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Grid of nine ammonite fossils found in gardens in light tent with plain background. Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, UK. Au...
Grid of nine ammonite fossils found in gardens in light tent with plain background. Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, UK. August, 2009
A day Gecko sunning itself on a large tree trunk of petrified or fossilized wood. The petrified wood forest , 40 km west of K...
A day Gecko sunning itself on a large tree trunk of petrified or fossilized wood. The petrified wood forest , 40 km west of Khorixas, is estimated to be 260 million years old.
Tyrannosaurus Rex, 'Sue', recontruction of largest T. Rex fossil skeleton ever found, Alaska Museum, U.S.A.
Fossil debris in chalk. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a fossilised fragment of a coccolithotrope skeleton.
Fossilised bones including hind leg of Sauropod and Apatosaurus, Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado and Utah, United States...
Fossilised bones including hind leg of Sauropod and Apatosaurus, Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado and Utah, United States of America, North America
Fossilized Glossopteris leaves. Glossopteris brownian. Permian Period, 245 to 286 million years ago. Dunedoo, New South Wales...
Fossilized Glossopteris leaves. Glossopteris brownian. Permian Period, 245 to 286 million years ago. Dunedoo, New South Wales, Australia. (Specimen courtesy of Terry Manning, Leicester, England, UK).
Fossilized water strider; body length 5.7cm. Propygolampis bronni, formerly known as Chresmoda obscura. Upper Jurassic Solnho...
Fossilized water strider; body length 5.7cm. Propygolampis bronni, formerly known as Chresmoda obscura. Upper Jurassic Solnhofen limestone. Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany. Photographed under controlled conditions (Specimen courtesy of Raimund Albersdoerfer, Germany).
Fossilized 8.5-inch perch-like fish that lived in a prehistoric subtropical, freshwater lake. Priscacara serrata. Found in se...
Fossilized 8.5-inch perch-like fish that lived in a prehistoric subtropical, freshwater lake. Priscacara serrata. Found in sedimentary limestone of the Green River Formation, Eocene Epoch. Private fossil quarry, Wyoming. (Specimen courtesy of Rick Hebdon, Warfield Fossils, Wyoming).
Pattern of suture lines in the shell of an ammonite fossil. Placenticeras meeki. From Upper Cretaceous Cheyenne River strata....
Pattern of suture lines in the shell of an ammonite fossil. Placenticeras meeki. From Upper Cretaceous Cheyenne River strata. Meade County, South Dakota, USA. Photographed under controlled conditions (Specimen courtesy of Japheth Boyce, Rapid City, South Dakota).
gall gnat fossil length 1.5mm, between 27 & 38 million years old, in, baltic amber also preserved in amber, are patterns caus...
gall gnat fossil length 1.5mm, between 27 & 38 million years old, in, baltic amber also preserved in amber, are patterns caused by wings as gnat >
Shown is a Stromatolite dating from 135 million years ago a fossilised remain of algae and moulds that formed around gymnospe...
Shown is a Stromatolite dating from 135 million years ago a fossilised remain of algae and moulds that formed around gymnosperm tree trunks sunk in salty waters
Spectacular cross-bedded Navajo sandstone rock (fossilised sand dunes) at sunset, near Boulder, Grand Staircase-Escalante Nat...
Spectacular cross-bedded Navajo sandstone rock (fossilised sand dunes) at sunset, near Boulder, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, U.S.A., October
Fossilized Mesturus verrucosus fish, Museum fuer Naturkunde, Natural History Museum, Berlin, Germany, Europe
Petrified standing tree trunk, petrified forest between Sigri and Antissa, Lesbos Island, Aegean Sea, Greece, Europe
Evening mood at the petrified sand dunes in Mungo National Park, New South Wales, Australia
Shown is a Stromatolite dating from 135 million years ago a fossilised remain of algae and moulds that formed around gymnospe...
Shown is a Stromatolite dating from 135 million years ago a fossilised remain of algae and moulds that formed around gymnosperm tree trunks sunk in salty waters
England, London, Natural History Museum. A young girl gazes fascinated up at a fossilised dinosaur in the a viewing gallery o...
England, London, Natural History Museum. A young girl gazes fascinated up at a fossilised dinosaur in the a viewing gallery of one of the world's most important visitor centres. (MR)
Abd al Kuri Skink (Trachylepis cristinae) newly discovered species described in 2010, adult, on Madrepore coral fossil rock i...
