Specimen Collection (page 15)

Whewellite
A specimen of the mineral Whewellite (number 1931, 1), held in the Natural History Museums Mineral Department

Hyperodapedon
Fossil from the Natural History Museum s, Palaeontology Department

Fibula of Achondroplastic Dwarf
Bones of Achondroplastic Dwarf. From the tomb of King Mersekha around the fourth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt

Murex pecten, Venus comb
A pair of Venus combs (Murex pecten). This heavily ornamented gastropod has a row of spines making it look like a comb. They can be found throughout the Indo-Pacific

Spondylus pictorum, painted thorny oyster
A pair of painted thorny oysters (Spondylus pictorum). This bivalve can be found offshore up to 50 metres in the Mediterranean and Red seas

Humerus of Achondroplastic Dwarf
Bones of Achondroplastic Dwarf. From the tomb of King Mersekha around the fourth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt

Kuehneosuchus

Entomological Specimens
Specimens collected by Alfred Russel Wallace now held in the Natural History Museum London

Linda Pitkin

Stereosternum
Fossil from the Natural History Museum s, Palaeontology Department

Femur of Achondroplastic Dwarf
Bones of Achondroplastic Dwarf. From the tomb of King Mersekha around the fourth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt

Hoplites, fossil ammonite
Hoplites, a stongly-ribbed Cretaceous ammonite. This 7.8 cm wide specimen is from the Cretaceous of Southern England

A fossil Cataceramus
Cataceramus is a subgenus of the genus Inoceramus, a bivalve that became extinct toward the end of the Cretaceous period

Chaptalia nutans, silverpuff
Chaptalia nutans specimen in the Sloane Herbarium taken from Jamaica

Phragmites oeningensis
Fossil from the Natural History Museum s, Palaeontology Department

Baragwanathia longifolia
Fossil from the Natural History Museum s, Palaeontology Department

Herbarium sheets laid out in the General Herbarium of the Natural History Museum, London

Fossil belemnites
Belemnite battlefield, a dense accumulation of belemnites covering a 22 cm wide slab of Jurassic shale from Yorkshire, England

Spiriferina, a fossil brachiopod
Remarkable preservation of the delicate brachidium which supported the lophophore in a French Jurassic specimen of the spiriferide brachiopod, Spiriferina

Lambis lambis, common spider conch
A pair of common spider conch (Lambis lambis). This heavilly ornamented gastropod, has large shell projections, it originates from the Western Indo-Pacific

Spondylus gaederopus, European thorny oyster
A pair European thorny oysters (Spondylus gaederopus). This thorny bivalve is distributed around northwest coasts of Africa

Leptoglossis lomana
A pollen grain of the Leptoglossis lomana (polar view) from the family Solanacea, the tomato family

Eschrichtius robustus, gray whale
Close-up of the baleen inside the mouth of a gray whale on display in the Mammal and Whale Gallery (number 24), at the Natural History Museum, London

Various Pyroderus scutatus subspecies in storage at the Natural History Museum at Tring

Lystrosaurus
Fossil from the Natural History Museums Palaeontology Department

Pantholops hodgsonii (Tibetan antelope or chiru). View of skull BM(NH) 1843.1 12.100

Columbite
Specimen used by Charles Hatchett when he discovered niobium (then called columbium) and now called columbite in 1801. Mineral collection, the Natural History Museum

Gallery 5, Tring
The Natural History Museum at Tring. Once the private museum of Lionel Walter, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868-1937), and part of the Natural History Museum, London since 1937

From the Beginning
One of the oldest rocks on Earth dating back 3, 850 million years on display in the From the Beginning gallery, the Natural History Museum, London. Specimen from Greenland

The discovery of Niobium
Paper by Charles Hatchett, read at the Royal Society London 1801, describing how he discovered niobium (then called columbium). This mineral is now known as Columbite

Hydrocynus sp. tigerfish
Specimen skull of a tigerfish (Hydrocynus sp.). Tigerfish are found in warm rivers and lakes throughout Africa, they are fierce and voracious feeding on whatever is most abundant

Gallery 1, The Natural History Museum at Tring
The Natural History Museum at Tring. Once the private museum of Lionel Walter, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868-1937), and part of the Natural History Museum, London since 1937

Regalecus glesne, oarfish
Specimen of an oarfish (Realecus glesne). This species of fish is possibly the longest in the world. Photographed by Harry Taylor

Urtica dioica, stinging nettle
A herb which has various medicinal benefits and produces tiny hairs that sting when in contact with skin due to the presence of histamine and formic acid

Virginia Locus Tree
Plate 10 from Sir Hans Sloanes Hortus Siccus. Fol. 3. Vol. 180. Part of the botanical collection of the Natural History Museum, London

Teloschistes chrysopthalmus, lichen
Lichen shown in its herbarium packet from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London. Some lichens look virtually the same as dried specimens as in the field

Glass sponge probably Euplectella suberea
Drawing made from several damaged specimens collected during The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) west of Gibraltar, between Pernambuco & Bahia, S. America

Melopsittacus undulatus, budgerigar
Budgerigar specimen (Melopsittacus undulatus), photographed under UV light. From the Natural History Museum at Tring

Harpagophytum procumbens, grapple plant
African grapple plant seed. For seed dispersal, the seeds have grappling hooks which hook onto animals and get transported elsewhere untill they eventually fall off

Bird Collections housed at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

Phosphaenus hemipterus, glow worm
Photograph of a glow worm (Phosphaenus hemipterus)

Gallery 3, Tring
The Natural History Museum at Tring. Once the private museum of Lionel Walter, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868-1937), and part of the Natural History Museum, London since 1937

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