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Ref No	LDGSL/614/3/211/1
Title	Drawing of a tooth from Glyptolepis microlepidotus Agassiz
Date	[1840-1844]
Date Note	Earliest activity of Gordon Cumming's fossil collecting, date of publication
Level	Item
Extent	1 item
Format	Photograph/drawing/painting/print
Description	Pencil drawing of a tooth, with magnified section, of the fossil fish Glyptolepis microlepidotus Agassiz, by unknown artist, [1840-1844]. Found in Lethen Bar by Lady Eliza Gordon Cumming.
Thumbnail	$1e\155f35-21b5-4839-85ec-4ed8b3aed222.jpg$
Administrative History	Collected/drawn as part of the research for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/1844) or 'Monographie des Poissons Fossiles du Vieux Grès Rouge' (1844/5)
Access Conditions	Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
Language	English
Publication Note	Published in Agassiz, J L R, 'Monographie des Poissons Fossiles du Vieux Grès Rouge' (1844/5), Tab 21a, fig 6
ArchNote	Based on a listing made by Mahala Andrews (1977-1981), expanded by Caroline Lam

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates
DS/UK/44	AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist	1807-1873
DS/UK/1144	CUMMING; Lady; Eliza Maria Gordon- (1797-1842); née Campbell; fossil collector	1797-1842

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