Abd al Kuri Skink (Trachylepis cristinae) newly discovered species described in 2010, adult, on Madrepore coral fossil rock in desert habitat, Abd al Kuri Island, Socotra Archipelago, Yemen, april
Fossilized palm frond with a perch-like fish. Sabalites species. Fish: Priscacara liops. From the Green River Formation, Eoce...
Fossilized palm frond with a perch-like fish. Sabalites species. Fish: Priscacara liops. From the Green River Formation, Eocene epoch, Tertiary period, Cenozoic era. Southern Wyoming, USA. Photographed under controlled conditions
Fossilized crocodilian. Steneosaurus bollensis. Lower Jurassic period. Holzmaden, Germany. Photographed under controlled cond...
Fossilized crocodilian. Steneosaurus bollensis. Lower Jurassic period. Holzmaden, Germany. Photographed under controlled conditions (Specimen courtesy of Raimund Albersdoerfer, Germany).
Ammonite fossil, a cross-section approximately 5 cm diameter. Ludwigia murchisoni. Dorset, England, UK. (Specimen courtesy of...
Ammonite fossil, a cross-section approximately 5 cm diameter. Ludwigia murchisoni. Dorset, England, UK. (Specimen courtesy of Terry Manning and John Bates, Leicester, England, UK).
Shown is a Stromatolite dating from 135 million years ago a fossilised remain of algae that formed around tree trunks sunk in...
Shown is a Stromatolite dating from 135 million years ago a fossilised remain of algae that formed around tree trunks sunk in salty waters
Fossilized moon-fish, 39cm in length. Eomesodon species. Upper Jurassic Solnhofen limestone. Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany. Pho...
Fossilized moon-fish, 39cm in length. Eomesodon species. Upper Jurassic Solnhofen limestone. Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany. Photographed under controlled conditions (Specimen courtesy of Raimund Albersdoerfer, Germany).
Fossilized ray_finned fish Lepidotes maximus, Museum fuer Naturkunde, Natural History Museum, Berlin, Germany, Europe
Fossilized coelacanth, 55cm long. Probably an undescribed species. Upper Jurassic Solnhofen limestone. Solnhofen, Bavaria, Ge...
Fossilized coelacanth, 55cm long. Probably an undescribed species. Upper Jurassic Solnhofen limestone. Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany. Photographed under controlled conditions (Specimen courtesy of Raimund Albersdoerfer, Germany).
Venomous snake fossilized in oil shale. Specimen diameter 32cm; Eocene Epoch, 56 to 34 million years ago. Undescribed species...
Venomous snake fossilized in oil shale. Specimen diameter 32cm; Eocene Epoch, 56 to 34 million years ago. Undescribed species. Messel Pit, Germany. (Specimen courtesy of Andreas Guhr, Hamburg, Germany).
Petrified fumarole chimneys, lava columns, in the canyon at Sand Creek, The Pinnacles, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA
Original bird, Archeopteryx, fossil, 150 million years old, Jura_Museum, Naturkundemuseum Natural History Museum, Willibaldsb...
Original bird, Archeopteryx, fossil, 150 million years old, Jura_Museum, Naturkundemuseum Natural History Museum, Willibaldsburg, Eichstaett, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
Fossilized horseshoe crab, 15 centimeters long, with its trackway preserved in lithographic limestone. Mesolimulus walchi. Fo...
Fossilized horseshoe crab, 15 centimeters long, with its trackway preserved in lithographic limestone. Mesolimulus walchi. Found in Solnhofen Formation, an ancient saltwater lagoon of Upper Jurassic Period, 161 to 145 million years ago. Solnhofen, Germany. (Specimen courtesy of Raimund Albersdoerfer, Germany).
Naturkundemuseum Natural History Museum, Jura_Museum, fossils, 150 million years old, Eichstaett, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
Fossilized Dinosaur nest with eggs, discovered in 1994, Algui Ulan Tsav, Southern Gobi Desert, Mongolia
Fossilized sabal palm frond with fish. Sabalites species. Fish: Knightia species. Eocene Epoch, 55 to 34 million years ago. G...
Fossilized sabal palm frond with fish. Sabalites species. Fish: Knightia species. Eocene Epoch, 55 to 34 million years ago. Green River Formation, Kemmerer, Wyoming, USA. (Specimen courtesy of Den's Petrified Critters, Kemmerer, Wyoming).
Petrified fossil in limestone from the Wutachschlucht gorge, Black Forest, Baden_Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
Petrified tree stump, petrified forest between Sigri and Antissa, Lesbos Island, Aegean Sea, Greece, Europe
fossil bat icaranoycteris index eocene epoch of tertiary era found wyoming, north western usa
Fossilised skeleton of a Megatherium or Giant Sloth, found in Paraguay in about 1796. Lithograph from Nature Displayed by Sim...
