Ref NoLDGSL/614/2/5
TitleDrawing of Tetragonolepis Trailli Agassiz [Tetragonolepis angulifer]
Date[1832-1844]
Date NoteTraill corresponds with Agassiz and send him drawings of his collection from 1832
LevelItem
Extent1 item
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionPencil drawing of a complete speciment of the fossil fish Tetragonolepis Trailli Agassiz [Tetragonolepis angulifer], by unknown artist, [1832-1844]. Found in the Lias, Lyme Regis, from the collection of Thomas Stewart Traill.

Note: the drawing is annotated in pencil 'Tab 19' which does not match up with 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles'.
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Administrative HistoryCollected/drawn as part of the research for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/1844).
CustodialHistoryFrom a folder marked 'Dapedius - Tetragonolepis'
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). Description expanded by Caroline Lam. Information about Traill's activities from Andrews, S M, 'The discovery of fossil fishes in Scotland up to 1845: with checklists of Agassiz's figured specimens', Edinburgh: Royal Scottish Museum (1982).
SubjectLower Jurassic
Previous referenceLDGSL 614
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/44AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist1807-1873
DS/UK/1113TRAILL; Thomas Stewart (1781-1862); chemist and mineralogist1781-1862
Places
CodePlaceName
NA522Lyme Regis
NA2Dorset
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