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Gryphaea Collection

Background imageGryphaea Collection: 1862 British prehistoric marine reptiles

1862 British prehistoric marine reptiles
Lithograph with contemporary colouring, continental version of the wallchart produced by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins for the Department of Science and Art 1862

Background imageGryphaea Collection: Extinct marine reptiles

Extinct marine reptiles
Sheet 1 of a series of posters called Extinct Animals by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins c. 1862. This collection of marine reptiles lived during the Jurassic period between 200

Background imageGryphaea Collection: Extinct foam oysters or devils toenails, Gryphaea arcuata 1, 2, Gryphaea ed orbicole silicee

Extinct foam oysters or devils toenails, Gryphaea arcuata 1, 2, Gryphaea ed orbicole silicee, Gryphaea columba
6337614 Extinct foam oysters or devils toenails, Gryphaea arcuata 1, 2, Gryphaea ed orbicole silicee, Gryphaea columba by Corsi (19th century); (add.info.: Extinct foam oysters or devils toenails)

Background imageGryphaea Collection: Dotted agate, spotted agate, eyed agate, etc

Dotted agate, spotted agate, eyed agate, etc
Dotted agate 1, spotted agate 2, eyed agate 3, 4, 5, agate 6. Agata punteggiata, Agata macchiata, Agata occhiuta, Agata. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus

Background imageGryphaea Collection: Gryphaea, or Devils Toenail: The coiled shell of the Gryphaea arcuata (Lamarck)

Gryphaea, or Devils Toenail: The coiled shell of the Gryphaea arcuata (Lamarck), knoen as Devils Toenails, which lived on muddy sea beds

Background imageGryphaea Collection: Gryphaea incurva, oyster

Gryphaea incurva, oyster
Fossil oyster also known as the Devils Toenail, specimen from the Lower Lias, Gloucestershire

Background imageGryphaea Collection: Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck, fossil oysters

Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck, fossil oysters
About 190 million years old, found in the Lias clays and limestones of the Jurassic period. Commonly called Devils Toenails

Background imageGryphaea Collection: Gryphaea dilatata, devils toenail

Gryphaea dilatata, devils toenail
This giant hooked oyster also known as a devils toenail originates from Sowerby, Upper Jurassic, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England


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