Palaeontologist Collection (#4)

Neanderthal excavation, 1998
Palaeoanthropologists from the Natural History Museum, London search for evidence of Neanderthal habitation, 1998

Palaeontologist at work
A palaeontologist unearths a fossil specimen using a geologists hammer

Dr James Scott Bowerbank (1797-1877)
Portrait of Dr James Scott Bowerbank, an English naturalist and palaeontologist. Photographed by Maull & Polyblank, Photographers. Ca 1854

Edward Drinker Cope (1840-1897)
Portrait of Edward Drinker Cope, an American palaeontologist and evolutionist

Working on Gallimimus
John Holmes at the Natural History Museum, London works on the reconstruction of the dinosaur Gallimimus

Fossil collecting near Aveley, Essex
Palaeontologists collecting the remains of a woolly mammoth and a straight-tusked elephant from a clay pit near Aveley, Essex in 1964

Poem by Mary Anning (1799-1871)
Encomium Murchisonaum, a poem written c. 1840s by Mary Anning in honour of the geologist Sir Roderick Impey Murchison (1792-1871). Page 2 of 3

Poems by Mary Anning (1799-1871)
Encomium Murchisonaum, a poem written c. 1840 s. Page 3 of 3. The Complaint of a sunbeam against Dr Faraday, written in honour of the English physicist and chemist Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

Excavating at Charmouth
A team of palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum excavating an Ichthyosaur at Charmouth beach. December 2004

Costume of the Glaciers (sketch of William Buckland)

Baryonyx excavation, 1983
Palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum, London excavate fossils of Baryonyx walkeri from the crazy paving of blocks that hold the fossils, Surrey, England, 1983

Professor Chris Stringer
Portrait of Professor Chris Stringer, Head of Human Origins at the Natural History Museum, London

6 million year old fossils
Searching for 6 million year old fossils, Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Excavations, Niger
Palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum, London prepare the dinosaur fossils for transportation that have just been excavated in Niger, Northwest Africa

Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899)
Portrait of Othniel Charles Marsh, a vertabrate palaeontologist

Diplodocus Caudal vertebrae. Morrison Formation. Jurassic Sheep Creek, Wyoming, USA
FG-6974 Diplodocus Caudal vertebrae Morrison Formation. Jurassic Sheep Creek, Wyoming, USA. Francois Gohier contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Dinosaur Dig - Tyrannosaurus Rex, pelvis. Wooden frame attached to protect bone - Dinamation International Society
FG-9134 Dinosaur Dig Tyrannosaurus Rex, pelvis. Wooden frame attached to protect bone. Dinamation International Society Expeditions. Staff & participants

Dinosaur: excavating a Hadrosaur skeleton. Upper Cretaceous sediments. Dig located outside the village of Rincon
FG-br-286 Dinosaur: excavating a Hadrosaur skeleton. Upper Cretaceous sediments. Dig located outside the village of Rincon Colorado, near Saltillo, Coahuila State, Mexico

Dinosaurs - Digs Species: Allosaurus Peter Mygatt cleaning around an Allosaurus rib at the Mygatt-Moore Quarry
FG-BT-636 Dinosaurs - Digs Species: Allosaurus Peter Mygatt cleaning around an Allosaurus rib at the Mygatt-Moore Quarry, Rabbit Valley, Western Colorado, along Interstate I 70

Marine Fossils of Late Cretaceous age, New Zealand, South Island, along coastline near Oaro, south of Kaikoura
FG-EC-170 Marine Fossils of Late Cretaceous age New Zealand, South Island, along coastline near Oaro, south of Kaikoura, a few kilometers north of Haumuri Bluff

Marine Fossils of Late Cretaceous age, New Zealeand, South Island, along coastline near Oaro, south of Kaikoura
FG-EC-168 Marine Fossils of Late Cretaceous age New Zealeand, South Island, along coastline near Oaro, south of Kaikoura, a few kilometers north of Haumuri Bluff

James Hall, US palaeontologist
James Hall (1811-1898), American geologist and palaeontologist. Hall worked on the Geological Survey of New York State, USA from 1836

Edward Hitchcock, US geologist
Edward Hitchcock (1793-1864), American geologist. Hitchcock began his career as a teacher and a clergyman, but later became professor of chemistry at Amherst College, Massachusetts, USA

Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden, US geologist
Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden (1829-1887), American geologist. Hayden initially trained as a doctor, but became interested in geology after a fossil- collecting trip to South Dakota, USA

Othniel Marsh, American palaeontologist
Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899), American palaeontologist. Marsh attended Yale University and was made the first professor of palaeontology in the USA in 1866

Ivan Yefremov, Soviet palaeontologist
Ivan Antonovich Yefremov (1907-1972), Soviet palaeontologist and science fiction author. Yefremov founded the science of taphonomy

Svante Paabo, Swedish paleontologist
Professor Svante Paabo, Swedish pioneer of recovering DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) genetic material from ancient fossils. Paabo has conducted research at the Universities of Munich, Germany

Louis Agassiz, American-Swiss naturalist
Jean Louis Rudolphe Agassiz (1807-1873), American- Swiss naturalist and palaeontologist. Agassiz was born and worked in Switzerland until 1846, when he left for the USA

