Richard Fortey Collection (page 2)

Phacops rana, trilobite
A Devonian trilobite from Ontario, Canada. A convex trilobite with eleven thoracic segments; the eyes include a few very large lenses

Scaphites nodosus, ammonite
This Cretaceous ammonite originates from The Badlands, South Dakota, U.S.A. This specimen retains much of its original shell giving it a beautiful pearly lustre

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

Archastropecten cotteswoldiae, starfish
A fossil starfish of the subclass Asteroidea from the Jurassic rocks of Gloucestershire, England

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

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

Rotularia bognori, tube of polychaete worm
A tube cast of the polychaete worm (Rotularia bognori). Specimen originates from Bognor, England

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

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

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