Palaeontology Collection (page 2)

Sahelanthropus tchadensis skull. Artwork of a reconstruction of the Toumai skull, one of only a small number of fossils of the hominin Sahelanthropus tchadensis

1824 Bucklands Megalosaurus jaw no tint
1824 Uncoloured (original) Double quarto Plate XL of Megalosaurus jaw and teeth drawn by Mary Moreland, from William Bucklands " Notice on the Megalosaurus or great Fossil Lizard of

Fossil Ammonite - Upper Early Cretaceous - Albian stage - Mahajanga province - Madagascar - cross-section
CAN-3717 Fossil Ammonite - Upper Early Cretaceous Albian stage - Mahajanga province - Madagascar - cross-section Cleoniceras sp

Fossil Fish - Jurassic. Extinct species Eichstadt, Germany E50T3798
CAN-2197 Fossil Fish - Jurassic. Extinct species Eichstadt, Germany Caturus furcatus John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Fossil ammonite- Desmoceras spp. -Upper Early Cretaceous - Albian Stage - Mahajanga Province - Madagascar
CAN-3850 Fossil ammonite Upper Early Cretaceous - Albian Stage - Mahajanga Province - Madagascar Desmoceras spp. John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Fossil Salamander - Northern China - Permian-230, 000 million years old
CAN-2469 Fossil Salamander Northern China - Permian - 230, 000 million years old John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Fossil Ammonite (Speetoniceras) - Russia - Cretaceous
CAN-2454 Fossil Ammonite (Speetoniceras) Russia - Cretaceous John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Gideon Mantell and iguanodon
Gideon Mantell (3 February 1790 - 10 November 1852). Gideon Mantell was a local doctor whose interest in fossils lead to his 1822 discovery near his home in Lewes of the first Iguanodon fossils

Fossil Coelocanth - Jurassic Germany E50T4074
CAN-2189 Fossil Coelacanth - Jurassic Germany Rare John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Neanderthal skull
Skull of an adult, female neanderthal

Palaeontology, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Palaeontology, c1910. Palaeontology, the scientific study of life forms existing in the past though examination of fossils, plants, animals, and organisms

Coloured engraving of a Stegosaurus dinosaur
Stegosaurus. Coloured engraving from 1881 of a man viewing a fossil Stegosaurus dinosaur skeleton. Stegosaurus (" roofed reptile")

Homo heidelbergensis skull and face of a male, artists impression. H. heidelbergensis lived between 600, 000 and 250, 000 years ago in the Pleistocene era

Flying pterosaurs, artwork. Pterosaurs were flying reptiles that inhabited what is now North America and Europe during the late Cretaceous period, between 85 and 75 million years ago

Allosaurus dinosaur, artwork. Allosaurs were large carnivorous reptiles that lived during the late Jurassic period (155 to 145 million years ago)

Model of Lucy, a young female Australopithecus afarensis hominid. The model was created from a cast of Lucys bones, and exhibited at the Kenya National Museum, Nairobi, Kenya

Prehistoric wildlife of the Miocene era
Prehistoric wildlife from the Miocene era, illustration. From left to right: prehistoric pig (Bunolistriodon sp.); hornless rhino (Aceratherium sp.); three toed horse (Anchitherium sp)

Baryonyx dinosaur. Artwork of a Baryonyx dinosaur hunting fish in a river. Larger dinosaurs are seen in the background. Baryonyx was a fish-eating carnivore that lived around 130 million years ago

Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaurs. Artwork of a pair of Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaurs hunting prey in a forest. Some theories say that this dinosaur had feathers and fur, as seen here

Illustration of a Deinosuchus, a crocodilian from the Late Cretaceous period

Cave painting: Kondusi stick dance, Tanzania
Kondusi stick dance. Reproduction of an African painting depicting the Kondusi stick dance. The stylized figures wielding sticks wear bushy head- dresses or hair-styles

Female Homo habilis. Artists impression of a female Homo habilis holding her young and plucking fruit from a tree. H. habilis was an ancestor of modern humans that lived between around 2.1

Ammonites. Computer artwork of ammonites in the sea during the Devonian period. This lasted from around 408 to 360 million years ago

Cambrian animals, artwork
Cambrian animals. Artwork of an Opabinia regalis invertebrate (upper right) attempting to catch its prey, a primitive chordate called Pikaia (lower left)

Allosaurus dinosaur, artwork. Allosaurs were large carnivorous reptiles that lived during the late Jurassic period (155 to 145 million years ago)

Australopithecus boisei. Artists impression of the skull and head of an Australopithecus boisei, a hominid that lived in Africa between about 2.3 to 1.3 million years ago

Therizinosaurus dinosaur. Artwork of the theropod Therizinosaurus dinosaur, thought to have reached 10 metres in length. It lived from 85 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period

Cerapod dinosaurs compared to a rhino. The seven adult animals shown here are, from left to right: Nedoceratops; Torosaurus; Albertaceratops; a White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)

Parasaurolophus dinosaurs. Artwork of Parasaurolophus dinosaurs feeding next to a waterfall. Parasaurolophus was a hadrosaurid or duck-billed dinosaur

