Sauropsid Collection (page 15)

Plate 97 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)

Rhynchosaurus skull
This skull measuring 78mm belongs to an extinct genus of reptile called Rhynchosaurus. It lived during the Triassic period and fossils have been found in Africa, Europe and Brazil

Columber kargi

Rallus sp. Rail
Plate 90, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Dendrocygna javanica, lesser whistling duck
Plate 98, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Crateropus sp
Plate 52, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57). Annotated Crateropus sp

Excavating a Mosasaur skull
Title page picture from Histoire Naturelle de la Montagne de St Pierre de Maestricht by Faujas de Saint Fond, 1799. Mosasaur was a carnivorous marine reptile from the Cretaceous period

Troglodytes troglodytes, wren
Plate from Paul Jerrards Gems for the Drawing Room:(British) Birds (1852). Hand coloured lithograph

Aerodramus leucophaeus, Polynesian swiftlet
Ff. 168. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Hirundo peruviana and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Geosaurus gracilis
The fossil skeleton of the Geosaurus gracilis, an extinct aquatic crocodylian which lived during the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous periods

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

Pliosaurus ferox tooth
A fossil tooth that once belonged to the extinct carnivorous marine reptile, Pliosaurus ferox that lived during the Jurasic period

Asps design
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Passenger pigeon design
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Falco peregrinus, falcon
A watercolour by William MacGillivray, 1839. Original artwork held in the Natural History Museum, London, 545 x 750 mm

Recurvirostra novaehollandiae, red-necked avocet
Watercolour 334 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled American Avoset

Various Water Birds
Illustration of Various Water Birds by James Hope Stewart

Eurasian Spoonbill
Illustration of a Eurasian Spoonbill by John Selby

Little Bush Moa
Illustration of a Little Bush Moa by James Erxleben

Ara macao, scarlet maccaw
Plate from William Hayes Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, With Their Descriptions, From the Menagery of Osterley Park, London, (1794)

Stagonopleura bella, beautiful firetail
Watercolour 242 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Nitid Grosbeak

Larus novaehollandiae, silver gull
Watercolour 347 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled New-Holland Crimson-billed Gull

Aratinga wagleri minor, scarlet-fronted parakeet

Erythrotriorchis radiatus, red goshawk
Watercolour 101 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Radiated Falcon

Namyda agassizii, soft shelled tortoise of Georgia
Drawing 46 (Ewan 24) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram

Fossil leaf miner
A leaf miner has left a snaking trail in this leaf from the Middle Eocene of Bournemouth, England

Golden pheasant design
Drawing 30 Vol 2 by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s

Great Bustard
Illustration of a Great Bustard by John Selby

Geospiza difficilis, sharp-beaked ground finch with labels
A specimen of a sharp-beaked ground finch (Geospiza difficilis) collected by Dr. A. Habel in the Galapagos Islands

Aegopodium podagraria, goutweed
Aegopodium podagraria L. a member of the Apiaceae family, cited by Linnaeus under his description of that name in Species Plantarum (1753), also the designated type specimen for that name

Dinosaur skeletons comparing hip pelvic structure
The pelvis consists of three bones on each side. Top, a Saurischian dinosaur. Middle, an early Ornithischian dinosaur. Bottom, a Later Ornithischian dinosaur

Camarhynchus psittacula habeli, large tree finch
A specimen of a large tree finch (Camarhynchus psittacula) collected by Dr A. Habel in the Galapagos Islands

Menura novaehollandiae, superb lyrebird
An image of a male superb lyrebird, Menura novaehollandiae from the Natural History Museum at Tring

Robert Swinhoe (1836-1877)
Portrait of Robert Swinhoe, an English naturalist, from Ibis (ser 9), 2 (jubilee supplement) 1908, p.207-208

Cicinnurus regius, king bird-of-paradise
Plate 362 from Carolus Clusius Exoticorum libri decem : quibus Animalium, Plantarum, Aromatum, alioramque peregrinorum Fructuum Histori describuntur, (1605)

Geospiza magnirostris, large ground finch
A specimen of a large ground finch (Geospiza magnirostris) collected in the Galapagos Islands during the Voyage of the Beagle

Detail of terracotta moulding of a snake in the Waterhouse B
The Waterhouse Buiding at the Natural History Museum, London was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Geospiza fortis, medium ground finch
A specimen of a medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) collected in the Galapagos Islands during the Voyage of the Beagle

Bird from decorative ceiling panels
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing a bird painted in gold

Side view of a Gharial skull
The Gharial is a modern fish-eating crocodile that is found in India. Photographed by Harry Taylor

Egg display in the Bird Gallery of the Natural History Museu
Exhibition of bird eggs illustrating the great variety in sizes. This display is part of the Bird gallery at the Natural History Museum, London

Sinospirifer sp. stone swallow (Shih-yen) brachiopods
A collection of stone swallow (Shih-yen) brachiopods from the Devonian rocks of China

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