Ref NoLDGSL/613/3/58/1
TitleWatercolour of Pycnodus platessus Agassiz
Date[1831-1834]
Date NoteActivity of artist, description of specimen first appears in Jahrbuch (1832) as does reference to consulting collection, early species name.
LevelItem
Extent1 item
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionWatercolour and pencil drawing, with detail of teeth, of the fossil fish Pycnodus platessus Agassiz, by Charles Weber, [1831-1834]. Found in Monte Bolca, from the collection of Dr Hartmann. Annotated lightly in pencil 'Pycnodus gibbus Agas', which was Agassiz's early attribution, see published text, vol 2 (ii), p185.
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Publication NotePublished in Agassiz, J L R. 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/1844), Vol 2, Tab 72, fig 3-4. Livraison issued 1839
ArchNoteBased on a listing made by Mahala Andrews (1977-1981), expanded by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameWEBER | Joseph Charles | 1801-1875 | natural history artist
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/44AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist1807-1873
DS/UK/1033WEBER; Joseph Charles (1801-1875); natural history artist1801-1875
DS/UK/1842HARTMANN; Ernst Gustav Friedrich von (1767-1851); physician and fossil collector1767-1851
Places
CodePlaceName
NA537Monte Bolca
NA258Italy
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