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Silicified wood - the original structure of the wood has been replaced by the mineral known as quartz.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Silicified wood - the original structure of the wood has been replaced by the mineral known as quartz.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Silicified wood - the original structure of the wood has been replaced by the mineral known as quartz.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The original structure of the wood has been replaced by the mineral known as quartz, and can be clearly seen in this polished section.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).
Grasshopper wing, Orthoptera brodiei
Grasshopper wing, Orthoptera brodiei.
Lower Jurassic: Wilmcote Limestone,
Binton.
The fine-grained Binton limestones preserve delicate fossil remains such as this specimen in beautiful detail.
John ...
Grasshopper, Orthopteran
Grasshopper,
Lower Jurassic: Wilmcote Limestone Member,
Binton.
The exceptionally fine grained Binton limestones preserve delicate fossil remains such as this specimen in beautiful detail.
John ...
Ironstone
Ironstone with weathered exterior. The orange colour is caused by the presence of rusty iron oxide.
From the B. Playle collection.
Lower Jurassic: Marlstone Rock Formation,
Dry Hill Farm pit, between ...
Ironstone with weathered Brachiopod shells
Ironstone with weathered terebratulid brachiopod shells.
Collected by J. Crossling.
Lower Jurassic: Marlstone Rock Formation,
Edgehill Quarry.
Jet Jewellery
Jet is a form of coal, which was formed from the compressed and chemically altered remains of plants that lived 170 million years ago.
The north eastern town of Whitby, Yorkshire, became the centre, ...
Lobster, Eryon barrovenis
Lobster, Eryon barrovenis.
Lower Jurassic: Wilmcote Limestone Member, Wilmcote.
John William Kirshaw collection. Kirshaw was the Honorary Secretary of the Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological ...
Lobster, Eryon barrovenis - detail of whole animal
Lobster, Eryon barrovenis.
Lower Jurassic: Wilmcote Limestone Member,
Wilmcote.
John William Kirshaw collection. Kirshaw was the Honorary Secretary of the Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological ...
Lobster, Eryon barrovenis - legs
Lobster, Eryon barrovenis.
Lower Jurassic: Wilmcote Limestone Member,
Wilmcote.
John William Kirshaw collection. Kirshaw was the Honorary Secretary of the Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological ...
Lobster, Eryon barrovenis - tail
Lobster, Eryon barrovenis - tail.
Lower Jurassic: Wilmcote Limestone Member,
Wilmcote.
John William Kirshaw collection. Kirshaw was the Honorary Secretary of the Warwickshire Natural History and ...
'Mussels', Modiolus scalprum
Mussel shells, Modiolus scalprum.
Lower Jurassic: ?Charmouth Mudstone Formation, Napton.