Description | Fourteen watercolour studies of fragments (mostly teeth) from various fossil fish including Poecilodus transversus, Psamodus cornutus, Petalodus Sagittatus, Helodus mammillaris, Petalodus marginalis, Helodus turgidus and Petalodus Hastingsiae Agassiz, probably by Joseph Dinkel, 1841. Found in Carboniferous Limestone, Armagh, from the collection of Captain Theobald Jones. Sheet size: 387mm (w) x 234mm (h).
Note: one drawing has been cut out of the sheet and may have been published. |
Administrative History | Collected/drawn as part of the research for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/1844). |
CustodialHistory | From an envelope marked "Jones Collection. Carb. Limestone, Armagh and Rankine & Carluke Comm. Coal Measures Scotland." |