Earth Sciences Gallery

Brachiopods - Mucrospirifer: The butterfly shell of the spiriferida Mucrospirifer mucronata (Conrad), which lived in soft, muddy substrates

Brachiopods, Butterfly, Conrad, Mucronata, Mucrospirifer, Muddy, Shell, Spiriferida, Substrates

Collection of semi-precious minerals including amethyst, carnelian and lapis lazuli, and semi-precious beads made from quartz, chalcedony, agate, lapis lazuli, turquoise, rhodonite, malachite, garnet

© Dorling Kindersley/UIG

Agate, Amethyst, Arrangement, Bead, Carnelian, Chalcedony, Crystal, Garnet, Horizontal, Jewellery, Lapis Lazuli, Large Group Of Objects, Malachite, Mineral, Necklace, No People, Quartz, Rhodonite, Semi Precious Gemstone, Studio Shot, Turquoise, Variation, White Background

Fossilised bones and shells, including Thescelosaurus skull, Iguanodon fibula, ammonite, Ornithischian vertebra and tail vertebra, Diplodocus chevron bone and Zanclodon suevicus jaw bone

© Dorling Kindersley/UIG

Ammonite, Anatomy, Animal Bone, Animal Mouth, Chevron Bone, Dinosaur, Diplodocus, Directly Above, Fibula, Fossil, Horizontal, Iguanodon, Jaw, Large Group Of Objects, No People, Ornithischian, Pre Historic Era, Shell, Skull, Studio Shot, Thescelosaurus, Variation, Vertebra, White Background, Zanclodon Suevicus