Ref NoLDGSL/589
TitleWood engravings of a Jurassic crinoid and three Silurian trilobites
Date[1841]
LevelFile
Extent4 prints
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionFour wood engravings of fossils in the collection of John EVANS, by O Jewitt, [1841], comprising:

1) 'A new species of encrinite'. Discovered at Frome Selwood, Frome, Somerset, in the summer of 1835.
2) Homalonotus ludentsis, front and side views.
3) Homalonotus ludentsis, front and side views.
4) Asaphus longi-caudatus.

One of the specimens of the trilobite Homalonotus ludentsis was figured in Roderick Murchison's 'Silurian System' (1839, plate 7) and is now held by BGS, GSM 4783.
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ProvenancePresented by Evans, 23 February 1842.
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteSource: Thackray, J. "Separately published prints of fossils in nineteenth century Britain", 'Archives of Natural History', vol 12 (1985), pp175-199. Description by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameEVANS | John | fl 1833-1849 | Secretary and Treasurer of the Worcestershire Natural History Society
SubjectCrinozoa
Trilobita
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/584EVANS; John (fl 1833-1849); Secretary and Treasurer of the Worcestershire Natural History Societyfl 1833-1849
Places
CodePlaceName
NA71Somerset
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