

Hadrosaur, extinct genus of ground dwelling herbivore from the Cretaceous.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F

Dryptosaurus aquilunguis, extinct genus of primitive tyrannosaur that lived in the Cretaceous.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F

Hesperornis regalis, extinct genus of flightless aquatic birds that lived in the Cretaceous.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F

Triceratops prorsus Marsh, extinct genus of
Triceratops prorsus Marsh. extinct genus of herbivorous ceratopsid dinosaur of the Cretaceous.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F

Pteranodon, Nyctodactylus gracilis, extinct reptile from the Cretaceous period.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F

Geosaurus suevicus, an extinct marine crocodyliform.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F. John from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1910, Hamburg

Teleosaurus, extinct crocodilian carnivore of the Cretaceous.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F. John from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1910, Hamburg

Hadrosaurs or duck-billed dinosaurs of the family Hadrosauridae.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916, Hamburg

Hesperornis regalis, a species of ancient flightless bird of the late Cretaceous period.. Descended from earlier flying birds of the Mesozoic Era

Ichthyornis dispar skeleton.. Woodcut engraving from H. N. Hutchinsons Extinct Monsters and Creatures of Other Days, Chapman and Hall, London, 1894

Hesperornis regalis.. Lithograph after an illustration by J. Smit from H. N. Hutchinsons Extinct Monsters and Creatures of Other Days, Chapman and Hall, London, 1894

Pteranodon longiceps.. Lithograph after an illustration by J. Smit from H. N. Hutchinsons Extinct Monsters and Creatures of Other Days, Chapman and Hall, London, 1894

Tylosaurus proriger.. Lithograph after an illustration by J. Smit from H. N. Hutchinsons Extinct Monsters and Creatures of Other Days, Chapman and Hall, London, 1894

Hypsilophodon foxii dinosaurs and flying pterodactyls.. Lithograph after an illustration by J. Smit from H. N. Hutchinsons Extinct Monsters and Creatures of Other Days, Chapman and Hall, London, 1894

View of Mount Lycabettus, Athens, Greece from the Acropolis
Mount Lycabettus rising above Athens, Greece - view from the Acropolis. A Cretaceous limestone hill - the highest point in the city with a 19th century Chapel of St

Tenontosaurus attacked by Deinonychus
Detail of Deinonychus claw from a full scale animated model of a Tenontosaurus being attacked by five Deinonychus, made by Kokoro Co. Japan for The Natural History Museum

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

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

Opalised snails and clam
Found in the South Australia town of Coober Pedy, these ancient snail and clam shells have been preserved in semi-precious opal

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

Tyrannosaurus rex eye
Graphic of Tyrannosaurus rex eye. It is believed that the eye sight of this dinosaur was well adapted to hunting. It also had a large olfactory cavity creating a strong sense of smell

Maiasaura hatchling
An animated model of the dinosaur Miasaura, created by Kokoro Ltd. for the Natural History Museum, London. This dinosaur whose name meand good mother lizard lived during the Upper Cretaceous 60-85 mya

Wealden Landscape
Artists impression of vegetation and reptiles of the early Cretaceous, including Iguanodon, in south eastern England

Dromaeosaurus
The skeleton of a Dromaeosaurus, a small fast predatory dinosaur with sharp teeth and a large claw on each foot. The lived during the Upper Cretaceous 76 to 72 million years ago

Sabatinca perveta, moth
Shown here is a moth belonging to the living pollen-feeding family Micropterygidae, preserved in Burmese amber of Late Cretaceous age

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

Albertosaurus
Detail of a skeletal display of Albertosaurus showing the skull, on display at the Natural History Museum, London. The Albertosaurus lived 76 to 74 million years ago during the Upper Cretaceous period

Platanus latifolia, fossil plane tree leaf from the Upper Cretaceous from Greenland. Specimen 170 mms left to right

Baryonyx fossil remains
Plan of the crazy paving of blocks containing Baryonyx bones at the brick pit excavation site at Ockley, Surrey, UK. This was excavated in 1983 where a Baryonyx specimen was discovered

Titanopteryx philadelphiae wing bones
From a pterodactyloid pterosaur from the late Cretaceous in Jordan. Upper bones are fragments of the elbow joint. The lower from a finger bone which formed a wing support

Chrysobotris, fossil beetle
An early Cretaceous fossil beetle from the Lithographic Limestone, Lerida, Spain

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