Fossilised skeleton of a Megatherium or Giant Sloth, found in Paraguay in about 1796. Lithograph from Nature Displayed by Simeon Shaw (London, 1823).
Textured rock surface formed by glacial movement, Gamsgrube, Hohe Tauern National Park, Carinthia, Austria
150 million year old fossilised footprint ichnite of theropod dinosaur in karst limestone rock, Terenes, Asturias, Spain, Eur...
150 million year old fossilised footprint ichnite of theropod dinosaur in karst limestone rock, Terenes, Asturias, Spain, Europe
The research centre of Koobi Fora looks out over Lake Turkana. Many important paleontological discoveries have been made in t...
The research centre of Koobi Fora looks out over Lake Turkana. Many important paleontological discoveries have been made in the area, including fossilised hominid remains of Homo erectus, Homo habilis and Homo rudolfensis dating back 4 million years. Once the base of Richard Leakey, the base is now run by his daughter Louise Leakey
Pair of fossilized fish in limestone. Diplomystus dentatus. From the Green River Formation, Eocene epoch, Tertiary period, Ce...
Pair of fossilized fish in limestone. Diplomystus dentatus. From the Green River Formation, Eocene epoch, Tertiary period, Cenozoic era. Southwestern Wyoming, USA. Photographed under controlled conditions (Specimen courtesy of Rick Hebdon, Thayne, Wyoming).
Petrified fumarole chimney, lava column, in the canyon at Sand Creek, The Pinnacles, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA
Shown is a Stromatolite dating from 135 million years ago a fossilised remain of algae and moulds that formed around gymnospe...
Shown is a Stromatolite dating from 135 million years ago a fossilised remain of algae and moulds that formed around gymnosperm tree trunks sunk in salty waters
Evening atmosphere in the fossilised sand dunes of the Mungo National Park, New South Wales, Australia
Fossil of a short-tailed pterosaur, a flying reptile. Pterodactylus kochi. Upper Jurassic Solnhofen limestone. Eichstaett, Ge...
Fossil of a short-tailed pterosaur, a flying reptile. Pterodactylus kochi. Upper Jurassic Solnhofen limestone. Eichstaett, Germany. Photographed under controlled conditions (Specimen courtesy of Raimund Albersdoerfer, Germany).
Fossil debris in chalk. Coloured scanning electron micrograph SEM of a fossilised fragment of a coccolithotrope skeleton.
Shown is a Stromatolite dating from 135 million years ago a fossilised remain of algae and moulds that formed around gymnospe...
Shown is a Stromatolite dating from 135 million years ago a fossilised remain of algae and moulds that formed around gymnosperm tree trunks sunk in salty waters
Plate of six trilobite fossils in shale. Pseudogygites latimarginatus. Ordovician Period (438 to 505 million years ago). Bowm...
Plate of six trilobite fossils in shale. Pseudogygites latimarginatus. Ordovician Period (438 to 505 million years ago). Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. (Specimen courtesy of Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Hill City, South Dakota, USA).
T-Rex jaws with very sharp teeth surrounded by darkness. New York Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
Stone fossil inside Knap of Howar, prehistoric Settlement Papa Westry Orkney Scotland with snow falling on stone walls.
Fossilized Allosaurus in glass display case. Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Fossilized Dinosaur nest with eggs, discovered in 1977, Gelbent, Southern Gobi Desert, Mongolia
Fossilized beaver tooth embedded in 'Eccles concrete' river deposits in Cromer Forest Beds, laid down over 500,000 years ago
marine fossil shells in sandstone fossils probably laid down in miocene period of tertiary period. the pinnacles, cape pallis...
marine fossil shells in sandstone fossils probably laid down in miocene period of tertiary period. the pinnacles, cape palliser, wairarapa, nz.
Shown is a Stromatolite dating from 135 million years ago a fossilised remain of algae and moulds that formed around gymnospe...
Shown is a Stromatolite dating from 135 million years ago a fossilised remain of algae and moulds that formed around gymnosperm tree trunks sunk in salty waters
Close_up of fossilised tree trunks, Petrified Forest, Damaraland, Kunene Region, Namibia, Africa
Arabian Leaf-toed Gecko (Hemidactylus homoeolepis) adult, resting on Madrepore coral fossil rock in habitat, Socotra, Yemen
Fossil debris in chalk. Coloured scanning electron micrograph SEM of a fossilised fragment of a coccolithotrope skeleton. Mag...
