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Images

  • M0001227: Two illustrations of rock with fossil marks
  • M0001226: Photograph of a large piece of rock with fossil marks
  • Geology: fossil remains in stone. Coloured engraving, 1811.
  • Geology: fossil remains in stone. Coloured engraving by S. Springsguth, 1833.
  • Scholars attending a lecture in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Coloured lithograph printed by C. Hullmandel after N. Whittock.
  • Geology: stalatites found in a cave in mountains at Surtshellir, Iceland. Engraving.
  • M0001228: Photograph of a piece of rock with fossil marks
  • Scholars attending a lecture in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Coloured lithograph printed by C. Hullmandel after N. Whittock.
  • Geology: fossil remains in stone. Coloured engraving by S. Springsguth after M. Sheffield.
  • Geology: fossil remains in stone. Coloured engraving by S. Springsguth, 1833.
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Catalogue

    • Archives and manuscripts

    Miscellany: United States of America, 19th-20th centuries

    | Date: 1831-1880 | Reference: MS.7428
  • view Second bibliography and catalogue of fossil Vertebrata of North America / [O.P. Hay].
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    Second bibliography and catalogue of fossil Vertebrata of North America / [O.P. Hay].

    Hay, Oliver Perry, 1846-1930 | Date: 1929-1930
  • view On Platygonus compressus : a new fossil pachyderm / by John L. Le Conte.
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    On Platygonus compressus : a new fossil pachyderm / by John L. Le Conte.

    Le Conte, John Lawrence, 1825-1883. | Date: 1848
  • view The Mesosauria of South Africa / by H.G. Seeley.
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    The Mesosauria of South Africa / by H.G. Seeley.

    Seeley, H. G. (Harry Govier), 1839-1909 | Date: 1892
  • view Some account of the fossil remains of an animal more nearly allied to fishes than any of the other classes of animals / by Sir Everard Home.
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    Some account of the fossil remains of an animal more nearly allied to fishes than any of the other classes of animals / by Sir Everard Home.

    Home, Everard, Sir, 1756-1832 | Date: 1814
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