Marine Collection (#44)

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

Pentacrinites fossilis, crinoid
Crinoids are ancient, marine organisms. Pentacrinites fossilis was unusual in that it lived suspended from floating driftwood (seen here attached to a log)

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

Plate 16d from Specimens of British minerals? vol. 2 (1802) b
Plate 35A from Zoological drawings by Ferdinand Bauer. Study detail of the head and mouth of the medium-sized, weed-dwelling, marine fish found along the coasts of the south-west Pacific

Glyptonotus antarcticus

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

Opthalmosaurus & Stenosaurus
Extinct fossil marine reptiles, Opthalmosaurus icenicus (above) and Stenosaurus leedsi (below) from the Upper Jurassic Oxford Clay at Peterborough. On display at the Natural History Museum, London

Ichthyosaurus communis (Conybear)
A fossil specimen of an Ichthyosaurus from the Lower Lias, Lyme Regis, Dorset. On display at The Natural History Museum, London

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

Fossilised Macracara prisca, cichlid
This well-preserved, fossil specimen originates from the Lower Tertiary rocks of Brazil, some 65 million years ago

Leptonychotes weddellii, Weddell seal
Mother Weddell seal with pup. Folio 1906. Ref. Z88fw. Watercolour by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912) from reports of the Discovery Expedition to Antarctica, 1901-1904. Folio 1906. Ref. Z88fw

Heliobatis radians, fossil stingray
Specimen of the fossil stingray (Heliobatis radians) originating from the Eocene rocks of Wyoming, U.S.A. This specimen is around forty-five million years old

Actinopora disticha, bryozoan
Scanning electron micrograph of a fossil cyclostome bryozoan from the Cretaceous Chalk, Santonian, Kent

Eretmosaurus rugosus
A plaster cast of the original fossil specimen of the extinct Plesiosaur (marine reptile), Eretmosaurus rugosus, on display at the Natural History Museum, London

Belemnitella mucronata, belemnite
71-65 million year old squid-like belemnite specimen from the Late Cretaceous, Mstricht, Holland

Ichthyosaurus intermedius
Fossil specimens of the extinct marine reptile Ichthyosaurus intermedius, on display at the Natural History Museum, London

Cryptoclidus eurymerus
A fossil reconstruction of Cryptoclidus eurymerus, a Plesiosaur that lived 165-160 million year ago during the Middle Jurassic. This specimen was discovered in Peterborough, UK

Anomalocaris canadensis
Reconstruction of a 520 million year old predatory marine species from the Middle Cambrian, Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada

Eusthenopteron foordi, early lobe-finned fish
A 374 million year old specimen of a lobe-finned fish from the Late Devonian, Canada

Plesiosaurus conybeari
Fossil specimens, (plaster cast of the original) of the extinct marine reptile, Plesiosaurus conybeari on display at the Natural History Museum, London. BMNH R 1338 and BMNH R1339

Cylindroteuthis oweni Pratt, thunderbolt

Amblypterus, palaeoniscid fish

Palaeoniscus freislebeni, fossil fish
Palaeoniscus freislebeni a fossil fish from the Permian rocks near Midderidge, Durham

Marine turtle (c. 1955) by Audrey Weber. Oil on canvas 144 x 170 cm. Held by the Natural History Museum, London

Oceanic subduction zone with island arc
This diagram shows a destructive plate margin, an oceanic subduction zone accompanied by a volcanic island arc

Didymograptus, graptolite
Didymograptus, Ordovician tuning-fork planktonic graptolites. Graptolites are an extinct group of marine, colonial animals

Athleta luctator, fossil sea snail
A fossil sea snail (Athleta luctator) dating from the late Eocene rocks around Barton, England

Three brachipods
Shown here are three brachiopods (right to left) Dielasma hastata, Martinia glabra and Pleuropugnoides pleurodon. Specimens originate from near Castleton, England

Pentacrinites, crinoid
Pentacrinites is a fossil crinoid from the Jurassic. Crinoids are ancient, marine organisms. The majority have long stalks anchored to the bottom

Asteroceras obtusum, ammonite
Shown here is a Jurassic ammonite. Ammonites are an extinct group of fossil cephalopods related to todays Nautilus

Trigona, bivalves
Shown here are a pair of Jurassic bivalves. Bivalves are shelled creatures and first appeared in the Middle Cambrian and are still common in todays seas and oceans

Dapedium orbicularis, fossil fish
A well preseved example of an enamel-scaled fish from the Lower Lias, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England

A selection of seashells 2011

SPAIN. Llanes. Cubos de la memoria (The Cubes
" SPAIN. Llanes. Cubos de la memoria" (The Cubes of the memory). Work by Agust� Ibarrola, 2002."

Navigatio en Brasiliam Americae, 16th c. Flying Fish Meet in the Torrid Zone. Flemish art. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. Biblioth豵 e du service historique de la Marine

Pre-Columbian America. North america. Admiranda
" Pre-Columbian America. North america. " Admiranda Narratio", 1590. How Virginias fishermen work. 16th century. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris

Paddle wheel steamboat Massachusetts (1887)
" Paddle wheel steamboat " Massachusetts" (1887). SPAIN. Barcelona. Barcelona Maritime Museum."

Attack on a village by Tuppinjkinsij Indian clan
" Attack on a village by Tuppinjkinsij Indian clan. Illustration from " Americae Tertia Pars Memorabile Brasilae", France, s. XVI. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris

America Tertia Pars, 1562. Methods of Sieging and Attacking. Flemish art. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. Biblioth豵 e du service historique de la Marine

BARCELO i PONT DE LA TERRA, Antonio (1716-1797). Spanish marine military man. Litography

CARTIER, Jacques (1491-1557). French navigator, explorer of the Canada. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 National de la Marine (Paris Navy museum)

BERTELLI, Fernando (16th century). Map of Iceland, 1566. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 National de la Marine (Paris Navy museum)

Inhabitants of Virginia. lIlustration by Th鯤ore
" Inhabitants of Virginia. lIlustration by Th鯤 ore de Bry for the work " Admiranta Narratio". Engraving. FRANCE. Paris

Illustrations for Michael and the Mighty Men

Salmon in Nets
Fishermen hauling in their nets of salmon from Crabwater, Berwick-upon-Tweed, England (on the border with Scotland), during the salmon season (14 February - 15 September). Date: 1940s

Hauling a Whale In
Hauling a whale onto a fishing vessel. Date: circa 1900

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