Happy #MonographMonday!
This plate depicts a fossil colony of Thecosmilia annularis. The detail is absolutely stunning!
A Monograph of the British Fossil Corals. Second Part. Corals from the Oolitic Formations by Milne Edwards and Haime (Volume 5, Issue 12, 1851).
This plate depicts a fossil colony of Thecosmilia annularis. The detail is absolutely stunning!
A Monograph of the British Fossil Corals. Second Part. Corals from the Oolitic Formations by Milne Edwards and Haime (Volume 5, Issue 12, 1851).
September 7, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Happy #MonographMonday!
This plate depicts a fossil colony of Thecosmilia annularis. The detail is absolutely stunning!
A Monograph of the British Fossil Corals. Second Part. Corals from the Oolitic Formations by Milne Edwards and Haime (Volume 5, Issue 12, 1851).
This plate depicts a fossil colony of Thecosmilia annularis. The detail is absolutely stunning!
A Monograph of the British Fossil Corals. Second Part. Corals from the Oolitic Formations by Milne Edwards and Haime (Volume 5, Issue 12, 1851).
Its #MonographMonday!
This plate is from Volume 6, Issue 15 (1852), A Monograph of British Tertiary Brachiopoda. This issue is the first part of an enormous series of work published by Thomas Davidson in the Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society over 30 years.
This plate is from Volume 6, Issue 15 (1852), A Monograph of British Tertiary Brachiopoda. This issue is the first part of an enormous series of work published by Thomas Davidson in the Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society over 30 years.
September 21, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Its #MonographMonday!
This plate is from Volume 6, Issue 15 (1852), A Monograph of British Tertiary Brachiopoda. This issue is the first part of an enormous series of work published by Thomas Davidson in the Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society over 30 years.
This plate is from Volume 6, Issue 15 (1852), A Monograph of British Tertiary Brachiopoda. This issue is the first part of an enormous series of work published by Thomas Davidson in the Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society over 30 years.
This week on #MonographMonday, we have a plate from the second instalment of Thomas Davidson's fossil brachiopod monographs. This time its fossils from the Cretaceous! This plate features species from several genera: Crania, Thecidea and Lingula.
#brachiopoda #cretaceous
#brachiopoda #cretaceous
September 28, 2026 at 8:44 AM
This week on #MonographMonday, we have a plate from the second instalment of Thomas Davidson's fossil brachiopod monographs. This time its fossils from the Cretaceous! This plate features species from several genera: Crania, Thecidea and Lingula.
#brachiopoda #cretaceous
#brachiopoda #cretaceous
Without further ado, today's #MonographMonday is from The Crag Mollusca with Descriptions of Shells from the Upper Tertiaries of the British Isles by Searles Wood, the first treasurer of the society!
This illustration (by J Sowerby) is from Volume 1: Issue 1, published in 1848.
#palaeontology
This illustration (by J Sowerby) is from Volume 1: Issue 1, published in 1848.
#palaeontology
June 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Without further ado, today's #MonographMonday is from The Crag Mollusca with Descriptions of Shells from the Upper Tertiaries of the British Isles by Searles Wood, the first treasurer of the society!
This illustration (by J Sowerby) is from Volume 1: Issue 1, published in 1848.
#palaeontology
This illustration (by J Sowerby) is from Volume 1: Issue 1, published in 1848.
#palaeontology
It's #MonographMonday! Today we have an illustration depicting Crocodilus hastingsiae (now Diplocynodon). This species was named after Lady Barbara Rawdon-Hastings, to honour "the accomplished lady by whom the singularly perfect example of the species had been recovered and restored".
July 13, 2026 at 3:04 PM
It's #MonographMonday! Today we have an illustration depicting Crocodilus hastingsiae (now Diplocynodon). This species was named after Lady Barbara Rawdon-Hastings, to honour "the accomplished lady by whom the singularly perfect example of the species had been recovered and restored".
This week's #MonographMonday is from Monograph on the Fossil Reptilia of the London Clay: and of the Bracklesham and other Tertiary Beds by Profs. Owen and Bell.
This is the skull of Chelone (now Argillochelys) cuneiceps (by Day & Son Lithographers to the Queen) from Volume 2: Issue 2 (1849).
This is the skull of Chelone (now Argillochelys) cuneiceps (by Day & Son Lithographers to the Queen) from Volume 2: Issue 2 (1849).
June 15, 2026 at 8:23 AM
This week's #MonographMonday is from Monograph on the Fossil Reptilia of the London Clay: and of the Bracklesham and other Tertiary Beds by Profs. Owen and Bell.
This is the skull of Chelone (now Argillochelys) cuneiceps (by Day & Son Lithographers to the Queen) from Volume 2: Issue 2 (1849).
This is the skull of Chelone (now Argillochelys) cuneiceps (by Day & Son Lithographers to the Queen) from Volume 2: Issue 2 (1849).
This week on #MonographMonday, we have this plate depicting nautilus, ammonites and belemnites from A Monograph of the Crag Mollusca, with Descriptions of Shells From the Upper Tertiaries of the British Isles. Vol. II. Bivalves by Searles V. Wood (Volume 4, Issue 8, 1850).
July 27, 2026 at 9:57 AM
This week on #MonographMonday, we have this plate depicting nautilus, ammonites and belemnites from A Monograph of the Crag Mollusca, with Descriptions of Shells From the Upper Tertiaries of the British Isles. Vol. II. Bivalves by Searles V. Wood (Volume 4, Issue 8, 1850).
