Extinct Collection (page 23)

Baryonyx walkeri
The Baryonyx walkeri specimen on display at the Natural History Museum London. Discovered in Surrey, UK in 1883 this specimen type dates back 125 million years to the Lower Cretaceous period

Hypsilophodon skeleton
A mounted skeleton of the dinosaur Hypsilophodon, whose name meand high-ridge tooth. This specimen that dates back to 125 million years ago was discovered in England

Shunosaurus was a large herbivorous quadruped. Complete skeletons show that it was armed with a tail club formed by enlarged vertebrae with 2 pairs of spikes

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

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

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

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

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

Plate depicting various birds including the Dodo, Turkey and Peacock. From: The ornithology of Francis Willughby. Date: 1678

Extinct. Illustration shows the Republican elephant among the bones and ghosts of dinosaurs, one is offering a membership card that states Ancient Order of Extinct Animals - Membership Ticket

Buffalo in Chicago
Buffalo herd in Lincoln Park, Chicago : these noble animals, which once in countless numbers roamed our western plains, are now extinct except in captivity. Date: 1916

Notornis
Rare flightless New Zealand bird, the notornis. The Illustrated London News notes that, the Notornis was first discovered in fossil form before it was ever seen alive

Mammothus Primigenius
two mammoths in the snow

Mastodon remains in Indiana
Mastodon remains found near Cromwell in Indiana, USA, reported as a sensational paleontological discovery

Picnic Point, Queensland, Australia
Toowoomba - Queensland, Australia. The magnificent view from Picnic Point

2nd Duke of Genoa / Stamp
Prince TOMMASO ALBERTO VITTORIO of SAVOY GENOA (1854 - 1931), 2nd Duke of Genoa, also known as Thomas Albert Victor of Savoy Carignan. The title is now extinct

Dinosaurs Hunting
Two Ceratosauriens are attacking a Stegosaurus, when one sights a herd of Cetiosauriens

The Cap of Liberty, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone, 1874
Engraving showing the cone of lime, 42 feet high and 22 feet in diameter, known as The Cap of Liberty, Yellowstone National Park, 1874

Extinct Animals 19C
A range of prehistoric animals in a rocky landscape

Animals / Extinct / Smilodon
Smilodon also known as Machaerodos - a sabre-tooth cat

Mammoth Tusks
Mammoth tusks are imported from Siberia to Britain, enough of them to fill a warehouse at London Docks

Unearthing a Dinosaur
Two palaeontologists unearth a dinosaur in Canada

Fossil Holoptychius
A complete holoptychius fossil found in Devonian stratum, which dates back to between 354 and 417 million years ago

Giant Elephant / La Nature
The skeleton of the giant elephant of Durfort on display in the new gallery of palaeontology at the Natural History Museum, Paris, France

Dinosaur Tracks / Texas
A close up of dinosaur tracks in the earth near Hondo, Texas

Pterodactyl Skeleton
PTERODACTYL skeleton preserved in a sandstone deposit

Dinosaur / Tylosaurus
TYLOSAURUS DYSPELOR 10-metre marine dinosaur, reconstructed from remains found in chalk deposits in Kansas, USA

Folklore / Bigorne
The bigorne is a sexist creature which eats men who do as their wives tell them; though no longer politically correct, it may not be extinct

Extinct Plesiosaur
PLESIOSAUR and ICHTHYOSAUR fight it out in shallow water, watched by creatures of the land

Dinosaur / Diplodocus
DIPLODOCUS skeleton presented by Andrew Carnegie to the Jardin des Plantes, Paris

Fossils / Palaeontologists
Palaeontologists chiselling rock from the skull of a dinosaur, Alberta, Canada

Ichthyosaurus, with Plesiosaur and Pterodactyls
An Ichthyosaurus, with a Plesiosaur and Pterodactyls in a prehistoric landscape

Neolithic mammoth hunt
Hunting the mammoth in southern France during the Stone Age (Neolithic era)

Ichthyosaurus
An ichthyosaurus, whose name derives from the Greek words for fish and lizard

Stellers Sea-Cow
Documented by Steller in the Bering Sea in 1751, the sea cow (rhytina stelleri) was a massive animal (up to 8m in length) that was extinct by about 1768

Bigorne / Eats Husband
The bigorne is a sexist creature which eats men who do as their wives tell them; though no longer politically correct, it may not be extinct

Megatherium Giant Sloth
The skeleton of a megatherium. Their huge claws meant that they couldn t put their feet flat on the ground and so, like anteaters, had to walk on the sides of their feet

The Moons Surface
The Moons surface, spattered with rocks and the craters of extinct volcanoes, testifying to a more violent past than the present appearance suggests

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