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Trilobites
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| FO1000 |
Ptychagnostus
praecurrens Middle Cambrian, Burgess Shale.
Alf Cawthorn collection. |
| FO1001 |
Asaphus
(Neoasaphus) kowalewski, Volchov river, Russia.
Pete Lawrance collection |
| FO1002 |
Conocoryphe
sulzeri, Jince formation, Czechoslovakia. Pete
Lawrance collection.
Although eyes are normally an extremely important survival
feature, there are situations under which loss of eyes
might occur. For example, trilobites that took advantage
of deep-water benthic (bottom-feeding) habitats
where light was dim or lacking might have gradually lost
their eyes without suffering an adaptive disadvantage.
Such eyeless trilobite assemblages are called atheloptic.
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| FO1003 |
Piltonia
(Piltonia) huehei G Hann Lower Carboniferous Tourniaisian
(Ivorian) Antoin, Tournai. Pete Lawrance collection |
| FO1004 |
Dalmanitina
sp and Dionide sp, Valongo formation,
Portugal. Pete Lawrance collection . |
| FO1005 |
Ellipsocephalus
hoffi
(Schlotheim
1823) Middle Cambrian, Jince fornation. Hydrocephalus
zone. Mount Koniceki.Jince.Czech Republic. Pete Lawrance
collection. |
| FO1006 |
Acanthalomina
minuta (Barrande
1846) Silurian, Ludlovian, Kopanina formation, Kosov Quarry,
near Beroun, Czech Republic. |
| FO1007 |
Acaparadoxides
briaerus (Geyer)
Middle Cambrian, Tourach, Morocco. Pete Lawrance collection. |
| FO1008 |
Archegonus
aprathensis
(Richter & Richter 1937) Lower Carboniferous, Aprath
Einschnitt, Germany. |
| FO1009 |
Asaphus
homfrayi Morocco.
Pete Lawrance collection. |
| FO1010 |
Ogyginus
intermedius death
assemblage in Llanvirn series ash deposits. Ordovician,
Gilvern, Powys. Largest trilobite about 12 cms. |
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| FO1011 |
The
Lower Ordovician trilobite Krattaspis sp:
the earliest cyrtometopinid (Cheiruridae) from the Arenig
of the East Baltic. |
| FO1012 |
Megistaspis
triangularis Unusual Russian Lower Ordovician
Trilobite, Wolchovian Horizon of the Wolchow River region
near Saint Petersburg, Russia. The low profile suggests
that it might have concealed itself just below the surface
of the sea floor. Pete
Lawrance collection. |
| FO1013 |
Pseudoasaphus
sp, Asery level, Middle Ordovician, Volchov river,
Russia. Pete Lawrance collection |
| FO1014 |
Xenasaphus
delphinus Lower Ordovician Volchov River Russia
. Pete Lawrance collection. |
| FO1015 |
Eldredgia
venustus, Devonian, Bolivia.
Pete Lawrance collection |
| FO1016 |
Ventral
surface of Acaste downingae
a Silurian trilobite from the Wenlock limestone of Dudley,
Staffordshire. |
| FO1017 |
Altiocculus
harrisi Robinson Family Alokistocaridae
Middle Cambrian Wheeler Shale Millard County, Utah |
| FO1018 |
Redlichida
chinensis. Lower Cambrian, Muchang formation,
Hua Yuen Shales,China. Pete Lawrance collection. |
| FO1019 |
Olenellus
gibberti (Meek) Lower Cambrian, Pioche formation,
Nevada. Pete Lawrance collection. |
| FO1020 |
Olenus
austriacus |
| FO1021 |
Flexicalymene
meeki.
Pete Lawrance collection |
Ammonites
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| FO2000 |
Asteroceras
obtusum with Promicroceras planicosta, from
the Lower Lias of Lyme Regis, Dorset. Martin Rigby collection |
| FO2001 |
Dactylioceras
commune from the Upper Lias of Kettleness, North Yorkshire.
The superb preservation shows rare mother of pearl. |
| FO2002 |
Bite
marks in Cretaceous ammonite from Kansas, probably caused
by a Mososaur. |
| FO2003 |
Pyritised
ammonite in situ in wavecut platform of Upper Lias, Sandsend
near Whitby |
| FO2004 |
Suture
lines on Tragophylloceras ibex, Lower Lias, Blockley |
| FO2005 |
Cretaceous
Gault clay pyritised ammonites from Wrotham, Kent. From
the top clockwise Hamites sp, Hoplites dentatus, Euhoplites
sp. Hoplites dentatus with beautiful irridescence,
Mortoniceras inflatum. |
| FO2006 |
Nautilus
striatus, Lower Lias, Lyme Regis |
Echinoderms
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| FO3000 |
Ophioderma
egertoni,
Jurassic brittlestars from the Middle Lias of Down Cliff,
near Bridport, Dorset.Martin Rigby collection. |
| FO3001 |
Starfish
442 million years old Stenaster obtusus
(Forbes)
Ashgillian, Drummock group,Thraive Glen, Ayrshire, Scotland. |
| FO3002 |
Carboniferous
crinoid calyx |
| FO3003 |
Devonian
Crinoids from Morocco |
| FO3004 |
Marsupites
testudinarius,
Cretaceous free swimming crinoid Upper Chalk, West Clandon
roadworks, Surrey |
| FO3005 |
Lapworthura
miltoni
(Salter) Silurian starfish, Ludlow series, Leintwardine,
Herefordshire |
| FO3006 |
A
fragment of the famous Pentacrinus crinoid bed from
the Lower Lias of Lyme Regis, the preservation in Calcite
and Iron Pyrites is spectacular. |
Vertebrates
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Caption |
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| FO4000 |
A
nest of Dinosaur eggs Therizinosaur sp. A type
of Hadrosaur from the Upper Cretaceous. Kaojuo formation,
Senonian Maastrichtian, Xixia county, Henan Province,
China. |
| FO4001 |
Dinosaur
nest, Upper Cretaceous close to KT boundary, Henan province,
China |
| FO4002 |
Deer
skull preserved in calcareous cave deposits, thought to
be about 8000 years old, in Gruta San Antonio, Portugal |
| FO4003 |
Skull
of the giant amphibian Eryops from the Permo-Carboniferous
Redbeds of North America.Length approximately 40cms. |
| FO4004 |
Devonian
fish death assemblage, Holoptychius flemingii (Agassiz)
Upper Old Red Sandstone, Dura Den, Fifeshire. |
| FO4005 |
Dapedium
politum
(Leach) Lower Lias, Lyme Regis, Dorset.Length about 20cms |
| FO4006 |
Skull
of a mammal-like reptile or Therapsid Probelesodon
lewisi from the Middle Triassic Chanares formation
of Argentina. |
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