Fossilised Collection (page 20)

Studying a fossil specimen
A visitor at the Natural History Museum, London handling a fossil specimen

Page of Hans Sloanes catalogue of Fossils
No. 1185 - 1189 written entry from a page of Hans Sloanes catalogue of Fossils Vol. 5, Fishes, Birds, Quadrupeds, 1742

Homo sapiens (Goughs Cave 49) mandible
Adolescent modern human mandible found during excavations in Goughs Cave, Cheddar, Somerset, dates back to around 14, 000 - 12, 000 year ago, (Creswellian)

Pycnodus zeaformis Longbottom, fish tooth plate
Corn-on-the-cob fish tooth plate from a paratype specimen dating from the Lower or Middle Eocene phosphates; Tamagu?lelt, Gao region, Mali

Hepaticites arcuatus
Fossil from the Natural History Museum s, Palaeontology Department

Streptelasma, coral
A horn coral, the solitary rugosan Streptelasma from the Ordovician of the USA, measuring almost 4 cm in length

Actinostroma, a dome-shaped stromatoporoid
Vertical polished section through the dome-shaped stromatoporoid Actinostroma, 9 cm in width, from Devonian rocks of Western Australia

Terebratula, a fossil brachiopod
The pedicle opening is very clear in this British Pliocene example of Terebratula measuing 6.6 cm in height

Jew Stones or sea urchin spines
Unidentified specimens of sea urchin spines possibly from Balanocidaris glandaria Leske, a Cretaceous echinoid found in Palestine

Halysites, chain coral
Part of a colony of the tabulate chain coral Halysites from the Silurian of Gotland, Sweden. The visible width of this specimen is 7 cm

Hildoceras bifrons, snakestone ammonite
A snakestone ammonite (Hildoceras bifrons) from the Jurassic Lias rocks of Yorkshire, U.K

Hylomous lyelli
Fossil from the Natural History Museum s, Palaeontology Department

Native necklace of fossil foraminifera (Alveolinae)
Native necklace of fossil foraminifera from John Whittakers cabinet, fossils dating from the Eocene Limestone, Sindh, India

Pronorites cyclolobus, ammonoid
An extinct, marine fossil invertebrate from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Phragmoceras sp. nautiloid
An extinct marine fossil invertebrate from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Sepia craveri, fossil cuttlefish
An extinct marine fossil invertebrate, a relative to todays cuttlefish from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Butterfly stone Hu-die-shih trilobites
Trilobite Drepanura; inferred Upper Cambrian, Shantung Province, China. Mounted slab from Keeper?s Meeting Room

Hemicyclaspis murchisoni and Thyestes egertoni, fossil fishe
Fossil fishes from the Devonian Period, found in Ledbury, Herefordshire. Specimens are on display at the Natural History Museum, London

Hydnoceras, a hexactinellid sponge
Over 17 cm tall, this natural cast of the hexactinellid sponge Hydnoceras comes from Devonian rocks of New York State

Cyclomedusa from the latest Precambrian (Ediacaran) of South Australia. The slab of sandstone bearing this apparent jellyfish has a visible width of about 8cms

Mesolimulus, a fossil horseshoe crab
The Jurassic horseshoe crab Mesolimulus, 17 cm long, from the famous fossil locality of Solnhofen in Bavaria, Germany

Hallopora, bryozoan
Branch, 15 mm high, of the trepostome bryozoan Hallopora, a genus particularly common in the Silurian which had bushy colonies when alive

A fossil Kosmoceras, ammonite
Kosmoceras, a genus of ammonite which lived during the Jurassic period

Barrandeoceras sp
A fossil invertebrate from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs). Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Porosphaera (sponge) necklace
Necklace of Porosphaera beads from the Bronze Age, Higham Marshes, near Rochester, Kent. From the neck of a crouched skeleton in a stone-lined grave

Goniatites sp. goniatite
An extinct, marine fossil goniatite from the class Cephalopoda belonging in the phylum Mollusca (molluscs), sub-class Ammonoidea. Photographed by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta

Cyclacantharia, a fossil brachiopod
Two individuals of the peculiar Permian brachipod Cyclacantharia, each about 2 cm in diameter, showing the solitary coral-like shape and long supporting spines

Excavating at Charmouth
A team of palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum excavating an Ichthyosaur at Charmouth beach. December 2004

Lingula, a brachiopod
Recent specimen of the brachiopod Lingula with long pedicle emerging from the 5 cm long valves of the phosphatic shell

Still Searching At Piltdown
A general impression of the Piltdown Gravel Pit, East Sussex c. 1913, with the goose Chipper, and from left to right, Venus Hargreaves, Arthur Smith Woodward, Charles Dawson

Cranium and mandible (Piltdown 1 & 2)
Piltdown man cranium and mandible as reconstructed on the left by Dr. A Smith Woodward and on the right by Professor Arthur Keith

Polacanthus fossils
Fossils of the bony plates which were located on the hip area of the dinosaur, Polacanthus. This dinosaur was from the family of armoured dinosaurs called Ankylosaurs

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

Lufengosaurus was a long necked quadrupedal & bipedal dinosaur that fed on plants and lived during the Early Jurassic period 208 to 200 million years ago. Fossils have been discovered in China

Edmontosaurus ankle & foot
The fossil ankle and foot bones of Edmontosaurus prepared for an exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London. The fossils were arranged as if they were lying in the quarry in which they were

Carnelian specimen

Toxodon platensis
Pleistocene specimen collected by Charles Darwin near Montevideo, Uraguay during the Voyage of the Beagle 1832-1836. Skull length is 66 cms

Citrine specimen

Corydasialis inexpectatus

Sequoia affinis, fossil tree
This specimen of Sequoia affinis is from Florissant, Colorado, USA, and is now held at the Natural History Museum, London

Agathis jurassica, fossil plant

Juglans ventricosa, fossil plant
These specimens of Juglans ventricosa was found in Weisweiter nr Duren, Rhineland, Germany, and is now held at the Natural History Museum, London

Sabal comanonis, fossil plant. This specimen is from Axe-en-Provence, France, and is now held at the Natural History Museum, London

Ginkgo huttoni, fossil plant
This specimen of Ginkgo huttoni is from Yorkshire, England

Alethopteris aquilinus, fossil plant
This fossilized specimen of Alethopteris aquilinus is from Bradwell Wood, Staffordshire, England

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