Date Note | Watermark of drawings from this collection, date of publication of drawings from Rankin's collection |
Description | Three watercolour studies of the teeth and metapterygoid from the fossil fish Megalichthys, Strepsodus and Rhabdoderma, 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. The first drawing is captioned 'f.61' |
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. |