Fossil debris in chalk. Coloured scanning electron micrograph SEM of a fossilised fragment of a coccolithotrope skeleton. Magnification: x8000 when printed at 10 centimetres wide.
Shown is a Stromatolite dating from 135 million years ago a fossilised remain of algae and moulds that formed around gymnospe...
Shown is a Stromatolite dating from 135 million years ago a fossilised remain of algae and moulds that formed around gymnosperm tree trunks sunk in salty waters
Archaeopteryx fossil Archaeopteryx lithographica, the most well preserved specimen worldwide, Museum fuer Naturkunde, Natural...
Archaeopteryx fossil Archaeopteryx lithographica, the most well preserved specimen worldwide, Museum fuer Naturkunde, Natural History Museum, Berlin, Germany, Europe
Fossil ichthyosaur with circular ammonite fossils in stone matrix. Stenopterygius species. Ammonites: Dactylioceras species. ...
Fossil ichthyosaur with circular ammonite fossils in stone matrix. Stenopterygius species. Ammonites: Dactylioceras species. Lower Jurassic period, Mesozoic era. Holzmaden, Germany. Photographed under controlled conditions (Specimen courtesy of Raimund Albersdoerfer, Germany).
Fossil debris in chalk. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a fossilised fragment of a coccolithotrope skeleton.
Petrified stump in a petrified forest between Sigri and Antissa, Lesbos, Aegean Sea, Greece, Europe
Fossil skeleton of saber-toothed cat. Dinictis felina. Oligocene Epoch (34 to 29 million years ago). Sioux County, Nebraska, ...
Fossil skeleton of saber-toothed cat. Dinictis felina. Oligocene Epoch (34 to 29 million years ago). Sioux County, Nebraska, USA. (Specimen courtesy of Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Hill City, South Dakota).
Fossilized dragonfly with a 19cm wingspan. Isophlebia species. Upper Jurassic Solnhofen limestone. Solnhofen, Bavaria, German...
Fossilized dragonfly with a 19cm wingspan. Isophlebia species. Upper Jurassic Solnhofen limestone. Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany. Photographed under controlled conditions (Specimen courtesy of Raimund Albersdoerfer, Germany).
Petrified fumarole chimneys, lava columns, in the canyon at Sand Creek, The Pinnacles, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA
Fossilized sea-lily, a crinoid. Pentacrinus subangularis. Lower Jurassic period. Holzmaden, Germany. Photographed under contr...
Fossilized sea-lily, a crinoid. Pentacrinus subangularis. Lower Jurassic period. Holzmaden, Germany. Photographed under controlled conditions (Specimen courtesy of Raimund Albersdoerfer, Germany).
Fossilized eocrinoid of an extinct species. Gogia spiralis. Cambrian Period, 543 to 505 million years ago. House Range, Wheel...
Fossilized eocrinoid of an extinct species. Gogia spiralis. Cambrian Period, 543 to 505 million years ago. House Range, Wheeler Shale, south-central Utah, USA. (Specimen courtesy of Gem City, Laramie, Wyoming).
elephant bird aepyornis sp. eggshell fragments being eroded out of the plateau. faux cap, madagascar
Fossil debris in chalk. Coloured scanning electron micrograph SEM of a fossilised fragment of a coccolithotrope skeleton.
Dead tree amongst the fossilised sand dunes of the Mungo National Park, New South Wales, Australia
Fossilized deformed tooth from Straight-tusked Elephant (Elephas antiquus) from Cromer Forest Beds, laid down over 500,000 ye...
Fossilized deformed tooth from Straight-tusked Elephant (Elephas antiquus) from Cromer Forest Beds, laid down over 500,000 years ago
Fossil of a short-tailed pterosaur, a flying reptile. Pterodactylus kochi. Upper Jurassic Solnhofen limestone. Solnhofen, Bav...
Fossil of a short-tailed pterosaur, a flying reptile. Pterodactylus kochi. Upper Jurassic Solnhofen limestone. Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany. Photographed under controlled conditions (Specimen courtesy of Raimund Albersdoerfer, Germany).
Imprints of dinosaur footprints left fossilised in the rock at La Virgin del Campo. La Rioja Baja conserves some of the most ...
Imprints of dinosaur footprints left fossilised in the rock at La Virgin del Campo. La Rioja Baja conserves some of the most important ichnite remains, fossils and dinosaur footprints in the world.
Imprints of dinosaur footprints left fossilised in the rock at La Virgin del Campo. La Rioja Baja conserves some of the most ...
