Ref NoLDGSL/616/2/58/3
TitleWatercolour of Leptolepis macrophthalmus Egerton
Date[1847-1852]
Date NoteRefers to there not being a drawing for the 1845 paper, earliest dated drawing by Dinkel for second batch, published in 1852
LevelItem
Extent1 item
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionWatercolour of a complete specimen, with scale detail, of the fossil fish Leptolepis macropthalmus Egerton, by Joseph Dinkel, [1845-1852]. From the Oxford Clay, Christian Malford.
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Administrative HistoryThe description of a specimen from the Marquess of Northampton's collection appears in Egerton's paper "On some New Species of Fossil Fish, from the Oxford Clay at Christian Malford", Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, vol 1 (1845), p231.
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LanguageEnglish
Publication NotePublished in 'Memoirs of the Geological Survey...illustrative of British Organic Remains', Decade VI'. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, (1852), Plate VIII, fig 1.
ArchNoteBased on a listing made by Mahala Andrews (1977-1981), expanded by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameDINKEL | Joseph Wenceslas Anton | [1806-1891] | natural history artist
Previous referenceLDGSL 616
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/93EGERTON; Sir; Philip de Malpas Grey (1806-1881); tenth baronet; palaeontologist and politician1806-1881
Places
CodePlaceName
NA53Wiltshire
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