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Extinct Collection (page 2)

Background imageExtinct Collection: Megatherium and Glyptodon

Megatherium and Glyptodon
Sheet 5 of a series of posters by Waterhouse Hawkins c. 1862 showing Megatherium and Glyptodon. Date: circa 1862

Background imageExtinct Collection: Extinct bivalve mollusks: Pholadomya and Terebratula species

Extinct bivalve mollusks: Pholadomya and Terebratula species. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A. Schmidts Petrefactenbuch, published in Stuttgart, Germany, 1855 by Verlag von Krais & Hoffmann. Dr

Background imageExtinct Collection: Dodo, Raphus cucullatus

Dodo, Raphus cucullatus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine, Harrison, London, 1800

Background imageExtinct Collection: Plesiosaurus, large marine sauropterygian reptile

Plesiosaurus, large marine sauropterygian reptile from the early Jurassic.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916, Hamburg

Background imageExtinct Collection: Aepycamelus, an extinct genus of camelid which

Aepycamelus, an extinct genus of camelid which lived during the Miocene.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World

Background imageExtinct Collection: Ceratodus latissimus, extinct sarcopterygiian

Ceratodus latissimus, extinct sarcopterygiian lungfish from mid Triassic to late Cretaceous.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World

Background imageExtinct Collection: Pteranodon, large flying pterosaur from the

Pteranodon, large flying pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916, Hamburg

Background imageExtinct Collection: Iguanodon & Megalosaurus

Iguanodon & Megalosaurus
Iguanodon was a bipedal herbivorous dinosaur that lived 140-110 million years ago. Less is known about the Megalosaurus, but it lived a little earlier than Iguanodon as a large carnivorous dinosaur

Background imageExtinct Collection: Megalosaurus and Pterodactyle

Megalosaurus and Pterodactyle
Sheet 2 of a series of posters by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins c. 1862, showing Megalosaurus and Pterodactyle

Background imageExtinct Collection: Euoplocephalus tail club

Euoplocephalus tail club
Euoplocephalus was a heavily armoured ankylosaur dinosaur with a huge tail club formed by two bony knobs fused together. They lived around 71 million years ago during the Upper Cretaceous period

Background imageExtinct Collection: Megalosaurus

Megalosaurus
This was a carnivorous dinosaur that lived 140 million years ago during the Middle Jurassic. It grew up to 20 feet long and fossils have been discovered in the English Midlands and in Southern England

Background imageExtinct Collection: Dinosaur tail bones

Dinosaur tail bones
From a Palaeontology field trip in Niger, West Africa

Background imageExtinct Collection: Archegosaurus, extinct genus of temnospondyl

Archegosaurus, extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian which lived during the Permian.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F

Background imageExtinct Collection: Acanthopholis

Acanthopholis
A 12 foot long herbivorous armoured dinosaur which lived around 90 million years ago. Fossil evidence has been discovered in England. Painting by Neave Parker

Background imageExtinct Collection: Cetiosaurus

Cetiosaurus
A sauropod dinosaur which grew up to 60 feet long. It lived about 160 to 170 million years ago in the Midlands and Southern England, during the Upper Juassic perid. Painting by Neave Parker

Background imageExtinct Collection: Central Hall

Central Hall
View of the Central Hall and Diplodocus replica skeleton, Gallery 10, Life Galleries at The Natural History Museum, London. The Museum was first opened to the public in 1881

Background imageExtinct Collection: Phororhacos

Phororhacos
A huge bird-like creature from Patagonia, Miocene period

Background imageExtinct Collection: Argentina Creature

Argentina Creature
Argentina countryfolk report sighting of a plesiosaur-like creature : an expedition is planned in Buenos Aires.. but the creature is not found

Background imageExtinct Collection: Extinct Nothosaurus, mid-Triassic period

Extinct Nothosaurus, mid-Triassic period
Nothosaurus, extinct genus of sauropterygian reptile from the shell-bearing limestone seas, mid-Triassic period. Illustration from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life

Background imageExtinct Collection: Skull, jaw and sclerotic bones of dodo

Skull, jaw and sclerotic bones of dodo
Back view of skull, upper and lower view of lower jaw, inner view of jaw, and circle of sclerotic bones in the dodo. Lithograph from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melvilles The Dodo

Background imageExtinct Collection: Upper and lower views of the skull of a dodo

Upper and lower views of the skull of a dodo. Lithograph from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melvilles The Dodo and its Kindred, London, Reeve, Benham and Reeve, 1848

Background imageExtinct Collection: Side view of the skull of a dodo

Side view of the skull of a dodo. Lithograph from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melvilles The Dodo and its Kindred, London, Reeve, Benham and Reeve, 1848

Background imageExtinct Collection: Mammoth and Hyaena

Mammoth and Hyaena
Sheet 6 of a series of posters by Waterhouse Hawkins c. 1862 showing Mammoth elephas primigenius, Hyaena spelaea, Hippopotamus major, Ursus spelaeus & Machairodus latidens. Date: circa 1862

Background imageExtinct Collection: Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct

Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Frederic Martyns New Dictionary of Natural History, Harrison, London, 1785

Background imageExtinct Collection: The woolly rhinoceros, Coelodonta antiquitatis

The woolly rhinoceros, Coelodonta antiquitatis, extinct species of rhinoceros.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916, Hamburg

