Fossilised Collection (#5)

Fossil forest in Dorset
Fossil forest in Lulworth, Dorset

Fossil of Cybium Speciosum, an early relative of the mackerl, from the British Museums collection

Fossil of Acantonemus Subaureus, an extinct fish, from the British Museums collection

Fossil skeleton of a Pteradactyl, from the British Museums collection

Fossil of a crinoid lily
Fossil of the crinoid lily Periechinocrinus, from the Silurian strata in England

Fossil shells in limestone

Fossil palm and fishes from Wyoming, USA

Fossil of a Pterodactyl
Fossil of pterodactylus spectabilis

Rare fossilised fish
Acanthonemos Subaureus, a rare extinct form, related to Cavallas and Pampanos (tertiary strata)

Fossil skeleton of a Pterodactyl, from the British Museums collection

Ichthyosaurus communis, lias, Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire coast, a view of a fossilised dinosaur. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Fern Impressions in Carboniferous Shales, Hutton Colliery - a view of a rock exposed to show fossilised ferns inside. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Extracrinus Briareds, Lias, Lyme Regis - a close in view of a fossilised rock from England. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Submarine forest, nr Birkenhead - large areas of scattered fossilised trees.. Part of Box 12 Boswell collection. Counties of England. Date: circa 1900

Spain. La Rioja. Ihnite sites. Valdebrajes. Footprint of Coelurosauria

Dorsal & Ventral Isotelus platycephalus
Syntype (?Holotype by monotypy) of Asaphus, now Isotelus platycephalus (Stokes, 1824) Ordovician, Black River Group; St Josephs Island, Lake Huron, Ontario Bigsby Colln. Date: 1824

Conodont, Hindeodus cristulus
Hindeodus cristulus Microscopic fossils from the Carboniferous period, Vis顮 (Avonian), Middle Hosie Limestone; near Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland. (Scale bar = 171 microns

Turanophlebia, fossil dragonfly
With a wingspan close to 7 cm, Turanophlebia is one of several dragonflies rrecorded from the Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of Bavaria

Damselfly
Specimen held in the Natural History Museum Paleontology Department. This specimen is 34 million years old, and was found in Florissant, Colorado. This species is now extinct

Acropora, a scleractinian coral
Branch, 9 cm long, of the scleractinian coral Acropora from the Pleistocene of Yemen

Fossil Holothurian or sea cucumber
Staurocystis quadrifasciata, 6.5 cm long, from the Silurian, Wenlock Limestone of Dudley in Worcestershire, England

Palaeocoma egertoni, a fossil ophiuroid
Palaeocoma egertoni, with arms 4.5 cm long, from the Jurassic of Dorest, England

Asterias gaveyi, a fossil starfish
Asterias gaveyi, the oral surface, with an arm stretch of 18 cm, from the Jurassic of Gloucestershire, England

Actinocrinites sp. a fossil crinoid
Actinocrinites has a calyx which is conical and elongated and a rigid, domed tegmen made of numberous small plates. The calyx is monocyclic, I.e. a basal circle of plates supports the radial circlet

Millepora
Branching colony, 11 cm in height, of the hydrozoan Millepora from the Pleistocene of Aldabra in the Indian Ocean

Ailsacrinus prattii, 3.4 cm wide, from the Jurassic of Bath, England, showing the underside of the calyx and arms

Trimerus, a fossil trilobite
Fully preserved, 10 cm long specimen of the Silurian trilobite Trimerus

Fungia, coral
Fungia is a free-living scleractinian coral. In this large example, almost 10 cm in diameter, from the Pleistocene of Yemen

Deltoblastus, a fossil blastoid
Deltoblastus, 1.5 cm in diameter, from the Permian of Timor. side view

Globoblastus sp. a fossil blastoid
Blastoids are small echinoderms that consist of a stem, a calyx and arms. The calyx contained the soft body parts of the animal and is pyramidal to globular in shape

Isocrinus robustus, a fossil crinoid
The stalked crinoid Isocrinus robustus, 14 cm tall, from the Lower Jurassic of Gloucestershire, England, showing the calyx and arms

Castericystis vali, a fossil Carpoid
Castericystis vali, 7 cm long with juvenile 0.8 cm long attached at the bottom of the stele, from the Middle Cambrian of Utah

Epidiceras speciosum (Munster), internal cast of bivalve
Steinkern (internal cast) of a bizarrre rudist bivalve from the Jurassic period. Specimen from the Upper Kimmeridgian rocks, Kelheim, Bavaria, Germany

Daspletosaurus teeth
Fossil teeth from the Daspletosaurus, a large carnivorous dinosaur closely related to, but not as big as, the Tyrannosaurus

Crystal apple - cystoid echinoderm
NHM E10. Echinosphaerites aurantium (Gyllenhall). Ordovicain, Popouka, St Petersburg, Russia

The Extinct Animals model-room at the Crystal Palace, Sydenh
These life sized models were based on the fossilised remains of the original animals, and allowed people to imagine their true scale. Date: 31st December 1853

Clam with brown shell and a blue centre, side view

Fish (fossil)
XBP285094 Fish (fossil) by Prehistoric; Private Collection; Photo eBoltin Picture Library; out of copyright

Petrified trees, Mik mountains, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Fossils in limestone, Burren National Park, County Clare, Ireland, Europe

Picture No. 11091650
Fossil Trilobite Devonian Date:

Hoylake, Merseyside - Submerged (Petrified) Forest Date: circa 1910s

Prehistoric skeletons E439 / 0127
Prehistoric skeletons. These two embracing neolithic skeletons are called the Valdaro Lovers, They are believed to be a man and woman in their early twenties who died about 5000-6000 years ago

Saltwater Clam (Myophorella sp. ) shell fossil, Kimmeridge Bay, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, October
Saltwater Clam (Myophorella sp.) shell fossil, Kimmeridge Bay, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, October

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Fossilised Leaf - Palmatilobed fossil leaf Date:

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Eubrontes tracks from Dilophosaurus like dinosaur (the silicate mineral jasper has replaced the calcium carbonate, the foot crushed mud that spurted all around) Paleontological Site, Jonhson Farm

Picture No. 10947713
Eubrontes tracks from Dilophosaurus like dinosaur (the silicate mineral jasper has replaced the calcium carbonate) Paleontological Site, Jonhson Farm, Utah, St Georges, USA. Date:

Picture No. 10947714
Eubrontes tracks from Dilophosaurus like dinosaur (the silicate mineral jasper has replaced the calcium carbonate) Paleontological Site, Jonhson Farm, Utah, St Georges, USA. Date:

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