The character cabinet
A crystal smaller than a grain of sand.
Pick a face, even if it belongs to a planet. You can meet the cast, follow the clues, and find the chapter where each one appears.
119 entries shown.
Worlds and moons
Space rocks and crystals
Microbes and cells
Plants and animals
Seaweedsalgae
Spongesanimal
Trilobitesanimal
Lepidodendron, the scale treeplant
Spearmintplant
CharniaEdiacaran frond
TribrachidiumEdiacaran dome
FractofususEdiacaran spindle
Dickinsoniaearly animal
Kimberellaearly animal
Yilingiaearly animal
AnomalocarisCambrian hunter
HallucigeniaCambrian animal
OpabiniaCambrian animal
Haikouichthysearly fish-like animal
Velvet wormliving animal
Water bearsliving animal
Graptolitesdrifting colony
Lungfishliving fish
Sea scorpionssea hunter
Acutiramussea scorpion
Cooksoniaearly land plant
Archaeopterisearly tree
Prototaxitesmystery giant
Tiktaalikfish with a neck
Acanthostegaearly four-legged animal
Dunkleosteusarmored fish
Early sharksfish
Horseshoe crabsliving animal
True crabsliving animal
Coelacanthliving fish
Garliving fish
Stromatoporoidsreef-building sponge
Tabulate coralshoneycomb coral
Sea liliesanimal on a stalk
Stethacanthusanvil-backed fish
Falcatusshark relative
Edestusblade-jawed fish
Helicoprionbuzzsaw fish
Ratfishliving fish
Coccocephalusfish with a fossil brain
Hylonomusearly reptile
Winged insectearly flying insect
Tully monstermystery animal
Hammerhead sharkliving shark
Lampreyliving fish
Squidliving animal
Meganeuragiant griffinfly
Arthropleuragiant millipede relative
Eryopsgiant amphibian
Prionosuchusgiant amphibian
Dimetrodonsail-backed hunter
Ichthyotitangiant sea reptile
Captorhinusearly reptile
Amphibiancoal-swamp amphibian
Tree ferncoal-age tree fern
Ascendonanustree-climbing early amniote
OpsieobuthusPermian scorpion
Dendropupaearly land snail
Giant horsetailcalamite tree (Arthropitys)
Orobatescousin of the first reptiles
OroBOTwalking robot (2019)
Salamanderliving amphibian
Caimanliving crocodilian
Varanopidearly hunter (synapsid)
Lizardliving reptile
Glossopteriscoal-forest tree
Cycadseed plant
Sauropodlong-necked dinosaur
Diadectesearly plant-eater
Seymourialand animal near the reptile line
DiscosauriscusSeymouria's cousin, a gilled young
Tortoiseliving reptile
Crocodileliving crocodilian
The trackmakerearly relative of mammals (reconstruction)
Birdliving bird
Mammalliving mammal
Tillyardembiapollen-eating insect
Gaiasiagiant early four-legged hunter
Temnospondylsalamander-like amphibian
Araeoscelidearly lizard-like reptile
Mesosaurussmall swimming reptile
Brazilichthysray-finned fish
People
John Wesley Powellexplorer
Charles Walcottfossil hunter
William Dawsongeologist
Neil Shubinfossil hunter
Francis Tullyfossil collector
Ruby Reynoldsfossil hunter
Henry Duncanminister and fossil reporter
William Bucklandgeologist
Ralph Tateprofessor and naturalist
Walter Howchingeologist
Jerry MacDonaldself-taught fossil hunter
























