| Date Note | Dinkel's arrival in Britain, date of publication of plate, however accompanying text was published 1836. |
| Description | Watercolour study, with scale detail, of an incomplete specimen (head and forepart only) of the fossil fish Tetragonolepis pustulatus Agassiz, by Joseph Dinkel, [1834-1843]. Found in the Lias, Lyme Regis, from the collection of William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen. Pencil annotation 'Aechmodus nov spec'.
Size: 440mm (w) x 32 mm (h). |
| Publication Note | Published in: Agassiz, J L R. 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/1844), Vol 2, plate 23c; Egerton suggested that term 'Aechmodus' be added as a prefix to the name of the fish, see: Egerton, P de M G. "Postscript to Palichthyologic Note, No. 4", 'Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society', vol 10 (1854), p367. Referenced in Woodward, A.S. and Sherborn, C.D. 'A catalogue of British fossil vertebrata. London: Dulau & Co.(1890) as a synonym of 'Dapedius granulatus'. |