Fortey Collection (page 2)

Bothriolepis canadensis, armoured fossil fish
This specimen is an amoured Devonian fish originating from Quebec

Stylina alveolata, reef coral
A reef building coral originating from Jurassic limestones in Europe, eastwards into Asia Minor, and also in the U.S.A

Hemicidaris intermedi, Jurassic sea urchin
This specimen is particularly well-preserved retaining its spines where they fell around the animal as it died

Cyathophyllum sp. rugose coral
Shown here is a section through a well preserved Devonian solitary, rugose coral from Devon, England. The maximum diameter is 6 cm

Plegiocidaris coronata, sea urchin
A fossil echinoid or sea-urchin from the Jurassic rocks of Ulm, Germany

Fossilised millipede (Class Diplopoda)
This fossil is preserved in a siltstone nodule of Carboniferous age from the Yorkshire Coalfield. Length 63mm (unstraightened), length of nodule 76mm

Nummulites gizehensis, giant foraminiferan
Shown here is a giant foraminiferan originating from the Eocene of Egypt. Foraminifera are amoeba-like, single-celled protistids and can still be found in abundance today

Spirifer striatus, brachiopod
Shown here is a wide-hinged brachiopod. Brachiopods belong to their own phylum (Brachiopoda). General characteristics include a pair of protective shells

Phacops rana, trilobite
A Devonian trilobite from Ontario, Canada. A convex trilobite with eleven thoracic segments; the eyes include a few very large lenses

Scaphites nodosus, ammonite
This Cretaceous ammonite originates from The Badlands, South Dakota, U.S.A. This specimen retains much of its original shell giving it a beautiful pearly lustre

Dictyonema flabelliforme, gaptolite
Shown here is an Ordovician dendroid graptolite, specimen originates from North Wales. Graptolites are the fossil remains of small colonial marine animals

Archastropecten cotteswoldiae, starfish
A fossil starfish of the subclass Asteroidea from the Jurassic rocks of Gloucestershire, England

Eurypterius lacustris, sea scorpion
This Devonian sea scorpion is preserved in fine siltstone and is from Canada. These predatory aquatic arthropods had a segemented, body large eyes and strong claws

Septastraea forbesi, coral
This Pliocene coral from Maryland, USA is 10 cm long and is a fragment of a much larger colony

Pentremites spicatus, blastoid
A Carboniferous blastoid from Grayson Co, Kentucky, U.S.A

Cyclothyris difformis, brachiopod
Shown here ia a rhynchonellid brachiopod from the Cretaceous of Devon. Brachiopods belong to their own phylum (Brachiopoda). General characteristics include a pair of protective shells

Raphiidonema faringdone, calcareous sponge
A vase-shaped calcareous sponge with numerous small canals from the Cretaceous of Berkshire, England

Limulus polyphemus, horseshoe crab
Fossil of the oldest crab in the world. The species is estimated to be at least 300 million years old and is characterised by a long, pointed tail

Rotularia bognori, tube of polychaete worm
A tube cast of the polychaete worm (Rotularia bognori). Specimen originates from Bognor, England

Trinucleus, trinucleid trilobite
This Trinucleid trilobite grew up to 3cm long. Specimen originating from Ordovician rocks of Builth, Wales

Palaeocoma egertoni, fossil brittle star
A fossil brittle (serpent) star found in the Jurassic and Lias of England. Maximum diameter 8cm. This specimen is a well-known Echinoderm genus and similar to todays living brittle stars

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