North America 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

Cattleya skinneri, English orchid
Plate 13 from Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala (1837-1843) by James Bateman. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Acanthostega
Model of one of the earliest tetrapods, animals with back-bones capable of living on land. This Acanthostega lived during the late Devonian of East Greenland

Benitoite was discovered in 1906 near the San Benito river in California which remains the only known locality for this (barium titanium silicate) mineral

Iceland spar
A specimen of Iceland spar from Rodefjord, Iceland. Transparent crystal composed of the mineral, calcite (calcium carbonate) which has unusual property of double refraction

Moho nobilis, Hawaii o-o
Moho nobilis. Ff. 26, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)

Glacial rock, Halifax 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Cycadeoidea marylandica, fossil cycad
144-149 million year old specimen of a cycad from the Early Cretaceous, Maryland, USA

Basalt columns, Real del Monte mine, Mexico
Engraving of a sketch by Alexander Humboldt, 1810 Date: 1810

Immature Golden Eagle and Bald Eagle
Originally titled: Ring-tailed Eagle and Sea Eagle. Alexander Wilson, American Ornithology, 1824. Hand-coloured engraving. Date: 1824

Chordeiles minor, Common nighthawk
Alexander Wilson, American Ornithology, 1824. Hand-coloured engraving. Date: 1824

American Ornithology by Alexander Wilson, 1824
Alexander Wilson, American Ornithology, 1824. Hand-coloured engraving. Date: 1824

Triceratops horn
Triceratops which lived during the Upper Cretaceous period, 67 to 65 million years ago had three horns. It grew up to 9 metres in length and fossils have been discovered in USA

White River scene, late Eocene
Artists reconstruction (L to R) Hoplophoneus, Mesohippus, Hyaenodon, Archaeotherium, Poebrotherium, Pseudoprotoceras, Megacerops, Daphoenus, Merycoidodon, Subhyracodon

Trachinotus carolinus, Florida pompano
Ff. 224. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Stegosaurus skeleton
A herbivorous dinosaur that lived during the Upper Jurassic period, 155 to 144 million years ago. It has distinctive large plates which run from its neck to its tail. Illustration by Jo Konopelko

Galeandra baueri, orchid
Illustration from Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala (1837-43) by James Bateman. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Hand tools made by the Inuit of Greenland
These tools were made from the Cape York meteorites and were brought back to Great Britain by the explorer John Ross

Bentonite
A specimen of the mineral Bentonite Reg No. 1926, 216 light grey mass, Range 19, W4, Township 28, Rosedale, Alberta, Canada. Predented by the Canadian Government Exhibition Commision, 1926

Pachycephalosaurus skull
A fossil skull that once belonged to the dinosaur, Pachycephalosaurus. It features a huge dome of bone which may have protected the brain. The skull is also covered in decorative bony studs

C. Harris feeding Galapagos tortoises, 1898
Sailor and explorer Charles Harris was despatched to the Galapagos islands to collect giant tortoises for Walter Rothschild in 1897

Parribacus antarcticus, slipper lobster
Plate 55 from a collection of watercolour drawings of Hawaiian fishes and invertebrates. Watercolour on paper, c. 1900 by E. Gertrude Norrie (fl.1900s). Held in the Library and Archives

White poplar
Watercolour on paper by Florence Helen Woolward (1854-1936). Held in the Library and Archives

Anampses cuvier, pearl wrasse
Plate 34 from a collection of watercolour drawings of Hawaiian fishes and invertebrates. Watercolour on paper, c. 1900 by E. Gertrude Norrie (fl.1900s) Date: 1900

Dorsal & Ventral Isotelus platycephalus
Syntype (?Holotype by monotypy) of Asaphus, now Isotelus platycephalus (Stokes, 1824) Ordovician, Black River Group; St Josephs Island, Lake Huron, Ontario Bigsby Colln. Date: 1824

Lacandonia schismatica
A member of the Triuridaceae, a family of saprophytes. Found only in the Lacandon rainforest in southeast Mexico

Dasypus novemcinctus, Nine-banded armadillo
Hand coloured lithograph by John James Audubon from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, 1848. Date: 1848

Owls and Sparrow hawk
Alexander Wilson, American Ornithology, 1824. Hand-coloured engraving. Date: 1824

Aix sponsa, Wood duck
Watercolour by John Abbot, 1827 Date: 1827

Damselfly
Specimen held in the Natural History Museum Paleontology Department. This specimen is 34 million years old, and was found in Florissant, Colorado. This species is now extinct

Castericystis vali, a fossil Carpoid
Castericystis vali, 7 cm long with juvenile 0.8 cm long attached at the bottom of the stele, from the Middle Cambrian of Utah

Butterscotch wulfenite
A large specimen of the mineral wulfenite from the Glove Mine, Arizona, USA

Ophisaurus sp. glass snake & Chrysanthemum americanum
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby. Entitled The Glass Snake

Copper mass
This copper block was discovered by Samuel Hearne in the Arctic Circle in 1771. He carried it for a year before presenting it to the Hudsons Bay Company

Tyrannosaurus rex eye
Graphic of Tyrannosaurus rex eye. It is believed that the eye sight of this dinosaur was well adapted to hunting. It also had a large olfactory cavity creating a strong sense of smell

Missourium theristrocaulodon, jaw bone
Unearthed in 1840 on the shore of the Pomme de Terre River in Missouri by Albert Koch. The enormous skulls, jaws and bones all belonged to an extinct relative of the elephant

Porzanula palmeri, Laysan Crake
The Laysan Crake or Laysan Rail was native to Hawaii, and became extinct about 1944. This specimen is from the Rothschild Bequest

Crataegus phaenopyrum (L. f. ), Washington hawthorn
Sketch 19 (66 Drawings Volume). From a collection of original drawings and sketches by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Missouri Leviathan
Kochs Missourium. The reliquia of animal indigenous to North America exhibited in 1842 at the Egyptian Hall, London

Estherville Meterorite
Meteorite section BM 53764, Estherville, 2.727kg from the Natural History Museums Mineralogy Department

Psittirostra psittacea, o u
Ff. 79, watercolour by William Ellis from a collection of sketches of Mammals, Birds and Fish made on Captian James Cooks third voyage (1776-1780)

Estherville Meteorite
Meteorite section BM 53764, Estherville, 2.727kg from the Natural History Museums Mineralogy Department

Manihot glaziovii, Ceara rubber tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. This tree, which is native to Hawaii, is from the family Euphorbiaceae

Diatryma steini skull
Specimen of a Diatryma steini skull found in South Elk Creek, Bighorn basin, Wyoming, USA. Lower Eocene, 55-50 million years old

Priscacara clivosa, fossil fish
A fossilised fish originating from the Eocene epoch 58-37 milion years ago. Found in Wyoming, USA

Selenicereus hamatus, Queen of the night
Plate 9 from the Fitch Collection. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. This plant is native to Mexico

Canna flaccida, swamp canna
Drawing 48 (Ewan 26) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

The Estherville mesosiderite formed after a catastrophic collision between two asteroids. Mesosiderites are an irregular jumble of metal grains and angular pieces of rock

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