Date Note | Watermark of drawings from this collection, date of publication of drawings from Rankin's collection |
Description | Watercolour study of an imperfect specimen of the fossil fish ?Palaeoniscus, by Joseph Dinkel, [1841-1843]. Probably found in the Coal Measures, Carluke, Scotland, from the collection of Dr Daniel Reid Rankin.
Note: the drawing has no identifying caption, the genus has been suggested by Mahala Andrews. |
Administrative History | Collected as part of the research for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843) but never published. |