Diapsida Collection (page 20)

Plesiosaurus conybeari
Fossil specimens, (plaster cast of the original) of the extinct marine reptile, Plesiosaurus conybeari on display at the Natural History Museum, London. BMNH R 1338 and BMNH R1339

Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni
A cast of the earliest known Pliosaur on display in The Life Galleries, The Natural History Museum, London

Dinosaur gallery
A display in the Dinosaur gallery showing how palaeontologists excavated the Baryonyx walkeri and then created a model replica of what the dinosaur looked like

Tangara chilensis, paradise tanager and snake
Hand coloured engraving, by George Edwards (1694- 1773), 1759. Paper size: 285 x 120 mm. Original artwork held by the Natural History Museum

Oviraptor head
Oviraptor means bird thief and refers to this dinosaurs diet. It was a fast, bipedal omnivore living in the upper Cretaceous, using its toothless horny beak to crush eggs and eat seeds

Sea-serpent attacking a vessel
Fig 67 from Mythical Monsters, 1886 by Charles Gould

Dendroaspis angusticeps, green mamba
Photograph of the skull of a green mamba, showing the snakes upper jaw fangs

Protoceratops embryo

Crotalaria verrucosa, blue rattlesnake
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Isochirotherium footprint
A cast of fossil footprints, measuring 38 cms long, from both hind feet of Isochirotherium herculis, an extinct reptile, discovered in Tarporley, Cheshire

Paranthodon africanus
A fossil of a section of left maxilla that once belonged to the dinosaur Paranthodon africanus. The specimen dates back to the Lower Cretaceous, discovered in Kirkwood Formation, Dassies Clip

Dryosaurus femur & vertebra
Right femur, length 196 mm, and caudal vertebra from a dryosaurus which lived during the Upper Jurassic, 155 to 140 million years ago in present day Tanzania, East africa

Euoplocephalus cutleri
Detail of a fossil of the armoured plated skin once belonging to Euoplocephalus cutleri, a dinosaur from the Ankylosaur family that lived 76 to 70 million years ago during the Upper Cretaceous

Bogus fossil lizard
GIWL108 (Geologisches Institut, Universit� urzburg Lugensteine number 108). This image shows a bogus fossil lizard (or salamander) eating an insect. Photographed by Paul Taylor

Rhynchosaurus footprints
Fossil footprints made by Rhynchosaurus on a slab of Triassic, Keuper Sandstone from a quarry in Rathbone Street, Liverpool. Dimensions of slab are 5 inches x 6 inches

Troodon tooth
A fossil tooth specimen that once belonged to the dinosaur, Troodon. It was a carnivorous dinosaur that lived around 65 million years ago

Stegosaurus skull
A cast of a fossil skull that belonged to Stegosaurus stenops, an Upper Jurassic dinosaur that lived 155 to 144 million years ago. The original fossil was discovered in the USA

Ardea alba, great egret
Plate 386 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Iguanodon teeth
Some original Iguanodon teeth found by Dr. and Mrs. Mantell. The tooth on the right is 5.3cm long as preserved. Iguanodon was a large plant eater with cheek teeth for grinding vegetation

Iguanodon brain
A partial skull that contains a natural mould (endocast) of the interior of the skull where the brain would sit. This is a representation of the external shape of the Iguanodon brain

Iguanodon thumb spike
A fossil thumb spike that once belonged to Iguanodon, a herbivorous dinosaur that lived 140 to 110 million years ago. It is though to have used its sharp ended thumb to defend itself against predators

Iguanodon metatarsal
A fossil metatarsal (the long bone of the foot) that once belonged to the herbivorous bipedal dinosaur, Iguanodon. The rough patches are where the muscles and tendons were attached to the bone

Iguanodon foot
The right foot of a very large Iguanodon. Some of the toe joints have small frills of bony overgrowth, showing that the dinosaur was suffering from arthritis

Iguanodon hand
Fossil remains of a hand that once belonged to the herbivorous dinosaur, Iguanodon. Notice the very sharpe spike like thumb which is thought to have been used for defending itself against predators

Echinocactus gibbosus, chin cactus
Triceratops teeth worked together like scissor blades to cut up tough plants. The smooth vertical surface on the right of this tooth is the worn cutting blade

Deinonychus
A model of the Deinonychus, meaning terrible claw. It was a carnivorous dinosaur that lived during the Lower Cretaceous period, around 144 million years ago

Cheirotherium
Arid desert of Triassic Britain with imagined reconstructions of Cheirotherium ( hand-beast ), a labyrinthodont reptile, whose prints are common in Triassic rocks but no remains have been found

Quartz box and carved lizard
An ornamental box set with different quartz stones (silicon dioxide) including a large central citrine together with a carved lizard in cat s-eye quartz

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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