Palaeobiology Collection (page 4)

Petrified tree fern, tree trunk fossil C016 / 4914
Petrified tree fern. Polished section of a fossil of the trunk of the tree fern Psaronius. This specimen is approximately 15 centimetres across

Nilssonia kendalli, cycad frond fossils C016 / 4898
Nilssonia kendalli, cycad frond fossils. This specimen is part of the collections held at the Natural History Museum, London, UK

Petrified oak, tree trunk fossil C016 / 4913
Petrified oak. Polished section of a fossil of the trunk of an oak tree (Quercus sp.). This specimen is approximately 33 centimetres across

Iguanodon dinosaur, fossil teeth C016 / 4899
Iguanodon dinosaur, fossil teeth. These are the original fossils found in 1822 by British palaeontologist Gideon Mantell (1790-1852)) and his wife

Thursophyton elberfeldense, plant fossils C016 / 4911
Thursophyton elberfeldense, plant fossils. This fine-grained shale block contains fossils of massed stick-like stems of early land plants. It is approximately 27 centimetres across

Petrified conifer, tree trunk fossil C016 / 4912
Petrified conifer. Polished section of a fossil of the trunk of the conifer Araucarioxylon arizxonicum. This is the dominant conifer of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA

Lepidodendron, tree trunk fossil C016 / 4910
Lepidodendron, tree trunk fossil. This specimen is about 6cm in diameter. It is part of the collections held at the Natural History Museum, London, UK

Nipponites, ammonoid fossil C016 / 4897
Nipponites, uncoiled ammonoid fossil. Ammonoids are an extinct group of marine fossil cephalopods related to todays Nautilus

Glossopteris linearis, leaf fossils C016 / 4895
Glossopteris linearis, leaf fossils. Leaves from a deciduous bushy plant are here fossilised on a bedding plane of Permian siltstone

Palaeocoma egertoni, brittle star fossil C016 / 4893
Palaeocoma egertoni, brittle star fossil. Brittle stars are related to starfish but, unlike starfish, they can crawl across the sea floor using their flexible arms

Pentacrinites, crinoid fossil C016 / 4889
Pentacrinites fossilis, crinoid fossil. Crinoids are marine organisms, most of which have long stalks anchored to the seabed, with five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disc

Tsintaosaurus dinosaur, fossil skeleton C016 / 4878
Tsintaosaurus dinosaur, fossil skeleton. This duck-billed, herbivorous dinosaur lived around 70 million years ago during the Upper Cretaceous. It reached lengths of 8 metres

Bothrodendron, clubmoss fossil C016 / 4869
Bothrodendron minutifoliu, clubmoss fossil. This is a fossilised leafy twig of a clubmoss originating from Carboniferous rocks near Barnsley, Yorkshire, UK

Ammonite fossils C016 / 4870
Ammonite fossils. Ammonites, now extinct, were marine invertebrate molluscs with a spiral shell, most less than 20 centimetres across

Archaeopteris hibernica, tree fossil C016 / 4876
Archaeopteris hibernica, fossilised tree branch. The lower section of the branch bears looses cones. This early tree from the Upper Devonian was first thought to have been a fern frond

Protobarinophyton, plant fossil C016 / 4874
Protobarinophyton obrutschevii, plant fossil. These fossilised leafless stems are topped by a cone-like array of spore sacs around 3 millimetres across

Bivalve fossils C016 / 4871
Bivalve fossils. Bivalves are shelled molluscs that first appeared in the Middle Cambrian and are still common in todays seas and oceans

Athleta luctator, sea snail fossil C016 / 4872
Athleta luctator, sea snail fossil, an example of a marine gastropod mollusc. This specimen was found in late Eocene rocks around Barton, UK

Brachiopod fossils C016 / 4868
Brachiopod fossils. Brachiopods are marine invertebrates inhabiting a bivalve shell, similar to todays marine molluscs. They were common between 590 and 65 million years ago

Pentacrinites, crinoid fossil C016 / 4855
Pentacrinites, crinoid fossil. Crinoids are marine organisms, most of which have long stalks anchored to the seabed, with five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disc

Lepidotes, fish fossils C016 / 4854
Lepidotes, fish fossils. These fossils date from the Jurassic period. These specimens are part of the collections held at the Natural History Museum, London, UK

Fossilised conifer wood C016 / 4858
Fossilised conifer wood. Composite photomicrograph showing transverse (left), tangential (centre) and radial (right) sections through a sample of fossilised wood

