Fish, Dapedium species - detail of tail
Fish, Dapedium.
Lower Jurassic: ?Rugby Limestone Member,
Stockton.
Fish, Heterolepidotus eugnathus
Fish, believed to be Heterolepidotus eugnathus.
Lower Jurassic: Rugby Limestone Member,
Southam Cement Works Quarry.
Peter Blake collection.
Fish, Heterolepidotus eugnathus - fin detail
Fish, believed to be Heterolepidotus eugnathus.
Lower Jurassic: Rugby Limestone Member,
Southam Cement Works Quarry.
Peter Blake collection.
Fish, Pholidophorus species - detail
Fish, Pholidophorus species, detail
Collected in 1860 by J.W. Kirshaw. Kirshaw was the Honorary Secretary of the Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1863-1877 and Honorary Curator ...
Fish, Pholidophorus species
Fish, Pholidophorus species in a nodule.
John William Kirshaw collection.
Kirshaw was the Honorary Secretary of the Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1863-1877 and Honorary ...
Fish, Undina barroviensis
Fish, Undina barroviensis.
Lower Jurassic: Wilmcote Limestone Member,
?Wilmcote
Donated by Mr. R. Greaves, former Mayor of Warwick, died c. 1870.
Fossil Bark, Sigillaria ovata
Fossil bark, Sigillaria ovata,
Carboniferous Coal Measures (approximately 300 million years old),
Chilvers Coton, Nuneaton, Warwickshire
Fossil Fern Frond, Sphenopteris artemesiaefoliodes
Fossil fern frond, Sphenopteris artemesiaefoliodes
Nuneaton
The species name, artemesiaefoliodes, is a bit of a mouthful, but actually describes the plant. Artemesia are a family of plants growing ...
Fossil Ferns, Neuropteris
Delicate fronds preserved in shale.
Wyken, Coventry.
Collected by T. S. Whitten
Fossil Ferns, Sphenopteris latifolia
Fossil ferns, Sphenopteris latifolia
Fossil Root, Stigmaria
Stigmaria is the fossilised root of a giant clubmoss which grew in Coal Measures swamps. The break down of these and other plants formed coal. Many fossils, including this one, have been found in coal ...
Fossil Wood
Silicified wood - the original structure of the wood has been replaced by the mineral known as quartz.
Upper Carboniferous,
Allesley, Warwickshire
Fossil Wood - detail
Silicified wood - the original structure of the wood has been replaced by the mineral known as quartz.
Upper Carboniferous,
Allesley, Warwickshire
Fossil 'Wood', Calamites suckowi
Part of the stem of a giant horsetail-like plant that grew in Coal Measures swamps.
Newdigate Colliery, Bedworth, Warwickshire
Fossil Wood, Cordaites
Silicified wood - the original structure of the wood has been replaced by the mineral known as quartz.
Upper Carboniferous, Allesley, Warwickshire.
Collected by Rev. W.T. Bree
Fossil Wood, Cordaites - polished section
The original structure of the wood has been replaced by the mineral known as quartz, and can be clearly seen in this polished section.
Upper Carboniferous, Allesley, Warwickshire.
Collected by Rev. ...
Frond, Otozamites obtusus
Plant frond, Otozamites obtusus.
Lower Jurassic: Wilmcote Limestone,
Wilmcote.
Donated by Rev. G. Childe (? - 1846).
Frond, Otozamites obtusus
Plant frond, Otozamites obtusus.
Lower Jurassic: Wilmcote Limestone Member,
Wilmcote.
Donated by Rev. G. Childe (? - 1846).