Fossil Collection (page 14)

Metaldetes
A small block of limestone, 5 cm across, from the Cambrian of South Australia, containing sectioned specimens of the archaeocyathan sponge Metaldetes

Brachiopods mounted with Chinese medicinal recipe
Fossil brachiopods (Sinospirifer chaoi Grabau) from the Upper Devonian, probably South China; purchased from a Chinese drug store in Singapore, prsed Prof. C.H.R. Koenigswald 1949

Aulacoceras sulcatum, belemnite
An extinct marine fossil known as a belemnite. These are invertebrates from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Vestinautilus cariniferous, nautiloid
An extinct, coiled-shelled marine fossil invertebrate from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Goniatites, fossil ammonite
In marked contrast to Dactylioceras, this Carboniferous Goniatites has a shell in which successive whols overlap stongly, giving a narrow, deep umbilicus

Acanthoteuthis, a fossil coleoid
Arms equipped with hooks and a black ink are visible in this 15 cm long, exceptionally preserved specimen of the coleoid Acanthoteuthis from the Jurassic of Wiltshire, England

Wasatchites tridentinus, ammonoid
An extinct, marine fossil invertebrate with a heavily ribbed, coiled shell from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Gomphoceras pyriforme, nautiloid
An extinct, egg-shaped marine fossil invertebrate from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Plagiostoma, fossil shell
This shell of Plagiostoma from the British Jurassic measures 8.5 cm wide and shows radial ornamentation and growth banding

Gonioteuthis, a fossil belemnite
Guard of the belemnite Gonioteuthis, 8 cm long, from the Cretaceous Chalk of Salisbury, England

Cyrtograptus, graptolite
Colony of the graptolite Cyrtograptus from the Silurian of Bohemia. Field of view 5 cm wide

Eucidaris tribuloides, sea urchin
Dead sea urchin (Eucidaris tribuloides) showing spines attached to test. From Carrie Bow Cay, Belize

Elrathia kingii, trilobites
Elrathia kingii in rock matrix, from Middle Cambrian, Wheeler Shale, House Range, Utah, USA

Didymograptus, fossil graptolite
The two tuning-fork graptolite on this piece of Welsh Ordovician shale belong to the genus Didymograptus and have branches some some 5 cm in length with sawtooth-like thecae

Acanthoteuthis (Belemnoteuthis) speciosus, belemnite
An extinct, marine fossil invertebrate from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Dactylioceras, fossil ammonite
Dactylioceras, represented here by a 9.5 cm wide individual, is a characteristic and abundant ammonite in the Lower Jurassic of north Yorkshire, England

Roman lamp and fossil brachiopod
PDT replica of roman lamp and the fossil brachiopod (Terebratula maxima Charlesworth) from the Pliocene. Coralline Crag. Park Pit, Sudbourne Park, Suffolk

Hyperodapedon
Fossil from the Natural History Museum s, Palaeontology Department

Cyrtopirifer verneuili (Murchison), Delabole butterfly brach
A Delabole butterfly brachiopod (Cyrtopirifer verneuili Murchison) specimen from the Upper Devonian, Delabole Quarry, nr Camelford, Cornwall

Starstones - columnals of isocrinid crinoids

Turtle skull bivalve
PDT unreg. Steinkern or internal cast of an unidentified bivalve, Cretaceous, North Carolina, U.S.A

Prolecanites compressus, goniatite

Kuehneosuchus

Stereosternum
Fossil from the Natural History Museum s, Palaeontology Department

Hoplites, fossil ammonite
Hoplites, a stongly-ribbed Cretaceous ammonite. This 7.8 cm wide specimen is from the Cretaceous of Southern England

A fossil Cataceramus
Cataceramus is a subgenus of the genus Inoceramus, a bivalve that became extinct toward the end of the Cretaceous period

Belemnitella minor, belemnites
Natural History Museum specimens of belemnites or thunderbolts from the Paramoudra Chalk of Norfolk

Toad Stones or fish teeth

Isastraea oblonga, polished coral
Isastraea oblonga (Fleming). From the Jurassic period, Portlandian, Upper Beds, Tisbury, Wiltshire

Phragmites oeningensis
Fossil from the Natural History Museum s, Palaeontology Department

Baragwanathia longifolia
Fossil from the Natural History Museum s, Palaeontology Department

Fossil belemnites
Belemnite battlefield, a dense accumulation of belemnites covering a 22 cm wide slab of Jurassic shale from Yorkshire, England

Tonguestone (sharks tooth)
A sharks tooth from the species Oxyrhina. Specimen originates from the Globigerina Limestone, Miocene period, NW Malta

Spiriferina, a fossil brachiopod
Remarkable preservation of the delicate brachidium which supported the lophophore in a French Jurassic specimen of the spiriferide brachiopod, Spiriferina

Echinocorys scutata Leske, fairy loaf echinoid
A fairy loaf echinoid from the Cretaceous Chalk, Coranguinum Zone, Northfleet, Kent

Lystrosaurus
Fossil from the Natural History Museums Palaeontology Department

Fossil prawn
Specimen of a fossilied prawn preserved in the Solnhofen Pink Limestone, Germany

Quaternary fissure breccia
Watercolour drawing of a fissure breccia from the Quaternary period (Pleistocene Epoch or Ice Age), fossilised with mammalian bones. From a collection of original watercolour drawings, c

Fossilised naticid gastropods and leaves
Watercolour showing two views of a naticid gastropod and a fossilised leaf encased in a nodule by Sarah Stone (c. 1760-1844) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever

Dinosaur coprolites
Fossilised faecal droppings of a dinosaur (probably Titanosaurus) with plant debris on the surface. From the Upper Cretaceous of India

Picea excelsa, fossilised spruce cone
Shown here is the fossilised cone of (Picea excelsa), a spruce tree dating from the Pleistocene and approximately 500, 000 years old. Originates from Cromer Forest, Mundesley, Norfolk, UK

Rhus stellariaefolia, rhus
A fossilized leaf from the flowering plant Rhus (Rhus stellariaefolia) approximately 11cm long. This specimen was discovered in Colorado, U.S.A and dates back to the Late Eocene

Homo sapiens (Wadjak 1) cranium
Frontal view of cast of cranium belonging to adult female Homo sapiens (Wadjak 1) living about 6, 000 years ago discovered in Wadjak, East Java, Indonesia

A group of fragments of fossil crinoids
Watercolour of a group of fragments of fossil crinoids (feather-stars or sea-lilies) by Sarah Stone (c. 1760-1844) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever

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