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Extinct marine reptilesSheet 1 of a series of posters called Extinct Animals by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins c. 1862. This collection of marine reptiles lived during the Jurassic period between 200
St. Cuthberts Beads - rosary made from crinoid columnalsUnidentified crinoid columnals used as beads for jewellery. Specimens from the Carboniferous Yoredale Shales, Ribblehead, Yorkshire
Pentrimites robustus, blastoidSide view of a specimen from the Carboniferous (Mississipian), Illinois, USA - length 4 cm. Blastoids are extinct marine invertabrates belonging to the Phylum Echinodermata
Tylocidaris clavigera, sea urchinA fossil echinoid (Tylocidaris clavigera) from the Cretaceous rocks of Gravesend, England
Temnocidaris sceptrifera, fossil echinoidTemnocidaris (Stereocidaris) sceptrifera, 5.5 cm in diameter, from the Cretaceous Chalk of Hertfordshire, England, apical view
CrinoidsCriniods lived during the Lower Jurassic period. Their modern equivalents include echinoderms such as seaurchins, starfish and sea cucumbers
Eucidaris tribuloides, sea urchinDead sea urchin (Eucidaris tribuloides) showing spines attached to test. From Carrie Bow Cay, Belize
Conulus albogalerus (Leske), Shepherds Crown echinoidShepherds Crown echinoid preserved in flint. Found in Gravel derived from Cretaceous Chalk, Surrey
Micraster coranguinum (Leske), shepherds crown echinoidShepherds crown echinoid (Micraster coranguinum Leske) preserved in flint. Specimen from the Cretaceous Upper Chalk, England
Flint handaxe incorporating fossil echinoidCast of handaxe from Middle Gravels of Swanscombe, Kent. Loaned by Merseyside Museums; NHM E6870
Globoblastus sp. a fossil blastoidBlastoids are small echinoderms that consist of a stem, a calyx and arms. The calyx contained the soft body parts of the animal and is pyramidal to globular in shape
Starfish, Luidia scottiSpecimen collected by Robert Falcon Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition
Dimerocrinus, fossil crinoidDimerocrinus, a small stemmed crinoid (sea-lily) of Silurian age. The long stem supports a 1.8 cm high crown mostly consisting of the arms employed in feeding
Cretaceous chalk seafloorAn artists impression of a Cretaceous (144 to 65 million years ago) hard chalk seafloor, where an ammonite floats above crinoids, sea urchins, brachiopods, molluscs, and a lobster
Plesiosaurus, Telesaurus, Ichthyosaurus, Pentacrinites, AmmoSheet 1 of a series of posters called Extinct Animals by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins c. 1862. This collection of marine reptiles lived during the Jurassic period between 200 and 145 million years ago
Clypeus ploti, fossil echinoidFossil echinoid also known as a poundstone from the Jurassic period Trigonia Grit, Aylworth, U.K
SEM of echinoderm steroemA SEM of an example of stereom of an echinoderm (phylum which consists of 5 classes including starfish). Stereom is the structure formed by the fine networks of calcium carbonate which constitute
Chalk sea dioramaDiorama of Cretaceous (144 to 65 million years ago) sea floor chalk deposits, and various cephalopods
Clypeaster altus, a fossil echinoidClypeaster altus, 13 cm anterior to posterior, from the Miocene of Malta, oral view
Blastoidea; extinct stemmed echinodermColoured lithograph by Ernst Haeckel from Kunstformen der Natur, 1899-1904. Date: 1904
Cystoidea; extinct stalked echinodermColoured lithograph by Ernst Haeckel from Kunstformen der Natur, 1899-1904. Date: 1904
Fossil Holothurian or sea cucumberStaurocystis quadrifasciata, 6.5 cm long, from the Silurian, Wenlock Limestone of Dudley in Worcestershire, England
Palaeocoma egertoni, a fossil ophiuroidPalaeocoma egertoni, with arms 4.5 cm long, from the Jurassic of Dorest, England
Asterias gaveyi, a fossil starfishAsterias gaveyi, the oral surface, with an arm stretch of 18 cm, from the Jurassic of Gloucestershire, England
Actinocrinites sp. a fossil crinoidActinocrinites has a calyx which is conical and elongated and a rigid, domed tegmen made of numberous small plates. The calyx is monocyclic, I.e. a basal circle of plates supports the radial circlet
Ailsacrinus prattii, 3.4 cm wide, from the Jurassic of Bath, England, showing the underside of the calyx and arms
Deltoblastus, a fossil blastoidDeltoblastus, 1.5 cm in diameter, from the Permian of Timor. side view
Isocrinus robustus, a fossil crinoidThe stalked crinoid Isocrinus robustus, 14 cm tall, from the Lower Jurassic of Gloucestershire, England, showing the calyx and arms
Castericystis vali, a fossil CarpoidCastericystis vali, 7 cm long with juvenile 0.8 cm long attached at the bottom of the stele, from the Middle Cambrian of Utah
Crystal apple - cystoid echinodermNHM E10. Echinosphaerites aurantium (Gyllenhall). Ordovicain, Popouka, St Petersburg, Russia
Carboniferous crinoid gardenArtists impression of Carboniferous (354 to 290 million years ago) underwater crinoid garden
Brittle star, Astrotoma agassiziiSpecimen collected by Robert Falcon Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition
Pteraster acicula, starfishPteraster acicula from the classification Asteroidea: Spinulosida: Pterasteridae. This species of starfish is found from Florida to the west Gulf of Mexico, below 260m
Ophioctenella sp. brittle starScanning electron microscope image of the post-larval stage of a brittle star (x 110) A newly described species 1994
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Francis Arthur Bather (1863-1934)
Labidiaster annulatus & L. radiosus from the Challenger VoyaPlate illustrating starfish from the report of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876)
Deima fastosum, holothurian echinodermIllustration of a Holothurian echinoderm from Report on the Holothuroidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger, 1872-1876
Starstones - columnals of isocrinid crinoids
Bathycrinus Aldrichamus, drawn by Wild (1873)Wilds Drawing, figured in Volume 2 of Wyville Thompsons Narrative in the Retport. Title Bathycrinus Aldrichamus
Echinocorys scutata Leske, fairy loaf echinoidA fairy loaf echinoid from the Cretaceous Chalk, Coranguinum Zone, Northfleet, Kent
Tylocidaris clavigera (Konig), sea-urchinThis sea-urchin has highly characteristic club-like spines and is 80-83m yrs old. Specimen originates from the Upper Cretaceous Upper Chalk, S. England