Louis Agassiz, US-Swiss palaeontologist
Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), Swiss-American palaeontologist. Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz was born and worked in Switzerland until 1846, when he left for the USA

Georges Cuvier, French zoologist
Georges Cuvier (1769-1832), French zoologist and anatomist. Georges Leopold Chretien Frederick Dagobert Cuvier was educated in Stuttgart, Germany

Fossil mammoth excavation

Baby mammoth find
Baby mammoth (Mammuthus sp.) found preserved in icy ground in Siberia, Russia. Mammoths are an elephant-like mammal which inhabited northern regions of the world

Fossilised whale, found in the northern Caucasus, Russia. This find, a prehistoric whale dating from around 10 million years ago

Burgess Shale fossil quarry. These rocks contain large numbers of fossils from 500 million years ago. They were formed when an avalanche of fine mud buried

Fossil collection, University of Texas
Fossil collection. Researcher Lyndon Murray holding a fossil skull in the palaeontology collection of the Texas Natural Sciences Center, University of Texas, Austin, USA.Photographed in 2007

Mammoth leg (Mammuthus sp.). This leg was found preserved in permafrost in Berelekh, eastern Siberia, Russia. Its soft tissues and wool are largely intact

Fossilised frontal bone, Gran Dolina
Fossilised frontal bone from a childs skull. Fragments of a 12-year-old childs cranial bone being pieced together by a palaeontologist

Dinosaur eggs

1905 Sauropod dinosaur Cetiosaurus leedsi
Hind limb and pelvis of the saurian Cetiosaurus leedsi with its discoverer Alfred Nicholson Leeds standing left. Leeds amassed a uniquely large collection of fossil vertebrates from the Oxford clays

1850 Richard Owen zoologist lecturing
Richard Owen (20, July 1804- 18 December 1892) Caricature from Punch 1850, captioned " A scientific institution during a lecture of an eminent savan " (sic)

1840 Boucher De Perthes colour portrait
Colour Portrait of Boucher De Perthes. French pioneering archaeologist who discovered in situ prehistoric flint implements in the gravels of the Somme Valley

Lyuba, preserved woolly mammoth
Baby woolly mammoth. Lyuba, one of the best-preserved woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) ever found. Lyuba was a female calf who died about 40, 000 years ago at the age of about one month

Conybeare Plesiosaurus reconstruction
1824. Composite of letter and wrapper written by William Conybeare regarding his first scientific reconstruction of the skeletons of plesiosaur and ichthyosaur

1885 Richard Owen, T. H. Huxley, waterbaby
Richard Owen (20, July 1804- 18 December 1892). Thomas Henry Huxley (4 May 1825 - 29 June 1895). Linley Sambournes illustration for the new 1885 Macmillan edition of Kingsleys 1862/3 The

1850 Richard Owen portrait paleontologist
Richard Owen (20, July 1804- 18 December 1892). 1850 portrait by Thomas Herbert Maguire lithographed by M&H Hanhart. Part of the Portraits of the Honarary members of the Ipswich Museum collection

1880s Sir Richard Owen and Grandaughter
Richard Owen (20, July 1804- 18 December 1892). Portrait frontispiece published in Volume II " The Life of Professor Owen" by his grandson in 1894

1838 Guerin Plesiosaur reconstruction
1838 Hand coloured copperplate engraving by Fries appearing in Guerins " Dictionnaire pittoresque" showing a Plesiosaurus dolicheroides skeleton lying beneath the ground

1870s Professor Sir Richard Owen
Richard Owen (20, July 1804- 18 December 1892) 1870s CDV by Maull & Polyblank of London. Owen was a comparative anatomist and palaeontologist who became one of the most famous

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"Unearthing the Secrets of the Past: The Fascinating World of Palaeontologists" Step into the world of palaeontology, where scientists unravel the mysteries of ancient lifeforms that once roamed our planet. From groundbreaking discoveries to influential figures, this captivating field has shaped our understanding of Earth's history. In 1660, The Royal Society was established in England, laying the foundation for scientific exploration and discovery. Engravings from this era depict scholars engrossed in their studies, setting the stage for future generations. One such luminary is Stephen Gould, a renowned US palaeontologist whose work revolutionized evolutionary biology. His theories on punctuated equilibrium challenged traditional views and sparked new debates within the scientific community. Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892), a prominent British palaeontologist, left an indelible mark on his field. Known for coining the term "dinosaur, " he meticulously studied fossils and even had a caricature published in Punch Magazine highlighting his expertise. Othaniel Marsh's 1890 cartoon portrayal in Vanity Fair showcased how palaeontology captured public imagination during that time. It depicted him surrounded by dinosaur bones - symbols of both fascination and awe-inspiring discovery. Richard Owen's dedication to his craft is evident through images like his study at BMNH in 1883 or as portrayed by artist Leslie Ward in Vanity Fair's caricature from 1873. These glimpses into his life reveal a man consumed by curiosity and driven to expand our knowledge of prehistoric creatures. Palaeontologists continue their tireless efforts today; Lynett Gillette examines Coelophysis bones with precision—a small carnivorous dinosaur from Late Triassic times—unveiling clues about its behavior and habitat millions of years ago. The influence extends beyond Britain and America; Prof. Hitchcock remains an enigmatic figure despite being immortalized in photographs dating back to ca. 1860-1865.