Background imageExtinct Collection: Ichthyosaurus, extinct genus of ichthyosaur

Ichthyosaurus, extinct genus of ichthyosaur from the Early Jurassic period.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916, Hamburg

Background imageExtinct Collection: Dodo - profile and rear studies

Dodo - profile and rear studies
Two studies of the Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) - a flightless bird endemic to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, extinct since the mid-to-late 17th century

Background imageExtinct Collection: Pterodactyl / Dragonfly

Pterodactyl / Dragonfly
A Pterodactyl of the Lassic Period, chasing a giant dragonfly

Background imageExtinct Collection: Prehistoric Animals Cp

Prehistoric Animals Cp
Figures of extinct animals in the grounds of the Crystal Palace, Sydenham - a splendid example of Art in the service of Science

Background imageExtinct Collection: Animals / Extinct / Megaloce

Animals / Extinct / Megaloce
CERVUS MEGALOCEROS skeleton in the Museum of Natural History, Paris

Background imageExtinct Collection: Crystal Palace Animals

Crystal Palace Animals
Visitors to the Crystal Palace at Sydenham, S.E.London, are both edified and entertained by the sculptures of prehistoric animals, created by Waterhouse Hawkins

Background imageExtinct Collection: Mastodon / Prehistoric US

Mastodon / Prehistoric US
A family of Mastodon, roaming the area of modern-day Manhattan Island. Bones of this large forerunner of the modern-day elephant have been found in this region

Background imageExtinct Collection: Extinct dinornis or moa, aepyornis ingens

Extinct dinornis or moa, aepyornis ingens
An artists impression of how the extinct dinornis or moa (aepyornis ingens), a genus of flightless birds native to Madagascar, might have looked

Background imageExtinct Collection: Animals / Extinct / Dodo

Animals / Extinct / Dodo
DODO EXTINCT BIRD

Background imageExtinct Collection: Facsimile of a picture of a dodo by Roelandt

Facsimile of a picture of a dodo by Roelandt Savery in the Royal Gallery, Berlin. Handcoloured lithograph by CDM from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melvilles The Dodo and its Kindred

Background imageExtinct Collection: Size of Argentavis magnificens compared to a human figure

Size of Argentavis magnificens compared to a human figure
An approximation of the size of Argentavis magnificens (" magnificent Argentine bird", or more literally " magnificent silver bird")

Background imageExtinct Collection: Red angels trumpet, Brugmansia sanguinea. Extinct

Red angels trumpet, Brugmansia sanguinea. Extinct. (Datura sanguinea). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse

Background imageExtinct Collection: Jerusalem cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum var. diflorum

Jerusalem cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum var. diflorum
Jerusalem cherry or Madeira winter cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum var. diflorum (Star capsicum, Solanum capsicastrum). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite

Background imageExtinct Collection: Fossils of extinct ammonite species

Fossils of extinct ammonite species. Ammonite di Caen, Ammonite di Deslongchamps, Ammonite di Bayeux, Ammonite di Braikenridge

Background imageExtinct Collection: Parasitic worms and tapeworms

Parasitic worms and tapeworms, Bothriocephalus coronatus 1, Bothriocephalus corolla 2, and pike tapeworm, Triaenophorus nodulosus 3. Bothriocefalo coronato, B. corolla, Trienoforo noduloso

Background imageExtinct Collection: Fragment of the Column of Marcus Aurelius, Rome, Italy

Fragment of the Column of Marcus Aurelius, Rome, Italy. Depicting Roman legionnaires and lions in a river. Framinento della colonna Antonina

Background imageExtinct Collection: Fossil skeleton of an extinct Brontosaurus excelsus

Fossil skeleton of an extinct Brontosaurus excelsus. Illustration from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life, Georg Dollheimer, Leipzig, 1932

Background imageExtinct Collection: Map of the continents and seas in the Upper Carboniferous

Map of the continents and seas in the Upper Carboniferous era. Atlantis, North America, Asia, European Peninsula, Gondwanaland

Background imageExtinct Collection: Skeleton of an extinct Rhamphorhynchus genus

Skeleton of an extinct Rhamphorhynchus genus
Complete skeleton of an extinct long-tailed pterosaur, Rhamphorhynchus genus. Illustration from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life, Georg Dollheimer, Leipzig, 1932

Background imageExtinct Collection: Extinct scale tree, Lepidodendron of the Carboniferous era

Extinct scale tree, Lepidodendron of the Carboniferous era. Illustration from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life, Georg Dollheimer, Leipzig, 1932

Background imageExtinct Collection: Ammonitida or extinct fossil ammonites

Ammonitida or extinct fossil ammonites: Cardioceras cordatum 1, 2, Schloenbachia varians 3, 4, Ptychites opulentus 5, 6, Douvilleiceras mammillatum 7, Puzosia planulatus 8

Background imageExtinct Collection: Red angels trumpet, Brugmansia sanguinea

Red angels trumpet, Brugmansia sanguinea. Extinct in the wild. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Background imageExtinct Collection: Gonaqua, extinct Khoikhoi people of South Africa

Gonaqua, extinct Khoikhoi people of South Africa
Gonaqua, extinct Khoikhoi people, who lived on the south coast between Algoa Bay and Mbhashe River. In fur capes, hats, beaded aprons and necklaces



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