| Date Note | Watermark of drawings from this collection, date of publication of drawings from Rankin's collection |
| Description | Watercolour study of the dorsal fin spine from the fossil fish Ctenacanthus major, by Joseph Dinkel, [1841-1843]. Found in the Coal Measures, Castlehill near Carluke, Scotland, from the collection of Dr Daniel Rankin.
[Note: drawing has no annotations save artist and collection. The information regarding name and locality taken from the catalogue of the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow.]
Sheet size: 162mm (w) x 285mm (h) |
| Administrative History | Collected/drawn as part of the research for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/1844).
Daniel Rankin lent Agassiz a large number of specimens, which were drawn by Dinkel in London. |