| Ref No | LDGSL/838/G/10/2 |
| Title | Murchison correspondence: letter from Rev George GORDON |
| Date | 14 Feb 1859 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 1 letter |
| Format | Document |
| Description | Murchison correspondence: letter from Rev George GORDON, Manse, Birnie, near Elgin, 14 Feb 1859. Re: thanks Murchison for sending him a copy of 'Siluria'; no tooth or skull amongst the 'debris at Findrassie' collected by the Elgin Museum, but has had limited access to the original quarry site; Directors of the Elgin Museum also plan an excavation at Lossiemouth in an attempt to find more of the 'huge reptile' [?Stagonolepis], encouraging Prof Huxley to visit if anything substantial is found; wonders if Telerpeton is the young of Stagonolepis; fossilised footprints at Cummingston and Covesea; labourers commissioned by Dr Taylor have found a Holoptychius scale at Pluscarden; Dr Malcolmson's papers. |
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| Language | English |
| ArchNote | Description by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam. |
| CreatorName | GORDON | George | 1801-1893 | Reverend | naturalist, geologist and archaeologist |
| Subject | Reptilia |
| Previous reference | LDGSL 838/M/G10 |