Imprints of dinosaur footprints left fossilised in the rock at La Virgin del Campo. La Rioja Baja conserves some of the most important ichnite remains, fossils and dinosaur footprints in the world.
Fossil debris in chalk. Coloured scanning electron micrograph SEM of a fossilised fragment of a coccolithotrope skeleton. Mag...
Fossil debris in chalk. Coloured scanning electron micrograph SEM of a fossilised fragment of a coccolithotrope skeleton. Magnification: x8000 when printed at 10 centimetres wide.
Ammonite fossils with iridescent shell layer intact. Ammonoidea species. Jurassic Period, 144 to 208 million years ago. Lyme ...
Ammonite fossils with iridescent shell layer intact. Ammonoidea species. Jurassic Period, 144 to 208 million years ago. Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, UK.
Petrified tree stump, petrified forest between Sigri and Antissa, Lesbos Island, Aegean Sea, Greece, Europe
Shark tooth fossils in sandstone matrix. Lamna obliqua. Eocene Epoch (56 to 34 million years ago). Morocco. (Specimen courtes...
Shark tooth fossils in sandstone matrix. Lamna obliqua. Eocene Epoch (56 to 34 million years ago). Morocco. (Specimen courtesy of Ron Stebler, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA).
Fossilized deer teeth embeded in 'Eccles concrete' river deposits from Cromer Forest Beds, laid down over 500,000 years ago
Fossil debris in chalk. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a fossilised fragment of a coccolithotrope skeleton. M...
Fossil debris in chalk. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a fossilised fragment of a coccolithotrope skeleton. Magnification: x8000 when printed at 10 centimetres wide.
Petrified tree stump, petrified forest between Sigri and Antissa, Lesbos Island, Aegean Sea, Greece, Europe
Evening mood at the petrified sand dunes in Mungo National Park, New South Wales, Australia
Fossil debris in chalk. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a fossilised fragment of a coccolithotrope skeleton.
The Pinnacles, petrified lava columns at the edge of Sand Creek, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA
Fossilized coelacanth, 11.5cm long. Probably an undescribed species. Upper Jurassic Solnhofen limestone. Solnhofen, Bavaria, ...
Fossilized coelacanth, 11.5cm long. Probably an undescribed species. Upper Jurassic Solnhofen limestone. Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany. Photographed under controlled conditions (Specimen courtesy of Raimund Albersdoerfer, Germany).
gall gnat fossil in amber, patterns were caused by wings as gnat struggled to escape 27-38 million years old. 1.5mm long,
Fossil debris in chalk. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a fossilised fragment of a coccolithotrope skeleton. M...
Fossil debris in chalk. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a fossilised fragment of a coccolithotrope skeleton. Magnification: x8000 when printed at 10 centimetres wide.
Petrified standing tree trunk, petrified forest between Sigri and Antissa, Lesbos Island, Aegean Sea, Greece, Europe
Fossilised fern of type Sphenopteris preserved in Carboniferous coal sample 300 million years old Excellent example
Fossilized fish (4.6 inches long) swallowing another fish. Mioplosus labracoides eating Diplomystus dentatus. From the Green ...
Fossilized fish (4.6 inches long) swallowing another fish. Mioplosus labracoides eating Diplomystus dentatus. From the Green River Formation, Eocene epoch, Tertiary period, Cenozoic era. Southern Wyoming, USA Photographed under controlled conditions (Specimen courtesy of Rick Hebdon, Thayne, Wyoming).
Rare squid imprint fossil, 24 cm length; Upper Jurassic or Malm Period, 161.2 to 145.5 million years ago. Solnhofen, Germany....
Rare squid imprint fossil, 24 cm length; Upper Jurassic or Malm Period, 161.2 to 145.5 million years ago. Solnhofen, Germany. (Specimen courtesy of Flavio Bacchia, Trieste, Italy).
Naturkundemuseum Natural History Museum, Jura_Museum, fossils, 150 million years old, Eichstaett, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
Fossil debris in chalk. Coloured scanning electron micrograph SEM of a fossilised fragment of a coccolithotrope skeleton.
Fossil marine reptile, an ichthyosaur, about four feet in length. This superb specimen is in sedimentary matrix with ammonite...
Fossil marine reptile, an ichthyosaur, about four feet in length. This superb specimen is in sedimentary matrix with ammonites, the circular spots. Stenopterygius species. Ammonites: Dactylioceras species. Lower Jurassic period, Mesozoic era. Holzmaden, Germany. Photographed under controlled conditions (Specimen courtesy of Raimund Albersdoerfer, Germany).
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