Fossils Collection (#2)

1883 Richard Owens study ex BMNH
Richard Owen (20, July 1804- 18 December 1892). 1883 portrait in his home study for The Graphic magazine. The year he retired from the BMNH

Petrified wood. Petrified tree logs from the Late Triassic Period (over 206 million years ago). Petrification is a term used to describe the fossilisation of wood

Dinosaurs - Agatized bone Close-up of a polished section of a Sauropod dinosaur bone from the Morrison Formation
FG-6486-C Dinosaurs - Agatized bone Close-up of a polished section of a Sauropod dinosaur bone from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Colorado

dinosaur excavation - Hadrosaur bones Hadrosaur bones in situ after excavation
FG-CB-434 dinosaur excavation - Hadrosaur bones in situ after excavation. Dinosaur Park Formation, Late Cretaceous, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta

Fossil Araucaria Cones, cross section & full cone, Mid Jurassic, Province Santa Cruz, Argentina
FG-11972 Fossil - Araucaria Cones, cross section & full cone Mid Jurassic, Province Santa Cruz, Argentina. Francois Gohier Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Fossilised ammonite (Asteroceras obtusum). Ammonites are an extinct group of molluscs that are thought to be related to modern cephalopods such as octopus, squid and cuttlefish

Fossil Fish with Shrimp (Carpopenaus) - Lebanon - Cretaceous
CAN-2475 Fossil Fish with Shrimp (Carpopenaus) Lebanon - Cretaceous Tselvatia John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Fossil Sea Urchins (Soutella) - Saumar-France - Helvetien
CAN-2457 Fossil Sea Urchins (Soutella) Saumar-France - Helvetien John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Fossil - Bird. Confuciusornis. Lower Cretaceous. This specimen is a well preserved female bird with extensive organic
CAN-2193 Fossil - Bird. Confuciusornis. Lower Cretaceous. China This specimen is a well preserved female bird with extensive organic preservation-carbonized skin

Fossil Dragonfly - Green River Formation - Wyoming, USA - Eocene 50 million years before present Please credit Green
CAN-2699 Fossil Dragonfly - Green River Formation Wyoming, USA Eocene 50 million years before present John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Fossil Mantis in Amber - Dominican Republlic - 15-40 million years old - oligocene
CAN-2446 Fossil Mantis in Amber - Dominican Republlic 15-40 million years old oligocene and miocene - amber is hardened tree resin which preserves organisms trapped inside - Dominican amber comes

Plesiosaurus battling Temnodontosaurus (Oligostinus), 1840 (engraving)
3697027 Plesiosaurus battling Temnodontosaurus (Oligostinus), 1840 (engraving) by Martin, John (1789-1854); Private Collection; (add.info)

At Lyme Regis, Mary Anning, aged 12, coming upon the first Ichthyosaurus found in England (litho)
2795554 At Lyme Regis, Mary Anning, aged 12, coming upon the first Ichthyosaurus found in England (litho) by Brock, Charles Edmund (1870-1938) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: At Lyme Regis)

UK, England, Dorset, Lyme Regis, a Gateway Town to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Jurassic Coast, Monmouth Beach, Ammonite Pavement, Large ammonite fossil

Procolophon: Skull

Picture No. 10889720
Fossils - Ammonite (cross section, close-up) - Jurassic Date:

Fossil skull of Australopithecus afarensis
JH-52 Fossil skull of Australopithecus afarensis - extinct hominid Australopithecus afarensis John Holmes contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Dinosaurs - paleontologist Lynett Gillette examines bones of the dinosaur Coelophysis Coelophysis was a small
FG-DH-289 Dinosaurs - paleontologist Lynett Gillette examines bones of the dinosaur Coelophysis Coelophysis bauri Coelophysis was a small carnivorous dinosaur of the Late Triassic (Chinle Formation)

Ammonite Fossil - Cretaceous Period 110 m. y. a. South Dakota, USA
KEL-1335 Ammonite Fossil - Cretaceous Period 110 m.y.a. South Dakota, USA. Hoploscaphites nicolleti Ken Lucas contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Fossil Sting Ray from Wyoming. Eocene
PM-10147 Fossil Stingray from Wyoming. Eocene Heliobatis sp. Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Fossil Fish - Jurassic Period Soinhofen, Gremany
KEL-1489 Fish FOSSIL - Jurassic Period Soinhofen, Germany Ken Lucas Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Fossil - Fish. Jurassic Eichstatt, Germany E50T3772
CAN-2198 Fossil - Fish. Jurassic Eichstatt, Germany Pachythrissops macrolepidotus John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Fossil Araucaria Cone, Mid Jurassic. Province Santa Cruz, Patagonia, Argentina
FG-12029 FOSSIL- Araucaria Cone Province Santa Cruz, Patagonia, Argentina. Araucaria mirabilis Mid Jurassic, H. bloc: 21 cm Francois Gohier Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Fossilised bones including hind leg of Sauropod and Apatosaurus, Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado and Utah, United States of America, North America

Archeopteryx Fossil - The earliest most primitive bird. Transitional fossl
CAN-2360 Archaeopteryx Fossil - The earliest most primitive bird Transitional fossil John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Dinosaurs: footprint of a Theropod dinosaur (meat eater dinosaur). Lower Jurassic, Kayenta Formation
FG-6026 Dinosaurs: footprint of a Theropod dinosaur (meat eater dinosaur). Near Tuba City, Arizona, USA Lower Jurassic, Kayenta Formation

