Natural History - English Fossil Crab Group

Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P. A pair of fossilised Zanthopsis leachi (Desmarest) crabs. 89 grams total, 46 mm wide (1 3/4 in.). From the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, UK.Acquired 1950s-1960s.From a

Pliocene Epoch, 2.58-5.33 million years BP. An almost complete sentinel crab Macrophtalmus sp. from the Pliocene layers of Majinga (Majunga) Province in Madagascar. 124 grams, 15cm (6"). From an old B

Eocene Period, 58-36 million years BP. The group comprises a Knightia alta (upper) and a Diplomystus sp. (lower) fossil fish, on the matrix plaque. 612 grams, 22.5cm (8 3/4"). From the Pradi Collectio

Oligocene Period, circa 34-23 million years B.P. A group of three fossil leaves in matrix. 15 grams total, 59-77 mm (2 3/8 - 3 in.). From Beaverhead County, Montana, U.S.A.Collected between 1930 and 1

Middle Ordovician Period, 400 million years BP. A group of two specimens of the trilobite Ogygiocarella debuchi with Gregory, Bottley, and Lloyd label reading: MID-ORDOVICIAN TRILOBITE, Ogygiocarella

Eocene Period, circa 50 million years B.P. A group of three fossil flies in matrix. 216 grams total, 73-82 mm (2 3/4 - 3 1/4 in.). From the Green River Formation, South Western Wyoming, U.S.A.Collecte

Eocene Period, 56-33 million years BP. Two Knightia alta fossil fish in a matrix slab. 1.6 kg, 29.5cm (11 1/2"). From the Pradi Collection, Boston, USA; acquired during the 1980s; from the Green River

Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P. A group of three Morocops (Barrandeops) sp. trilobites on a matrix. 256 grams total, 51-59 mm (2 - 2 3/8 in.). From the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Forma

Eocene Period, 55-33 million years BP. A group of three rare unclassified agatized Dicotaledon cone specimens clearly showing the external structures. 48 grams total, 4-5cm (1 1/2 - 2"). From an old B

Carboniferous Period, circa 310 million years B.P. A group of three fern specimens including Alethopteris sp. and Sphenopteris laurenti. 281 grams total, 76-87 mm (3 - 3 3/8 in.). From the Middle Coal

Lower Cretaceous Period, 120 million years BP. A British Iguanodon sp. dinosaur fossil tail vertebrae in a matrix. From Wealden Clay, Isle of Wight, UK; from the collection of the palaeontologist R. G

Ordovician-Silurian, 488-415 million years BP. A group consisting of one Silurian and two Ordovician trilobites, two in old white card trays with A.B. Cotterill Collection, Wollaton, Nottingham, UK, l

Carboniferous, 359-299 million tears BP. A group consisting of four specimens of stigmaria, the roots of coal forest lycopsid trees such as Sigillaria and Lepidodendron, each with paper label attached

Ordovician-Permian, 488-252 million years BP. A group of eight brachiopods, including one spirifer and seven terebratulids, in old white card trays with A.B. Cotterill Collection, Wollaton, Nottingham

Carboniferous-Cretaceous Period, 359-66 million years BP. A group of six fossils of different cllasses and periods, including four bivalves, a goniatite, and an ammonite, five in old white card trays

Carboniferous Period 359-299 million years BP. A group of three large diameter (up to 33mm) crinoid stems, in white card trays with A.B. Cotterill Collection, Wollaton, Nottingham, UK, labels. 271 gra

Carboniferous Period 359-299 million years BP. A group of two limestone sea-floor specimens with numerous crinoid stem segments and bryozoans from Barry, Glamorganshire, in white card trays with adhes

Silurian Period, 444-415 million years BP. A group of seven corals from Salop, UK, in old white card tray with A.B. Cotterill Collection, Wollaton, Nottingham, UK, label. 40 grams total, 23-32mm (3/4-

Carboniferous-Jurassic, 359-145 million years BP. A group of seven brachiopod specimens, including four spirifers (two in matrix), and three terebratulids, in old white and brown card trays with A.B.

Middle Jurassic, Inferior Oolite, Aalenian Stage, 170 million years BP. A group of two fossil ammonites on matrix, one Graphoceras sp. and the other possibly Leioceras sp., in old white card trays, on

Cretaceous Period, 200-65 million years BP. Group comprising: a small ammonite, cut and polished in two halves, with two small fossil fish specimens, in matrix. 618 grams total, 3.2-14.7cm (1 1/4 - 5

Eocene Period, 50 million years BP. A historic group of two fossil molluscs and one fossil gastropod from the Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd reference collection, with old labels reading: '79, Barton Clay

Carboniferous Period, 359-299 million years BP. A group of two crinoid calicies of the species Amphorocrinas gigas with well-preserved plate development and the stubs of their arms and stems, in white

Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P. A group of five polished Goniatite sp. fossil ammonite 'buttons'. 590 grams total, 73-86 mm (2 7/8 - 3 3/8 in.). From Morocco, North Africa.Ex Cambridgeshir

Carboniferous Period, 358.9-298.9 million years B.P. A mixed group of 17 fossil crinoid 'parts' of various types; held in a display box. 270 grams total, 21 x 16 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.). From the Fort