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Diapsida Collection (page 7)

Background imageDiapsida Collection: Varanus salvator, water monitor

Varanus salvator, water monitor
Photograph of a mounted water monitor lizard (Varanus salvator) specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageDiapsida Collection: Rhynchosaurus skull

Rhynchosaurus skull
This skull measuring 78mm belongs to an extinct genus of reptile called Rhynchosaurus. It lived during the Triassic period and fossils have been found in Africa, Europe and Brazil

Background imageDiapsida Collection: Columber kargi

Columber kargi

Background imageDiapsida Collection: Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus skeleton

Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus skeleton
From the Lower Jurassic, Lyme Regis, Dorset. This is the first articulated plesiosaur ever found and one of Mary Annings greatest discoveries. Length 2.9 meters

Background imageDiapsida Collection: Plate 100 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)

Plate 100 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
Plate 100 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Background imageDiapsida Collection: Geosaurus gracilis

Geosaurus gracilis
The fossil skeleton of the Geosaurus gracilis, an extinct aquatic crocodylian which lived during the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous periods

Background imageDiapsida Collection: Pliosaurus ferox tooth

Pliosaurus ferox tooth
A fossil tooth that once belonged to the extinct carnivorous marine reptile, Pliosaurus ferox that lived during the Jurasic period

Background imageDiapsida Collection: Asps design

Asps design
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Background imageDiapsida Collection: Passenger pigeon design

Passenger pigeon design
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Background imageDiapsida Collection: Phyllurus platurus, leaf-tailed gecko

Phyllurus platurus, leaf-tailed gecko

Background imageDiapsida Collection: Du cours de l Orenoque

Du cours de l Orenoque
Plate 16 from Atlas Geographique et Physique du Nouveau Continent (1814) by Al. de Humboldt

Background imageDiapsida Collection: Reptilia (class), snake

Reptilia (class), snake
Watercolour 57 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)

Background imageDiapsida Collection: Ichthyosaurus, Pterodactylus, Plesiosaurus

Ichthyosaurus, Pterodactylus, Plesiosaurus
Frontispiece The Age of Reptiles from Introduction to Geology by Thomas Wright, (1855). These marine and avian reptiles lived in Europe during the early Jurassic period about 200 million years ago

Background imageDiapsida Collection: Clemmys guttata, spotted turtle

Clemmys guttata, spotted turtle

Background imageDiapsida Collection: Dinosaur skeletons comparing hip pelvic structure

Dinosaur skeletons comparing hip pelvic structure
The pelvis consists of three bones on each side. Top, a Saurischian dinosaur. Middle, an early Ornithischian dinosaur. Bottom, a Later Ornithischian dinosaur

Background imageDiapsida Collection: The Central Hall of the Waterhouse Building

The Central Hall of the Waterhouse Building
The Waterhouse Buiding at the Natural History Museum, London was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Background imageDiapsida Collection: Calotes versicolor, agamid lizard

Calotes versicolor, agamid lizard
This agamid lizard is a common species in the lowlands of Sri Lanka, particularly in the drier parts of the island

Background imageDiapsida 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 imageDiapsida Collection: Detail of terracotta moulding of a snake in the Waterhouse B

Detail of terracotta moulding of a snake in the Waterhouse B
The Waterhouse Buiding at the Natural History Museum, London was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Background imageDiapsida 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 imageDiapsida Collection: Microraptor

Microraptor
Illustration of a Microraptor by Jo Konopelko, Natural History Museum Design Studio

Background imageDiapsida Collection: Diplodocus carnegiei, diplodocus

Diplodocus carnegiei, diplodocus
View of the Natural History Museums diplodocus cast in the Central Hall of the museum

Background imageDiapsida Collection: Diplodocus skeleton

Diplodocus skeleton
Weighing around 20 tonnes & reaching up to 26 metres in length Diplodocus is one of the worlds longest dinosaurs to have been discovered. It was first described by Marsh in 1878

Background imageDiapsida Collection: Side view of a Baryonyx snout

Side view of a Baryonyx snout
Baryonyx was a carnivorous dinosaur that lived during the Lower Cretaceous period around 125 million years ago. Photographed by Phil Crabb

Background imageDiapsida Collection: Gallimimus

Gallimimus
Outline illustration of a Gallimimus



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