It's #MonographMonday 📚
This plate is from "A Monograph of the British Fossil Brachiopoda: Part III" by Thomas Davidson (Volume 4, Issue 10 1851). It depicts Spirifer rostatus (now known as Liospiriferina rostrata).
This plate is from "A Monograph of the British Fossil Brachiopoda: Part III" by Thomas Davidson (Volume 4, Issue 10 1851). It depicts Spirifer rostatus (now known as Liospiriferina rostrata).
August 24, 2026 at 3:27 PM
It's #MonographMonday 📚
This plate is from "A Monograph of the British Fossil Brachiopoda: Part III" by Thomas Davidson (Volume 4, Issue 10 1851). It depicts Spirifer rostatus (now known as Liospiriferina rostrata).
This plate is from "A Monograph of the British Fossil Brachiopoda: Part III" by Thomas Davidson (Volume 4, Issue 10 1851). It depicts Spirifer rostatus (now known as Liospiriferina rostrata).
This week's #MonographMonday is an illustration of Nautilus imperialis (now Cimomia imperialis) by J Sowerby.
This is from Monograph on The Eocene Mollusca or descriptions of shells from the older Tertiaries of England by Frederic E. Edwards (Volume 2: Issue 2, 1849)
This is from Monograph on The Eocene Mollusca or descriptions of shells from the older Tertiaries of England by Frederic E. Edwards (Volume 2: Issue 2, 1849)
June 22, 2026 at 9:01 AM
This week's #MonographMonday is an illustration of Nautilus imperialis (now Cimomia imperialis) by J Sowerby.
This is from Monograph on The Eocene Mollusca or descriptions of shells from the older Tertiaries of England by Frederic E. Edwards (Volume 2: Issue 2, 1849)
This is from Monograph on The Eocene Mollusca or descriptions of shells from the older Tertiaries of England by Frederic E. Edwards (Volume 2: Issue 2, 1849)
It's #MonographMonday and this week's example is pretty distinctive. This is a plate from A Monograph of the British Fossil Corals by H. Milne Edwards and Jules Haime, depicting corals from the London Clay by J Delarue at Day & Sons lithographers to the queen.
Volume 3, Issue 7 (1850).
Volume 3, Issue 7 (1850).
July 20, 2026 at 3:16 PM
It's #MonographMonday and this week's example is pretty distinctive. This is a plate from A Monograph of the British Fossil Corals by H. Milne Edwards and Jules Haime, depicting corals from the London Clay by J Delarue at Day & Sons lithographers to the queen.
Volume 3, Issue 7 (1850).
Volume 3, Issue 7 (1850).
It's #MonographMonday!
This one is from Charles Darwin's work on fossil gooseneck barnacles (Volume 5, Issue 13 1951).
Darwin had a love-hate relationship with barnacles. The following year he wrote to his second cousin, W. D. Fox, and said that "[he] hate[d] a barnacle as no man ever did before".
This one is from Charles Darwin's work on fossil gooseneck barnacles (Volume 5, Issue 13 1951).
Darwin had a love-hate relationship with barnacles. The following year he wrote to his second cousin, W. D. Fox, and said that "[he] hate[d] a barnacle as no man ever did before".
September 14, 2026 at 9:04 AM
It's #MonographMonday!
This one is from Charles Darwin's work on fossil gooseneck barnacles (Volume 5, Issue 13 1951).
Darwin had a love-hate relationship with barnacles. The following year he wrote to his second cousin, W. D. Fox, and said that "[he] hate[d] a barnacle as no man ever did before".
This one is from Charles Darwin's work on fossil gooseneck barnacles (Volume 5, Issue 13 1951).
Darwin had a love-hate relationship with barnacles. The following year he wrote to his second cousin, W. D. Fox, and said that "[he] hate[d] a barnacle as no man ever did before".
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June 15, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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This week's #MonographMonday is from Volume 4, issue 9 (1850). This lovely plate shows a range of Natica sea-snails from the Great Oolite by J Morris and John Lycett.
August 10, 2026 at 2:14 PM
This week's #MonographMonday is from Volume 4, issue 9 (1850). This lovely plate shows a range of Natica sea-snails from the Great Oolite by J Morris and John Lycett.
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July 6, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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Next up on #MonographMonday is this plate of the bryozoan Synocladia virgulacea from A Monograph of the Permian Fossils of England by William King (Volume 3: Issue 5, 1850).
July 6, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Next up on #MonographMonday is this plate of the bryozoan Synocladia virgulacea from A Monograph of the Permian Fossils of England by William King (Volume 3: Issue 5, 1850).
This week's #MonographMonday is from A Monograph of the Entomostraca of the Cretaceous Formation of England by T. Rupert Jones.
This plate (by Day & Son Lithographers to the Queen) illustrates fossil entomostracans (tiny crustaceans, now distributed across multiple classes), published in 1849.
This plate (by Day & Son Lithographers to the Queen) illustrates fossil entomostracans (tiny crustaceans, now distributed across multiple classes), published in 1849.
June 29, 2026 at 8:56 AM
This week's #MonographMonday is from A Monograph of the Entomostraca of the Cretaceous Formation of England by T. Rupert Jones.
This plate (by Day & Son Lithographers to the Queen) illustrates fossil entomostracans (tiny crustaceans, now distributed across multiple classes), published in 1849.
This plate (by Day & Son Lithographers to the Queen) illustrates fossil entomostracans (tiny crustaceans, now distributed across multiple classes), published in 1849.
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June 22, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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