Paul D Stewart / The first scientific illustration of an Ichthyosaur skull, Temnodontosaurus platydon, discovered by Mary Anning, 1812. It comes from an 1814 paper in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Societ...

Paul D Stewart / A rare British broadsheet illustration entitled 'The antediluvian world', with contemporary hand colouring, drawn and engraved by John Emslie and published by James Reynolds in 1849. It shows reconstr...

Paul D Stewart / 1855 Cartoon from Punch's Almanac of that year, ascribed to John Leech, captioned 'A visit to the antediluvian reptiles at Sydenham - master Tom strongly objects to having his mind improved'. Clockwis...

Paul Williams / Fossil preparators working to reveal the fossilised bones of a giant ichthyosaur, excavated from the cliffs of Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK, 2016. Filmed for the BBC special 'Attenborough and the Sea Dr...

Paul Williams / Fossil preparator working to reveal the fossilised bones of a giant ichthyosaur, excavated from the cliffs of Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK, 2016. Filmed for the BBC special 'Attenborough and the Sea Dra...

Paul Williams / Fossil preparator working to reveal the fossilised bones of a giant ichthyosaur, excavated from the cliffs of Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK, 2016. Filmed for the BBC special 'Attenborough and the Sea Dra...

Paul Williams / Splitting rock during excavation of fossilised bones of a giant ichthyosaur from the cliffs of Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK, 2016. Filmed for the BBC special 'Attenborough and the Sea Dragon'.

Paul Williams / Splitting rock during excavation of fossilised bones of a giant ichthyosaur from the cliffs of Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK, 2016. Filmed for the BBC special 'Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

Paul Williams / Splitting rock during excavation of fossilised bones of a giant ichthyosaur from the cliffs of Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK, 2016. Filmed for the BBC special 'Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

Paul Williams / Extracting rock during excavation of fossilised bones of a giant ichthyosaur from the cliffs of Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK, 2016. Filmed for the BBC special 'Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

Paul Williams / Extracting rock during excavation of fossilised bones of a giant ichthyosaur from the cliffs of Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK, 2016. Filmed for the BBC special 'Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

Paul Williams / Sir David Attenborough with fossil hunter Chris Moore looking at the bones of a giant Ichthyosaur fossil whilst filming the BBC special 'Attenborough and the Sea Dragon', Lyme Regis, Dorset, U...