Ref NoLDGSL/614/1/75b
TitleLithograph of ?Strepsodus
Date[1842]
LevelItem
Extent1 item
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionLithograph, with colour additions, of the part and counterpart of the jaws and a tooth of an unidentified fossil fish, possibly Strepsodus, by unknown artist, [1842]. The print is captioned, 'Found in the Black Band Ironstone on the estate of North Dalrymple Esq, Cleland, Near Holytown, Lanarkshire, August 1842, Coal Formation.'

Note: Identification information provided by Mahala Andrews. She also suggested Megalichthys.
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Administrative HistoryCollected as part of the research for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843) but never published.
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
Languagen/a
ArchNoteBased on a listing made by Mahala Andrews (1977-1981), expanded by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameCATHCART | Charles Murray | 2nd Earl Cathcart | 1783-1859 | army officer
AGASSIZ | Jean Louis Rudolphe | 1807-1873 | palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist
SubjectPalaeoichthyology
Palaeontology
Upper Carboniferous
Previous referenceLDGSL 614
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/44AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist1807-1873
DS/UK/593CATHCART; Charles Murray (1783-1859); 2nd Earl Cathcart; army officer1783-1859
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