Mesozoic Collection (page 3)

Sauropod excavation, 1982

Chrysobotris, fossil beetle
An early Cretaceous fossil beetle from the Lithographic Limestone, Lerida, Spain

Ardeosaurus brevipes, a Jurassic lizard
A cast of the type skeleton of Ardeosaurus brevipes a fossil reptile from the Lithographic Limestone, Kimmeridgian, Workerstzell, Bavaria, Germany. Dating back the Upper Jurassic period about 150 mya

Dicroidium sp. seed fern
Fossil Triassic plant from Queensland, Australia

Rhamphorynchus longiceps
A fossil Jurassic pterosaur from the Lithographic Stone, Eichstatt, Germany

Pelorosaurus teeth
These robust chopping teeth from Pelorosaurus, a sauropod, show where the outer enamel has been worn away by constant chopping at plants. This dinosaur lived 130 to 112 million years ago

Excavating a Mosasaur skull
Title page picture from Histoire Naturelle de la Montagne de St Pierre de Maestricht by Faujas de Saint Fond, 1799. Mosasaur was a carnivorous marine reptile from the Cretaceous period

Geosaurus gracilis
The fossil skeleton of the Geosaurus gracilis, an extinct aquatic crocodylian which lived during the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous periods

Hastings amber
This amber is from the Lower Cretaceous rocks of Hastings, East Sussex. Amber is fossilised tree resin

Oxynoticeras oxynotum, ammonite
Shown here is the ventral view of this Lower Jurassic oxycone ammonite

Aulacostephanus autissiodorensis, ammonite
Shown here is an Upper Jurassic macroconch (larger form) ammonite. Despite some damage to the shell, the fine ribbing is still apparent

Triassic and Devonian rocks
An angular unconformity between two rock formations: Triassic rocks (horizontal) on Devonian rocks (inclined at about 40 degrees), western England, UK

Ostracods
Small arthropods with two valves. These examples are Jurassic in age

Gryphaea incurva, oyster
Fossil oyster also known as the Devils Toenail, specimen from the Lower Lias, Gloucestershire

Leedsichthys problematicus
Fossilised tail of a Leedsichthys problematicus, the giant Middle Jurassic fish which is the largest fish known to have ever inhabited the Earths oceans

Diplodocus skeleton
Weighing around 20 tonnes & reaching up to 26 metres in length Diplodocus is one of the worlds longest dinosaurs to have been discovered. It was first described by Marsh in 1878

Gallimimus
Outline illustration of a Gallimimus

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

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

Starstones - columnals of isocrinid crinoids

Perisphinctes, ammonite
A Pyritised (golden cloured) ammonite from the Jurassic, Callovian, Jason Beds; Uetzing, Germany

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

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

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

Ichthyornis dispar, cretaceous bird
Painting by Maurice Wilson (c. 1950)

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

Nostroceras, ammonite

Maorites densicostatus, ammonite
This flat-shelled ammonite dates from the Lower to Middle Campanian of the Upper Cretaceous, Vega Island, Graham Land, Antarctica

Tylocidaris clavigera (Konig), sea-urchin
This sea-urchin has highly characteristic club-like spines and is 80-83m yrs old. Specimen originates from the Upper Cretaceous Upper Chalk, S. England

Thecosmilia trichotoma, colonial coral
Colonial coral originating from the Jurassic rocks of Nattheim, Germany, c. 170 million years ago. Paul Morh collection

Massospondylus
Outline illustration of a Massospondylus

Orodromeus
Outline illustration of an Orodromeus

Tenontosaurus
Outline illustration of a Tenontosaurus

Troodon
Outline illustration of a Troodon

Camarasaurus
Outline Illustration of a Camarasaurus

Stramentum, a fossil barnacle
Cretaceous goose-necked barnacle Stramentum from the Chalk of Kent, England, about 2 cm wide

Ventriculites, sponge
A Cretaceous flint broken open to reveal the sponge Ventriculites with a root-like base

Sphecidae sp. digger wasp
Shown here is a fossilized wing of a digger wasp. This specimen is around about 130 million years old and originates from the Cretaceous rock of Surrey, England

Ophioderma egertoni (Broderip), brittlestar
Brittlestars belong to the echinoderms and are a close relative of sea stars. This specimen dates from the Middle Lias of the Jurassic from Bridport, Dorset c. 195-189 million years old

Cryptoclidus
A fossil skeleton of Cryptoclidus, a plesiosaur that lived 165 to 150 million years ago during the Late Jurassic period. Fossils have beeen found in England, France, Russia and South America

Pachyrhinosaurus
This dinosaur, whose name means thick nosed lizard was a herbivore living during the Upper Cretaceous period, 76-74 million years ago

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