Phanerozoic Collection (page 12)

Isle of Wight amber
Spider in Isle of Wight amber. Lower Cretaceous about 130 million years old. Borrowed from Museum of Isle of Wight Geology

Moth preserved in Baltic amber
A moth preserved in Baltic amber dating from the Upper Eocene period, about 40 million years old

Todites denticulatus
Jurassic fossil leaf from York, England. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

View of Middle Pleistocene site of Bilzingsleben, Germany
Showing the accumulation of mammal bones and artifacts. Lower Palaeolithic, 400, 000 years old. Photo by Chris Stringer

Tyrannosaurus rex, Upper Cretaceous dinosaur
Model of the animatronic scavenger T. rex manufactured by Kokoro Dreams, Tokyo. T. rex The Killer Question exhibition at The Natural History Museum, London

Conodonts, tooth like fossils
These microscopic tooth like fossils are from the Ordovician period of the Ludlow area, Shropshire, UK about 420m yrs old (Magnification x 3.8)

Megaceros giganteus, giant deer
Head of a female giant deer (Megaceros giganteus) skeleton from the Pleistocene epoch, on display in the Mammals and Whale Gallery at the Natural History Museum, London

Stegosaurus
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

Pycnodus zeaformis Longbottom, fish tooth plate
Corn-on-the-cob fish tooth plate from a paratype specimen dating from the Lower or Middle Eocene phosphates; Tamagu?lelt, Gao region, Mali

Streptelasma, coral
A horn coral, the solitary rugosan Streptelasma from the Ordovician of the USA, measuring almost 4 cm in length

Terebratula, a fossil brachiopod
The pedicle opening is very clear in this British Pliocene example of Terebratula measuing 6.6 cm in height

Halysites, chain coral
Part of a colony of the tabulate chain coral Halysites from the Silurian of Gotland, Sweden. The visible width of this specimen is 7 cm

Hildoceras bifrons, snakestone ammonite
A snakestone ammonite (Hildoceras bifrons) from the Jurassic Lias rocks of Yorkshire, U.K

Native necklace of fossil foraminifera (Alveolinae)
Native necklace of fossil foraminifera from John Whittakers cabinet, fossils dating from the Eocene Limestone, Sindh, India

Hemicyclaspis murchisoni and Thyestes egertoni, fossil fishe
Fossil fishes from the Devonian Period, found in Ledbury, Herefordshire. Specimens are on display at the Natural History Museum, London

Hydnoceras, a hexactinellid sponge
Over 17 cm tall, this natural cast of the hexactinellid sponge Hydnoceras comes from Devonian rocks of New York State

Hallopora, bryozoan
Branch, 15 mm high, of the trepostome bryozoan Hallopora, a genus particularly common in the Silurian which had bushy colonies when alive

A fossil Kosmoceras, ammonite
Kosmoceras, a genus of ammonite which lived during the Jurassic period

Cyclacantharia, a fossil brachiopod
Two individuals of the peculiar Permian brachipod Cyclacantharia, each about 2 cm in diameter, showing the solitary coral-like shape and long supporting spines

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

Eurypterius lacustris, sea scorpion
This Devonian sea scorpion is preserved in fine siltstone and is from Canada. These predatory aquatic arthropods had a segemented, body large eyes and strong claws

Septastraea forbesi, coral
This Pliocene coral from Maryland, USA is 10 cm long and is a fragment of a much larger colony

Marrella splendens, lace crab
This is a small, aquatic arthropod originating from the Burgess Shale in Canada dating from the Middle Cambrian

Sequoia affinis, fossil tree
This specimen of Sequoia affinis is from Florissant, Colorado, USA, and is now held at the Natural History Museum, London

Agathis jurassica, fossil plant

Juglans ventricosa, fossil plant
These specimens of Juglans ventricosa was found in Weisweiter nr Duren, Rhineland, Germany, and is now held at the Natural History Museum, London

Sabal comanonis, fossil plant. This specimen is from Axe-en-Provence, France, and is now held at the Natural History Museum, London

Ginkgo huttoni, fossil plant
This specimen of Ginkgo huttoni is from Yorkshire, England

Neuropteris heterophylla, fossil plant
This fossilised specimen of Neuropteris heterophylla is held at the Natural History Museum, London

Zamites gigas, fossil plant
This specimen of Zamites gigas is from Yorkshire, England

Ginko gardneri, maidenhair tree leaf fossil
This fan-shaped ginko florin dates from the Lower Eocene rocks of Mull

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

Cyperites bicarinatus, tree clubmoss
Leaves of tree clubmoss (Cyperites bicarinatus) dating back to the late carboniferous period, discovered at Kilmersdon, near Radstock, Somerset, England. Specimen measures about 15 cms

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

Glyptodon, giant armadillo
Skeleton of Glyptodon, meaning carved tooth. The Glyptodon was a mammal which lived between 2 million years ago to around 15, 000 years ago. See image number 1136 for model

Trinucleus, trinucleid trilobite
This Trinucleid trilobite grew up to 3cm long. Specimen originating from Ordovician rocks of Builth, Wales

Rhamphorhynchus
A model of the Rhamphorhynchus, a Pterosaur, an extinct giant flying reptile. They lived around 150 million years ago during the Jurassic period

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

Araucarioxylon arizxonicum, conifer
Polished section through the trunk of Araucarioxylon arizxonicum, the dominant conifer of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA. Width approx. 25 cm. Dates back to the Late Triassic period

Baragwanathia longifolia, clubmoss
A fossilised clubmoss (Baragwanathia longifolia) showing a dense bristly covering of hairs or spiny leaves. Specimen dates back to Late Silurian or Early Devonian, from Victoria, Australia

Palaeocoma egertoni, fossil brittle star
A fossil brittle (serpent) star found in the Jurassic and Lias of England. Maximum diameter 8cm. This specimen is a well-known Echinoderm genus and similar to todays living brittle stars

Eryops megacephalus
Skeleton of Early amphibian (Eryops megacephalus), 295-285 million year old specimen from the Early Permian, Texas, U.S.A

Homo neanderthalensis (Swanscombe 1) Cranium
Three cranial bones discovered at the Barnfield Gravel Pit, Swanscombe, Kent between 1935 and 1955. Both the date and species of these homind remains have been the subject over the last decade or so

Lower Chalk

Stylemys nebrascensis, tortoise carapace
Depicted here is the carapace or shell of the Oligocene tortoise (Stylemys nebrascensis). Specimen originates from Western U.S.A

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

Benthosuchus sushkini
A fossil skull once belonging to an amphibian which lived during the Triassic period, 230 million years ago. This fossil originates from the Triassic rocks of the Scharzhenga river, Vachnevo Russia

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