Palaeozoic Collection

Fossils from the palaeozoic era
Life forms of the palaeozoic era (for identification of individual items, refer to the book page 13-14)

Coal forest diorama
A diorama of a Carboniferous coal forest (354 to 290 million years ago) previously on display at the former Geological Museum which is now part of the Natural History Museum, London

Permian landscape

Neuropteris gigantea (Sternberg), Pteridosperm
Part of a frond of Neuropteris gigantea, an Upper Carboniferous plant, a Pteridosperm, from Coseley, near Bilston, west Midlands. Range; Genus, Carboniferous; Species, Westphalian

Stigmaria ficoides (Brongniart), Lycopod
Part of rootscock of a Lycopod, a Carboniferous plant (x1/2.) Upper Carboniferous; Dudley, West Midlands. Range: Carboniferous, 359 to 300 million years ago

Encrinurus variolaris, trilobite
Trilobites had a carapace, or shell which was divided into three parts. Trilobites were arthropods as crustaceans, spiders and insects are today

Carboniferous crinoid garden
Artists impression of Carboniferous (354 to 290 million years ago) underwater crinoid garden

Calamites suckowi (Brongniart)
Pith cast of Calamites suckowi, an Articulate, Carboniferous plant. Upper Carboniferous; Gosforth, near Newcastle-on-Tyne. Range: Genus, Carboniferous, Species, Westphalian

Alethopteris serli (Brongniart), Pteridosperm
Part of a frond of Alethopteris serli, a Pterisosperm, a plant from the Upper Carboniferous, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Range: Genus, Carboniferous; species, Westphalian

Silurian seafloor
An artists impression of the seafloor of the shelf sea surrounding Britain during the Silurian (443 to 417 million years ago), with trilobites, brachiopods, rugose corals, and molluscs

Carboniferous coal forest
Artists impression of the swamp forests of ferns and other non-flowering plants which covered much of Britain towards the end of the Carboniferous period (354 to 290 million years ago)

Silurian landplants
An artists impression of the the earliest vascular plants which developed beside freshwater pools during the Silurian (443 to 417 million years ago)

Sigillaria mamillaris (Brongniart), Lycopod
Part of a stem of a Sigillaria mamillaris, a lycopod, a Carboniferous plant. Upper Carboniferous; Darton, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, Range: Genus, Carboniferous-Permian, Species, Westphalian

Permian desert
An artists impression of the Permian desert with huge sandunes and sandstone mountains (290 to 248 million years ago) in Northern England

Edinburgh volcano
Illustration of the Edinburgh Volcano erupting in the late Palaeozoic period (543 to 248 million years ago), superimposed onto a modern aerial photograph of the city

Anglian ice sheet
A reconstruction of the front of the Anglian ice sheet in Precambrian (4, 500 to 543 million years ago) north London

Ordovician Britain
An artists impression of an eroded Ordovician (490 to 443 million years ago) volcano and shore line near Builth Wells, Powys

Permian Britain
An artists impression of Permian (290 to 248 million years ago) Britain from space, with desert lands and the Zechstein sea

Pterygotus anglicus, giant water scorpion

Devonian landscape
An impression by Bridget Kempster of the Old Red Sandstone desert of the Devonian period (417 to 354 million years ago)

Ordovician seascape
An artists impression of the Eden Valley, Cumbria in the Ordovician period (490 to 443 million years ago), with volcanoes in the sea

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