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Silicified wood - the original structure of the wood has been replaced by the mineral known as quartz.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Silicified wood - the original structure of the wood has been replaced by the mineral known as quartz.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Silicified wood - the original structure of the wood has been replaced by the mineral known as quartz.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The original structure of the wood has been replaced by the mineral known as quartz, and can be clearly seen in this polished section.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).
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 ...
Harbury. Quarry, Ichthyosaur fossil
Harbury quarry showing fossil of Ichthyosaur discovered there. 1928
[Specimen now in the Natural History Museum, London. A similar one can be seen at the Warwickshire Museum, Market Hall, Warwick].
[The ...
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, ...
Jurassic Strata Diagram
Diagram showing the succession of Jurassic strata found in Warwickshire.
Kirkdale Cave, Yorkshire
This is a watercolour of an important archaeological excavation at Kirkdale Cave in Yorkshire. It is by an artist of the English School and dates from about 1824. On the reverse an inscription reads 'The ...
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 ...