Prehistory Collection (page 9)

Sopwith Model III: Dislocation of strata
This model represents the side of a valley of denudation, with undisturbed horizontal beds of sedimentary rock when fully assembled

Prosqualodon davidi, skull cast
Cast of the cranium of Prosqualodon davidi from the early Miocene of Tasmania, Australia (original skull no longer exists)

Horse-head engraved on bone
Late Pleistocene wild horses head engraved on the right fourth metatarsal bone of a horse, specimen (NHM 38745). Found among horse remains from the Late Magdalenian site of Roc du Courbet, Bruniquel

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

Conodont, Hindeodus cristulus
Hindeodus cristulus Microscopic fossils from the Carboniferous period, Vis顮 (Avonian), Middle Hosie Limestone; near Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland. (Scale bar = 171 microns

Acropora, a scleractinian coral
Branch, 9 cm long, of the scleractinian coral Acropora from the Pleistocene of Yemen

Fossil Holothurian or sea cucumber
Staurocystis quadrifasciata, 6.5 cm long, from the Silurian, Wenlock Limestone of Dudley in Worcestershire, England

Palaeocoma egertoni, a fossil ophiuroid
Palaeocoma egertoni, with arms 4.5 cm long, from the Jurassic of Dorest, England

Asterias gaveyi, a fossil starfish
Asterias gaveyi, the oral surface, with an arm stretch of 18 cm, from the Jurassic of Gloucestershire, England

Millepora
Branching colony, 11 cm in height, of the hydrozoan Millepora from the Pleistocene of Aldabra in the Indian Ocean

Ailsacrinus prattii, 3.4 cm wide, from the Jurassic of Bath, England, showing the underside of the calyx and arms

Trimerus, a fossil trilobite
Fully preserved, 10 cm long specimen of the Silurian trilobite Trimerus

Fungia, coral
Fungia is a free-living scleractinian coral. In this large example, almost 10 cm in diameter, from the Pleistocene of Yemen

Deltoblastus, a fossil blastoid
Deltoblastus, 1.5 cm in diameter, from the Permian of Timor. side view

Isocrinus robustus, a fossil crinoid
The stalked crinoid Isocrinus robustus, 14 cm tall, from the Lower Jurassic of Gloucestershire, England, showing the calyx and arms

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

Archimedes swallovanus, bryozoan
Fossil bryozoan dating from the Carboniferous rocks, Mississippian, Golconda Fm. Marigold, Illinois, U.S.A

Hypsilophodon skull
Hypsilophodons narrow mouth would have been suitable for picking out soft shoots and leaves. Narrow mouths allow animals to select food with more care. This specimen lived 125 million years ago

Plesiosaurus macrocephalus
Plate 15 from Geology and Inhabitants of the Ancient World, by Sir Richard Owen, (1854). This marine reptile could be found during the Jurassic period between 200 and 145 million years ago. Date: 1854

Daspletosaurus teeth
Fossil teeth from the Daspletosaurus, a large carnivorous dinosaur closely related to, but not as big as, the Tyrannosaurus

Hypsilophodon foot
Hypsilophodons upper foot bones were long and the lower foot thin and flexible, very like todays running birds. This specimen which was discovered in England dates back 125 million years to

Iguanodon femur
A fossil femur, or thigh bone that once belong to the bipedal herbivorous dinosaur, Iguanodon. This specimen shows marks where muscles were once attached to the bone

Crystal apple - cystoid echinoderm
NHM E10. Echinosphaerites aurantium (Gyllenhall). Ordovicain, Popouka, St Petersburg, Russia

Magyarosaurus sp. & Cetiosaurus oxoniensis
Magyarosaurus was a titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Transylvania, Romania. Cetiosaurus was an early sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of England

NORWAY. Begby. Zoomorphic figures (1000 BC). Bronze Age. Cave

BREUIL, Henri (1877-1961). French abbot. Archaeologist
Henri Breuil (1877-1961), often referred to as Abbe Breuil. French Catholic priest, archaeologist, anthropologist, ethnologist and geologist. Portrait

Illustration that recreates the hunting of large mammals (mammoths, woolly rhinos and elephants) using traps during the Upper Paleolithic. Painting

Idols representations of ancestors. They proceed from the necropolis of Los Churuletes. Eneolithic. Sculpture on rock. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Museum of Archaeology

Antropomorphic stela. Chalcolithic. Sculpture on rock. FRANCE. PROVENCE ALPES CԔ E D AZUR. VAUCLUSE. Avignon. Mus饠 Calvet (Calvet Museum)

MEXICO. BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR. Painted Cave. Cave paintings at San Francisco Mountains (circa 1100 BC). Neolithic art. Cave

SPAIN. Romanyࠤe la Selva. Daina Cave. Romany
SPAIN. Romanyࠤ e la Selva. Daina Cave. Romanyࠄ olmen, aka Cova d en Daina. Neolithic art. Architecture

Spain. Montblanc. Abrigo Mas d en Gran
SPAIN. Montblanc. Mas d en Gran Shleter. Zoomorphic figure n. 1 in Levantine naturalistic style. Neolithic art. Cave

Spain. Eguilaz. Aizkomendi Dolmen
SPAIN. BASQUE COUNTRY. ALAVA. San Millᮮ Eguilaz. Aizkomendi Dolmen. Chalcolithic. Architecture

Spain. Antequera Menga Cave
SPAIN. Antequera. Menga Caves. Corridor entrance. Neolithic art. Architecture

Mortar from Palestine. Neolithic
Mortar from Palestine, c. 4000 BC. Neolithic art. Ceramics. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Monistrol de Montserrat. Museum of Montserrat. Proc: ISRAEL. TRANSJORDAN

Libya. Tadrart Acacus. Archaeology
LIBYA. Tadrart Acacus. Representation of a village (12.000-8000 a.C.). Neolithic art. Cave

Head. Iron Age
Head from Khirbet el Hajjar (10th c. BC). Iron Age. Sculpture on rock. JORDAN. Amman. Archaeological Museum

Head of man. Iron Age
Head of man. 9th-5th c. BC. Sculpture with Egyptian influence. Iron Age. Sculpture on rock. JORDAN. Amman. Archaeological Museum

Deads mother. Nuraghic Culture
Mother of the dead child. 1500-800 BC. Bronze Age. Nuraghic Culture. Sculpture on bronze. ITALY. SARDINIA. Cagliari. National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari. Proc: ITALY. SARDINIA

Chopper. Lower Paleolithic
Chopper on pebble. Lower Paleolithic. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia. Proc: SPAIN. CATALONIA. GERONA. Torroella de Montgr� Cau del Duc

Cantabria. Camargo. Cave of El Pendo
SPAIN. Camargo. Escobedo de Camargo. El Pendo cave. World Heritage Site since 2008. Upper Paleolithic. Magdalenian. Cave

Prehistoric Europe and Africa united by a land-bridge
Reconstruction drawing by A Forrestier from material supplied by Sir Arthur Keith, the anthropologist, showing Neanderthal men stampeding elephants

Pierre-aux-Fees Standing Stone at St Micaud, France
Pierre-aux-Fees Standing Stone at St Micaud in the Saone-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France. 6m 40cm tall. Date: circa 1911

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