Date Note | Watermark of drawings from this collection, date of publication of drawings from Rankin's collection. |
Description | Two watercolour studies of the jaw and vertebrae from the fossil fish Crossopterygian and Strepsodus respectively, by Joseph Dinkel, [1841-1843]. Probably found in the Coal Measures, Carluke, Scotland from the collection of Dr Daniel Rankin.
Note: the drawing has no identifying caption, the genus is 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.
Daniel Rankin lent Agassiz a large number of specimens, which were drawn by Dinkel in London. |