Fossilised skeleton of Diictodon, mammal-like reptile (therapsid) from late Permian times
ASW-4586 Fossilised skeleton of Diictodon - mammal-like reptile (therapsid) from late Permian times Karoo National Park, Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa Diictodon sp

Fossil Ammonite Cross section (Speetoniceras) - Russia - Cretaceous
CAN-2455 Fossil Ammonite Cross section (Speetoniceras) Russia - Cretaceous John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Fossil Fern - Permian Germany E50T3912
CAN-2194 Fossil Fern - Permian Germany Pecopteris sp. John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Remains of an extinct animal found in the Isle of Wight, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Remains of an extinct animal found in the Isle of Wight, 1865. 'A very remarkable reptile, to which Professor Owen has given the name of Polacanthus

Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil
3507374 Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil; (add.info.: Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil.); Universal History Archive

Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil
3507378 Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil; (add.info.: Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil.); Universal History Archive

Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil
3507377 Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil; (add.info.: Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil.); Universal History Archive

Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil
3507376 Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil; (add.info.: Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil.); Universal History Archive

Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil
3507375 Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil; (add.info.: Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil.); Universal History Archive

Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil
3507295 Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil; (add.info.: Remains of an animal preserved as a fossil.); Universal History Archive

Sir Richard Owen, 1865
1576998 Sir Richard Owen, 1865; (add.info.: Sir Richard Owen (20 July 1804 - 18 December 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist

Vertical section of the cave at Gailenreuth, near Muggendorf, Germany, after William Buckland
FLO4569221 Vertical section of the cave at Gailenreuth, near Muggendorf, Germany, after William Buckland, and entrance to the cave below

Fossil skeleton of the pareiasaurus bainii (engraving)
8631312 Fossil skeleton of the pareiasaurus bainii (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fossil skeleton of the pareiasaurus bainii)

A sample of Bryozoa
3507396 A sample of Bryozoa; (add.info.: A sample of Bryozoa, a phylum of aquatic invertebrate animals that are filter feeders that sieve food particles out of the water)

John Phillips, English geologist 19th century (engraving)
3733632 John Phillips, English geologist 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Portrait of John Phillips (1800-1874) an English geologist. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Fossils
5614340 Fossils; (add.info.: Fossils. 1. Footprints of a bird. 2. Mudcracks. 3. Ammonite. 4. Trilobite. 5. Ripplemarks. 6. Fish)

Fern fossils in coal
5614339 Fern fossils in coal; (add.info.: Fern fossils in coal. From The World's Foundations or Geology for Beginners, published 1883.); Photo © Hilary Morgan

Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703) English scientist. Title page of a 1745 edition of his work Micrographia
529157 Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703) English scientist. Title page of a 1745 edition of his work Micrographia, detailing his observations through various lenses

The Great Zoological Gallery in the British Museum. Made up of the natural history cabinets of Sir Hans Sloane
FLO4669731 The Great Zoological Gallery in the British Museum. Made up of the natural history cabinets of Sir Hans Sloane, Charles Hatchet, Menzies, Greville, the Observatory at Kew, etc

Fish fossil (Mene rhombeus)
6381976 Fish fossil (Mene rhombeus); Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; (add.info.: Specimen of the fossil fish Mene rhombeus. Collected from the Middle Eocene of Monte Bolca, Verona, Italy)

Specimens of Fossils recently found at Tingewick, Bucks. 1857. Creator: Unknown
Specimens of Fossils recently found at Tingewick, Bucks. 1857. Mr. Stowe, surgeon, of Buckingham, upon washing some hundreds of the fossils, ascertained them to be marine vegetation, which

Scene of the Geological Discoveries at Swanage, Dorset - from a photograph by F. Briggs, 1857. The excavations...are interesting as the scene of important geological discoveries [including] the jaws

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"Fossils: A Glimpse into Earth's Ancient Past" Dive deep into the mysteries of the ocean with a fossil tooth of the mighty megalodon, an awe-inspiring predator that ruled the seas millions of years ago. (Location: Oceanopolis Brest Brittany France) Unearthed in Berlin, Germany, the fossil bird Archaeopteryx is hailed as "the first bird, " showcasing both dinosaurian and avian features—a captivating link between two worlds. Journey back to the Paleozoic era and marvel at fossils that hold secrets from a time long gone, offering glimpses into ancient life forms that once roamed our planet. The Jurassic skies come alive with the enigmatic Archaeopteryx fossil bird, bridging the gap between dinosaurs and modern avians—nature's own masterpiece. Under UV light, a stunning ammonite fossil from Madagascar reveals its hidden beauty, taking us on a phosphorescent journey through time to when these creatures thrived during the Early Cretaceous period. Rediscover hope in nature's resilience as you explore a Coelacanth Fossil from Germany—an extraordinary find that shattered beliefs about extinction when it was rediscovered off South Africa's coast in 1938. Behold one of nature's most iconic fossils—the Archaeopteryx Berlin specimen C016/5071—a testament to evolution and adaptation that forever changed our understanding of prehistoric life. Witness an epic battle frozen in time as we compare Megalodon sharks with their modern counterparts—the great white sharks—unveiling evolutionary wonders etched within their ancient bones. Transport yourself to Northern Germany during Triassic times where crinoid fossils stand tall like delicate sea lilies—a reminder of Earth's ever-changing landscapes over 240 million years ago. Embark on an expedition to Madagascar and encounter Cleoniceras sp.