1770 Cuvier Mstricht Mosasaur
1812 Plate 1 of " the big fossil animal" (later named Mosasaur hoffmanii) from Vol. III, Cuviers " Ossamens Fossiles"

Sauroposeidon dinosaurs mating. Artwork of male (right) and female (left) Sauroposeidon dinosaurs mating. This sauropod dinosaur lived around 110 million years ago, during the Cretaceous period

Stephen Gould, US palaeontologist
Stephen Gould. Caricature of the US palaeontologist, evolutionary biologist, science historian and author Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) holding a collection of his essays called The Pandas Thumb

Prehistoric cave bear, artwork
Prehistoric cave bear (Ursus spelaeus), artwork. This bear lived in Europe during the Pleistocene epoch (1.8 million years ago to 10, 000 years ago)

Fossil egg of the Elephant bird with hen and goose eggs for comparison
JH-50 Fossil egg of the Elephant bird with hen and goose eggs for comparison Aepyornis maximus John Holmes Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Ankylosaurus - with Tyrannosaurus in the background
AH-124 Ankylosaurus - with Tyrannosaurus in the background Arthur Hayward Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Extinct bivalve mollusks: Pholadomya and Terebratula species. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A. Schmidts Petrefactenbuch, published in Stuttgart, Germany, 1855 by Verlag von Krais & Hoffmann. Dr

Illustration of a Phiomia, a type of Gomphothere from the Oligocene period, and a present-day African elephant (Loxodonta africana)

Homo sp. skulls C016 / 5933
Side views of Homo erectus (Sangiran), H. heidelbergensis (Broken Hill), H. neanderthalensis, (La Ferrassie) and H. sapiens (Polynesia) skulls. Natural History Museum, London, UK

Olduvai Gorge landscape, Tanzania C015 / 6429
Olduvai Gorge landscape, Tanzania. This gorge (also called Oldupai Gorge) is famous for the fossils discovered here of extinct hominins that form part of the human evolutionary tree

Ardipithecus ramidus landscape. Artwork of Ardipithecus ramidus male and female hominids (right) climbing a fallen branch and standing in an African forest during the Pliocene. A

Dinosaur tail bones
From a Palaeontology field trip in Niger, West Africa

Artwork of the flying reptile Quetzalcoatlus sp
Quetzalcoatlus. Artwork of a flying Quetzalcoatlus (Quetzalcoatlus sp.), a type of Pterosaur. This was the largest living thing ever to fly, with a wingspan of over 15 metres in some individuals

Oviraptor dinosaur, artwork. Oviraptor was a small bird-like dinosaur that lived in what is now China between around 85 and 70 million years ago, in the late Cretaceous period

Homotherium scimitar cats subduing their prey, artwork. This predator is an extinct member of the sabre-toothed cat family (Machairodontinae), which lived throughout Africa

Prehistoric giant wombat, artwork
Prehistoric giant wombat. Computer artwork of a Diprotodon. These Australian mammals, also known as rhinoceros or giant wombats

Therizinosaurus dinosuars. Artwork of a group of Therizinosaurus dinosuars foraging in a semi-arid desert landscape. This herbivorous dinosaurs fossils were originally discovered in Mongolia

Wildlife of the Miocene era, artwork. The Miocene era is the period from around 23 to 5 million years ago. The animals shown are: a giant land tortoise (Cheirogaster bolivari, bottom left)

Piltdown Man article- The most ancient inhabitant of England
The most ancient inhabitant of England: the newly found Sussex Man. A page from the Illustrated London News by W.P Pycraft, examining the parallels between the Piltdown Man skull and jaw

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"Unraveling the Mysteries of the Past: A Journey through Palaeontology" Step into the world and embark on a captivating adventure through time. From the remarkable Lascaux II cave painting replica, depicting ancient human artistry, to the intricate geological strata that reveal secrets buried for centuries. Follow in the footsteps of our ancestors along the Trail of Laetoli footprints, preserved imprints capturing a moment frozen in time. Marvel at the fossil tooth of a mighty megalodon shark, once ruler of prehistoric oceans, now displayed at Oceanopolis Brest Brittany France. Behold Archaeopteryx, known as "the first bird, " showcasing both dinosaurian and avian features - a mesmerizing link between two worlds. Witness stages in human evolution unfold before your eyes, tracing our journey from primitive beings to modern Homo sapiens. Illuminate an ancient ammonite under UV light; Desmoceras spp. , from Madagascar's Albian Stage during Upper Early Cretaceous era - its vibrant hues revealing hidden beauty. Encounter another Archaeopteryx specimen in Berlin-Germany; this fossilized bird offers insights into Jurassic life like no other. Discover tools used by prehistoric humans such as spear-throwers that aided their survival amidst formidable challenges. Gaze upon Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaurs mating - an awe-inspiring glimpse into their primal existence. Lastly, encounter Coelacanth fossils found off South Africa's coast in 1938 after being thought extinct since the Cretaceous period. These living fossils challenge our understanding of evolution and remind us that nature holds many surprises yet to be unveiled. Palaeontology invites us to unravel Earth's enigmatic past and connect with creatures long gone but never forgotten, and is through these remnants we gain insight into our own origins while fueling curiosity about what lies beyond our current knowledge horizon.