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Crocodylidae Collection

Background imageCrocodylidae Collection: Crocodylus palnotis, Muggers

Crocodylus palnotis, Muggers
Watercolour by Olivia Tonge; c. 1912 Date: circa 1912

Background imageCrocodylidae Collection: Side view of a Gharial skull

Side view of a Gharial skull
The Gharial is a modern fish-eating crocodile that is found in India. Photographed by Harry Taylor

Background imageCrocodylidae Collection: Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Stenosaurus and another marine

Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Stenosaurus and another marine
These reptiles lived during the Jurrassic period, about 150 million years ago. Watercolour by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Background imageCrocodylidae Collection: Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Stenosaurus

Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Stenosaurus
These reptiles lived during the Jurrassic period, about 150 million years ago. Watercolour by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Background imageCrocodylidae Collection: Caiman crocodilus, spectacled caiman

Caiman crocodilus, spectacled caiman
Close-up photograph of a spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageCrocodylidae Collection: Crocodylus porosus, saltwater crocodile

Crocodylus porosus, saltwater crocodile
Photograph of a saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) skull

Background imageCrocodylidae Collection: Crocodile & Euparkeria

Crocodile & Euparkeria
Painting to show the similarity between the hips of saurischians (crocodile) and archosauriforms such as Euparkeria. The Euparkeria lived during the Early Triassic period around 250 million years ago

Background imageCrocodylidae Collection: The Struggle

The Struggle
Plate 3 taken from The Life and Habits of Wild Animals, illustrated by designs by Joseph Wolf, London 1874

Background imageCrocodylidae Collection: Early Cretaceous landscape, Southern England

Early Cretaceous landscape, Southern England
Artists impression of an Early Cretaceous (144 to 90 million years ago) landscape in Southern England, with Iguanodon, turtle, and crocodiles

Background imageCrocodylidae Collection: Mounted specimen of Crocodylus sp. crocodile

Mounted specimen of Crocodylus sp. crocodile
Photograph of a mounted crocodile specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageCrocodylidae Collection: Crocodilus niloticus, Nile crocodile eggs

Crocodilus niloticus, Nile crocodile eggs
The Natural History Museums collections include examples of earlier life history stages as well as adults, and these are also preserved in spirit

Background imageCrocodylidae Collection: Paracyclotosaurus davidi

Paracyclotosaurus davidi
The only known example of an amphibian that lived in Australia about 235 million years ago. Dates from the Middle Triassic, Wianamantta Group, Ashfield Shale, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney

Background imageCrocodylidae Collection: Letter addressed to Lord Rothschild

Letter addressed to Lord Rothschild
Paula the Famous Reptile Conqueror letter writing paper. The sensational attraction of the Royal Aquarium, London. The only act of its kind in the world

Background imageCrocodylidae Collection: Plate from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium

Plate from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium

Background imageCrocodylidae Collection: Fossil crocodile jaw

Fossil crocodile jaw
Six million year old section of fossilised crocodile jaw found in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Scale in mms

Background imageCrocodylidae Collection: Crocodylus cataphractus, African slender-snouted crocodile

Crocodylus cataphractus, African slender-snouted crocodile
The skull belonging to an African slender-snouted crocodile (Crocodylus cataphractus). Growing up to a length of 4 metres, this species of crocodile is native to North Western Africa


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