Jaw Collection

Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus
Watercolour painting by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, (1809-1889). These marine reptiles live in Europe duing the early Jurassic period about 200 millions years ago

The Main Street, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada Date: circa 1920s

Piltdown Man article- The most ancient inhabitant of England
The most ancient inhabitant of England: the newly found Sussex Man. A page from the Illustrated London News by W.P Pycraft, examining the parallels between the Piltdown Man skull and jaw

Stenopterygius quadriscissus, ichthyosaur
Close up of the jaw of an ichthyosaur specimen on display at the Natural History Museum, London

Piltdown man reconstructed
The Piltdown man sketched by A. Forestier after Professor Keiths reconstruction, and an inset showing an alterative reconstruction after Dr. A. Smith Woodward

Skull, jaw and sclerotic bones of dodo
Back view of skull, upper and lower view of lower jaw, inner view of jaw, and circle of sclerotic bones in the dodo. Lithograph from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melvilles The Dodo

Plate 19. Mantells Geology of Sussex
Plate 19 from Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex, 1827 by G. A. Mantell

Iron jaw act
Unidentified iron jaw act. The performer held one end of a leather strap with their teeth while the other end of the strap had a hook which was attached to a trapeze or, in this case

One Of My Models At Rest
A portrait sketch of a lady resting on a settee, with her hand cupping her jaw, she is identified as a regular model for the artist. Date: circa 1901

Egyptian skull. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Death stands behind the Preacher and holds a jaw-bone over his head.. Handcolored engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's The Triumph of Death

The Jaws of the Great White Whale: Part of a Model of "Moby Dick"at the London Zo
The Jaws of the Great White Whale: Part of a Model of " Moby Dick" at the London Zoo. Date: 1955

Cartoon, Dr Dulcamara in Dublin (John Bright)
Cartoon, Dr Dulcamara in Dublin -- a satirical comment on the radical Liberal MP John Brights visit to Dublin, where he was invited to speak

Snake blenny, lesser spiny eel and wolf fish
Snake blenny, Ophidion barbatum 73, lesser spiny eel, Macrognathus aculeatus 74, wolf fish, Anarhichas lupus 75, and its jaw and teeth 76, 77

Fossil teeth, skull and jaw of the extinct Deinotherium giganteum. Engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Anatomy of the human nose, mouth and finger
Anatomy of the human nose, mouth, tongue, jaw and teeth, showing the senses of taste, smell and touch. Lithograph from Lorenz Okens Universal Natural History

Chinese ferret-badger, Melogale moschata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Norfolk Island garden with whale bones, 1939
A feature of many gardens on Norfolk Island in the Pacific which recalls the time when whales were caught off the coast: a porch formed of whales jaw-bones over a garden gate. 1939

Monsters face with tab pull on a greetings card
Monsters face with tab pull on a movable greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Oil Refinery at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada
British American Oil Refinery at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. Date: circa 1930

Jumbo the elephant in his younger days
Sketches of Jumbo the elephant at the gardens of the Zoological Society, Regents Park, depicting Jumbo in his youth, showing how he lost his tusks whilst attempting to force open a door

MEXICANS, MOUNTAIN LION
Three Mexicans encounter a mountain lion, and hope that their gun, backed by two daggers, will save them from its claws and jaw. Date: 1880

Rhyniognatha hirsti
A pair of jaws (mandibles) preserved in a fragment of Rhynie Chert and mounted on a glass microscope slide. This is the worlds oldest fossil insect part

Sailors exercising their jaws on a comic French postcard by Poli. Date: circa 1930s

Megalosaurus tooth
A typical carnosaur tooth belonging to Megalosaurus. It is curved in shape, pointing backwards and has sharp, serrated edges for cutting meat. The Megalosaurus lived during the Middle Jurassic period

WW1 - Canadian Volunteers
WW1 - The Canadian Volunteers, also known as The Moose Jaw Legion of Frontiersmen, photographed in front of a band stand at their first appearance

Anti-Suffragette Valentine. Anti-suffrage Valentine shows woman with toothache and swollen jaw that stops her tongue from wagging. Date: circa 1910

Homo sapiens cranium (Predmosti 3) cast

Carcharodon carcharias, great white shark jaw bones
Specimen of the jaw bones of a great white shark. This species can be found in temperate coastal waters the world over and can grow up to 6m in length

Homo sapiens cranium (Predmosti 3)
Frontal view of cranium and mandible (casts) of a Homo sapiens male aged 35-40 discovered at Predmosti, North East Moravia, Czech Republic. By K.J. Maska, June 1894. This specimen dates back 30, 000

Gigantopithecus model jaw
Model of Gigantopithecus jaw with Gorilla jaw for scale

Egypt, Africa - The Mummy of Rameses II at Cairo. Date: circa 1910s

Skull of Bobila Madurell. Spain. End of the 3rd millennium B
Skull of Bobila Madurell. From Sant Quirze del Valles, Catalonia. Culture of Trench Graves. End of the 3rd millennium BC. Sabadell History Museum. Spain

Jaw of Australopithecus anamensis. Pliocene. Located in Kanapoi, Kenya. Natural History Museum. London. United Kingdom

Skull probably from Homo sapiens. From Laetoli. Tanzania. Natural History Museum. London. United Kingdom

Selection of skulls

Prosqualodon davidi, skull cast
Cast of the cranium of Prosqualodon davidi from the early Miocene of Tasmania, Australia (original skull no longer exists)

Ophidium Eel and Muraena
Ophidium Eel or Beardless Ophidium (Ophidion imberbe, now classified as Pholis gunnellus, ie Rock Gunnel or Butterfish), and Muraena (Muraena helena), also known as Mediterranean Moray

Fossils of skeletons of extinct dinosaurs and mammals.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Fr. Rolles Geology and Paleontology section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich

Sections of skull, nasal cavity, jaw and teeth.. Handcolored steel engraving from Dr. Joseph Nicolas Masses Pocket Anatomy of the Human Body, Paris, 1864

Jaw bones.. Handcolored steel engraving from Dr. Joseph Nicolas Masses Pocket Anatomy of the Human Body, Paris, 1864

Jaw bone and neck.. Handcolored steel engraving from Dr. Joseph Nicolas Masses Pocket Anatomy of the Human Body, Paris, 1864

Jaw of a mosasaur, Mosasaurus, found in Mstricht, and fossil palates from various unknown fish.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles

Whales Jaw Arch, Gibraltar. Date: circa 1900s

Suffragette, Suffragist Muzzle. Addressed to Suffragist who wears a skirt and jacket embroidered with broad prison arrows and a muzzle round her mouth

Upper and lower human jaws
The upper and lower human jaws, depicted in two skulls, the lower of which is resting on a book Source: A practical treatise on the diseases of the teeth

Piltdown Man: mandible and skull compared
Ape-Man of Modern Man? The two Piltdown skull reconstructions. A page from the Illustrated London News, debating the merits of Dr. A

The Piltdown jaw: a reconstruction by W. P Pycraft
A drawing by W. P Pycraft of the restored jaw of the Piltdown Man, showing a pronounced forward thrust. Date: 1912

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