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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Silicified wood - the original structure of the wood has been replaced by the mineral known as quartz.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Silicified wood - the original structure of the wood has been replaced by the mineral known as quartz.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Silicified wood - the original structure of the wood has been replaced by the mineral known as quartz.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The original structure of the wood has been replaced by the mineral known as quartz, and can be clearly seen in this polished section.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 ...