Taylor Collection (page 10)

Page of letter from Robert B Taylor to Sir George Cayley
Page of letter from Robert B. Taylor to Sir George Cayley, 25 July 1842

Various manufactories, Birmingham: Osler glass works; Taylor & Co pin & wire works; Elkington electro-plate works; and Penny & Co steel pen works

Phyllotis chacoensis
Views of a Phyllotis chacoensis skull. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2010

Cyanoramphus ulietanus, Raiatea parakeet

Phyllotis cachinus
Views of Phyllotis cachinus skull. Original specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2010

Graomys edithae
Views of Graomys edithae skull. Original specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2010

Hexagonella, bryozoan
A 5 cm long branch of Hexagonella from the Permian of Australia. This cystoporate bryozoan has polygonal subcolonies bounded by ridges

Birthstone Series: Zircon
Zircon comes in a variety of colours, but most commonly brown or green. It is the birthstone for the month of December (along with Tanzinte and Turquoise). Photographed by Harry Taylor

Birthstone Series: Fire Opal
This specimen is called a fire opal because of its red-orange colour. Many of these specimens originate from Mexico. Opal is the birthstone for the month of October. Photographed by Harry Taylor

Remopeurides, a fossil trilobite
Probably planktonic, Remopeurides is a small trilobite - this Scottish Ordovician example being less than 2 cm long - with an inflated glabella

Metaldetes
A small block of limestone, 5 cm across, from the Cambrian of South Australia, containing sectioned specimens of the archaeocyathan sponge Metaldetes

Birthstone Series: Lazurite

Birthstone Series: Citrine
Citrine is a form of quartz that appears in different a variety of yellows and oranges, it is the birthstone for the month of November along with Topaz. Specimen number 21470

Acanthoteuthis, a fossil coleoid
Arms equipped with hooks and a black ink are visible in this 15 cm long, exceptionally preserved specimen of the coleoid Acanthoteuthis from the Jurassic of Wiltshire, England

Plagiostoma, fossil shell
This shell of Plagiostoma from the British Jurassic measures 8.5 cm wide and shows radial ornamentation and growth banding

Cyrtograptus, graptolite
Colony of the graptolite Cyrtograptus from the Silurian of Bohemia. Field of view 5 cm wide

Didymograptus, fossil graptolite
The two tuning-fork graptolite on this piece of Welsh Ordovician shale belong to the genus Didymograptus and have branches some some 5 cm in length with sawtooth-like thecae

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

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

Birthstone Series: Opal
Opal is a form of silica and it is the birthstone (along with Tourmaline) for the month of October. Natural History Museum specimen number: 1908, 235. Photographed by Harry Taylor

Trinucleus, a fossil trilobite
The pitted cephalic fringe is clearly seen in this 1.3 cm wide specimen of Trinucleus from the Ordovician of Wales

Trinodus, a fossil trilobite
Measuring less than a cm, this Scottich Ordovician trilobite Trinodus has a much reduced thorax between the larger head and cephalon

Ventriculites, sponge
A Cretaceous flint broken open to reveal the sponge Ventriculites with a root-like base

Melocactus caroli-linnaei, melocactus
Illustration from the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. This illustration is thought to have been made by Simon Taylor (1742-1796)

Centaurea glastifolia, yellow star thistle
Watercolour No. 31 from Volume 2 by Simon Taylor, c. mid-1700s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Anacyclus valentina, anacyclus
Watercolour No. 181 from Volume 1 by Simon Taylor, c. mid-1700s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural history Museum, London

Actinostroma, a dome-shaped stromatoporoid
Vertical polished section through the dome-shaped stromatoporoid Actinostroma, 9 cm in width, from Devonian rocks of Western Australia

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

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

Mesolimulus, a fossil horseshoe crab
The Jurassic horseshoe crab Mesolimulus, 17 cm long, from the famous fossil locality of Solnhofen in Bavaria, Germany

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

Conus textile, textile cone
Detail of tent pattern of textile cone shell. Photographed by Harry Taylor

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

Lingula, a brachiopod
Recent specimen of the brachiopod Lingula with long pedicle emerging from the 5 cm long valves of the phosphatic shell

Gallirallus dieffenbachii, Dieffenbachs rail
Photograph of Gallirallus dieffenbachii specimen. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2009. This species is extinct

Aramides gutturalis, red-throated wood-rail
The Red-throated Wood-rail (Aramides gutturalis) is an disputed extinct species of bird in the Rallidae family. This species is now considered invalid

Microgoura meeki, Choiseul pigeon
Photograph of Microgoura meeki specimen. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2009. This species is presumed extinct

Columba jouyi, Ryukyu pigeon
Photograph of Columba jouyi specimen. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2009. This species is now extinct

Columba versicolor, Bonin wood pigeon
Photograph of Columba versicolor specimen. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2009. This species is now extinct

Myadestes woahensis, amaui
Photograph of Myadestes woahensis specimen. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 2009. This species is now extinct

Rhodacanthis palmeri, greater koa finch
Photograph of the greater koa finch. This bird is now extinct. Photographed by Harry Taylor, 200

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