Sigillaria rugosa, plant fossil C016 / 4856
Sigillaria rugosa, plant fossil. This is a section of the stem of a 300-million-year-old Carboniferous plant, probably abundant in the Carboniferous swamplands

Trigona, bivalve fossils C016 / 4853
Trigona, bivalve fossils. Bivalves are shelled molluscs that first appeared in the Middle Cambrian and are still common in todays seas and oceans

Didymograptus, graptolite fossil C016 / 4848
Didymograptus, graptolite fossil. Graptolites are an extinct group of marine, colonial animals. Known for their tuning-fork shape, they formed part of ancient plankton

Camarotoechi, brachiopod fossils C016 / 4846
Camarotoechi, brachiopod fossils. Brachiopods are marine invertebrates inhabiting a bivalve shell, similar to todays marine molluscs

Orthoceras, nautiloid fossil C016 / 4847
Orthoceras, nautiloid fossil. This extinct marine nautiloid cephalopod is related to the squid and octopus. It lived during the Ordovician, and has been found in Europe

Biceratops, trilobite fossil C016 / 4845
Biceratops, trilobite fossil. Trilobites were arthropods that fed as they crawled on the seabed. They are now extinct. They had a carapace, or shell, that was divided into three parts

Dapedium orbicularis, fish fossil C016 / 4835
Dapedium orbicularis, fish fossil. Well-preserved example of a fossil of an enamel-scaled fish from the Early Jurassic. It was found in Lower Lias rocks in Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK

Lithostrotion, coral fossil C016 / 4843
Lithostrotion, coral fossil. Corals comprise a soft bodied animal called a polyp. Each polyp inhabits a calcareous skeleton called a corallum. This specimen dates from the Carboniferous

Neuropteris, seed fern fossil C016 / 4844
Neuropteris, seed fern fossil. This plant fossil dates from the Carboniferous. This specimen is part of the collections held at the Natural History Museum, London, UK

Lonsdaleia, coral fossil C016 / 4841
Lonsdaleia, coral fossil. Corals comprise a soft bodied animal called a polyp. Each polyp inhabits a calcareous skeleton called a corallum. This specimen dates from the Carboniferous

Albertosaurus museum display C016 / 4501
Albertosaurus museum display. This display of this dinosaurs skeleton has been constructed from casts of fossilised bones

Triassic of Australia, prehistoric scene C013 / 7114
Triassic of Australia. Artwork of a scene on the shores of a lake reconstructed from fossils found in Australia dating from the Triassic (250 to 200 million years ago)

Fossil mollusc C013 / 6635
Fossil mollusc. Fossilised shell of a Hippurites radiosus rudist mollusc. Rudists were a group of prehistoric bivalve molluscs that had unusually-shaped shells

Ecological food web, computer artwork. This model represents the extinct ecosystem of the Messel pit, Germany. Fossil animal and plant life is represented by the coloured nodes

Suchomimus dinosaur, artwork

Nedoceratops dinosaur, artwork

Kentrosaurus dinosaur, artwork

Aucasaurus dinosaur, artwork

Excavated belemnite fossil
MODEL RELEASED. Excavated belemnite fossil. Child holding up a belemnite fossil that he has just extracted. Belemnites are an extinct group of molluscs that are thought to be related to modern

Ichthyosaur and prey, artwork
Ichthyosaur and prey. Artwork of an Ichthyosaurus marine reptile (right) hunting its prey, a nautilus (left). Ichthyosaurs lived during the Jurassic Period (200-146 million years ago)

Triceratops dinosaur skull. Three-dimensional scan of the skull of a Triceratops dinosaur. This was produced for the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, USA

Perisphinctes ammonite, artwork
Perisphinctes ammonite. Artwork of a fossil of a Perisphinctes ammonite, showing the spiral structure of the ammonites shell

Camptosaurus bones. Fossilised leg bones of a Camptosaurus next to equipment used for constructing dinosaur exhibits. Camptosaurus was a plant eating dinosaur that lived in the late Jurassic period

Belemnite marine invertebrate, artwork
Belemnite. Artwork of a belemnite marine invertebrate. Belemnites were cephalopods, the group of animals that includes squid

Styracosaurus dinosaur, artwork
Styracosaurus dinosaur in a forest clearing, artwork. This beaked herbivore lived in North America and Asia during the late Cretaceous period, 76-73 million years ago

Silurian landscape, artwork
Silurian landscape. Artwork of wetland plants, geysers and volcanoes during the Silurian Period (440-360 million years ago)

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