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Awful changes cartoonSatirical lithograph cartoon by Henry T De la Beche c.1830, depicting Charles Lyell (centre) as Professor Ichthyosaurus
Homo erectus (Sangiran 17), H. sapiens (?) H. neanderthalensL to R, cast of Homo erectus, (Sangiran 17), Sangiran, Java, 700, 000 years old; cast of recent Homo sapiens skull from South East Asia; cast of Neanderthal skull from La Ferrassie, France, 50
Ichthyosaurus acutirostrisA fossil specimen of the extinct fish-like marine reptile Ichthyosaurus acutirostris from Germany. It lived during the Lower Jurassic period 205-180 million years ago
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
Asteroceras, fossil ammoniteA 16 cm diameter specimen of the Jurassic ammonite Asteroceras from the Lower Jurassic of Dorset, England
Awful changes cartoonSatirical pen and ink cartoon by Henry T De la Beche c.1830, depicting Charles Lyell (centre) as Professor Ichthyosaurus
Mosquito in Dominican amberA mosquito in trapped and preserved in Dominican amber. Lower Miocene about 20 million years old. Image from Amber The Natural Time Capsule. Figure 90
Archaeopteris hibernica, fossil plantA fern-like plant, beautifully preserved in yellow sandstone from the Devonian, Kilkenny, Ireland. Specimen is 25 cms long
Coprolite, fossil dungA coprolite is a fossilized dropping, perhaps from a Dinosaur. Length 29cm
Paranthropus boisei (Zinjanthropus) cranium (OH5)Cast of the cranium of a young male of Paranthropus boisei discovered by Mary Leakey in 1959 at Olduvai Gorge. The specimen which is the Holotype of Zinjanthropus boisei (Leakey 1959)
Liopleurodon vertebraA fossil vertebra from the pliosaur, Liopleurodon. These were carnivorous marine reptiles that lived during the time of the dinosaurs. This specimen was discovered in Kimmeridge, Southern England
Coelophysis fossilCoelophysis was one of the earliest known dinosaurs which lived 225 to 220 million years ago during the Upper Triassic. It was a small bipedal carnivore up to 3 metres in length
Kelloways Stone
Partial fossil remains of the giant millepede, ArthropleuraMeasuring 7.1 cm long, this Carboniferous fossil represents only part of a leg of the giant millepede Arthropleura
Plesiosaur sketchA sketch of the plesiosaur fossil discovered by Mary Anning
Globorotalia scitula, foraminifera fossilScanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing a fossilised planktonic species of foraminifera
Eurypterus, a fossil eurypteridThe paddles used for swimming are very conspicuous in the Silurian eurypterid Eurypterus from New York State. This individual measures 12 cm in length
Homo erectus, Java Man cranium (Sangiran 17) castLateral view of partially reconstructed cranium of Homo erectus Java Man about 700, 000 years old known as Sangiran 17. Discovered by Towikromo in 1969
Homo rudolfensis (KNM-ER 1470) Homo habilis (KNM-ER 1813)On the left, KNM-ER 1470 (also attributed to H. rudolfensis). On the right, KNM-ER 1813. Both skulls are about 2 million years old. Held at The Natural History Museum, London
Smokejacks Brickworks, SurreySmokejacks Brickworks in Ockley, Surrey shows part of the Upper Weald Clay Formation of Lower Cretaceous (Barremian) age
Dinosaur tail bonesFrom a Palaeontology field trip in Niger, West Africa
Railway cutting works, discovery of fossilised treesRailway cutting works on the Manchester to Bolton line, discovery of fossilised trees. Date: 1840s
Phacops, a fossil trilobiteThis Moroccan Devonian Phacops is enrolled, measuring 4.5 cm in width, and has a glabella covered in tubercles
Australopithecine or Homo habilis foot (OH8) castCast of a near complete foot (OH 8) from an Australopthecus or Homo habilis discovered at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania by Louis Leakey in 1960. It dates back to 1.75 million years ago
Dalmanites, a fossil trilobiteThis example of the Silurian trilobite Dalmanites, 4.2 cm long, shows to perfection the complex dorsal exoskeleton of these extinct arthropods
Tonguestone (sharks tooth) with lateral denticlesTooth of the extinct shark (Lamna obliqua Agassiz). Specimen orgininating from the London Clay (Eocene), Sheppey, Kent
Coelosphaeridium, calcareous alga
Tylocidaris clavigera, sea urchinA fossil echinoid (Tylocidaris clavigera) from the Cretaceous rocks of Gravesend, England
Urogomphus eximus, fossil dragonflyA fossil Jurassic dragonfly about 140 million years old, from the Kimmeridgian Lithographic Stone, Solenhofen, Bavaria, Germany
DiatomsSelected slide of a group of fossil diatoms collected from Bori, Hungary in September 1895 and viewed under the light microscipe using differential interfereance contrast
Asaphus (Neoasaphus) kowalewskii, stalk- eyed trilobiteA complete 3-dimensional stalk-eyed trilobite measuring about 5 cms, discovered at Wolchow River, near St. Petersburgh, Russia. The specimen dates back to the Middle Ordovician period
Piltdown forgery meetingMeeting to present the extent of the forgery at the Geological Society of London at Burlington House on 30 June 1954
Fossil trees in coal mineFossilised trees and plants found in a coal mine. Date: C.1870
Temnocidaris sceptrifera, fossil echinoidTemnocidaris (Stereocidaris) sceptrifera, 5.5 cm in diameter, from the Cretaceous Chalk of Hertfordshire, England, apical view
Cooksonia pertoni, fossilised plantA fossilised pin-sized plant. The earliest land plants were very small as seen in the minute bifurcating stems terminating in expanded spore sacs of Cooksonia pertoni, 10 mm in length
Gall midge in Baltic amberA gall midge is a fragile mosquito-like fly which produces galls on plants, seen here preserved in Baltic amber. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene
Geologists at PiltdownGeologists Association party visiting the pit at Piltdown on 12 July 1913
Plate 17. Mantells Geology of SussexPlate 17 from Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex, 1827 by G. A. Mantell
Quercus in amberA male oak tree flower in Baltic amber with a length of 3.7 mm and dating from the Upper Eocene about 35 million years old. Image from Amber The Natural Time Capsule page 29 figure 86
Plate 19. Mantells Geology of SussexPlate 19 from Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex, 1827 by G. A. Mantell
Tooth from Coelodonta antiquitatis, woolly rhinocerosThis woolly rhino tooth, together with two others were found in 1668 at Chartham, near Canterbury in Kent by natural historian John Somner
Libellulium longialata, dragonflyFossil dragonfly from the Late Jurassic (150 million years old), Germany. On display in From the Beginning, Gallery 63, Earth Galleries at the Natural History Museum, London
The Age of the Sea-Monster, discovery in AlaskaPage from The Illustrated London News reporting on the discovery of the remains of aa sea-monster on the Kenai peninsula. 1950
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
Mariopteris muricata, seed fernA leaf of a Carboniferous seed fern plant from Staffordshire
Micraster coranguinum (Leske), shepherds crown echinoidShepherds crown echinoid (Micraster coranguinum Leske) preserved in flint. Specimen from the Cretaceous Upper Chalk, England