Temnospondyli Collection

Dicynodon, Labyrinthodon & Rhyncosaurus
Sketch design for models to be constructed at Crystal Palace. Watercolour painting by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, 1809-1889

Paracyclotosaurus was a large prehistoric amphibian that lived during the Triassic period around 235 million years ago. It grew to over 2 metres in length. Illustation by Neave Parker

Dicynodon, Labyrinthodon, Rhynchosaurus
Original artwork by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, donated by his granddaughter Mary Hawkins

Eryops skeleton on display at the Natural History Museum, London. This creature was a carnivorous amphibian which lived in the Permian era about 250 million years ago

Paracyclotosaurus davidi, model
A reconstruction from the only known specimen of Paracyclotosaurus davidi, a Labyrinthodont, an early amphibian whose skeleton was 2.75 metres long

Eryops megacephalus
Skeleton of Early amphibian (Eryops megacephalus), 295-285 million year old specimen from the Early Permian, Texas, U.S.A

Benthosuchus sushkini
A fossil skull once belonging to an amphibian which lived during the Triassic period, 230 million years ago. This fossil originates from the Triassic rocks of the Scharzhenga river, Vachnevo Russia

Eryops model
A model of Eryops, an extinct amphibian that was over a metre long. It lived during the Early Permian period around 295 to 285 million years ago. It was a large land animal for its time

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