Ref NoLDGSL/614/1/118
TitleWatercolours of fragments from Megalichthys and Acanthodes
Date[1841-1843]
Date NoteWatermark of 1841, suggested dates of other drawings in this series.
LevelItem
Extent1 item
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionThree watercolour studies of a tooth, ?coprolite and spine and tooth of the fossil fish Megalichthys and Acanthodes, by Joseph Dinkel, [1841-1843]. Probably found in the Coal Measures, Carluke, Scotland, from the collection of the 'Carluke Committee'. [May be connected to Dr Daniel Rankin.]

Note: drawing has no indentifying caption, genus suggested by Mahala Andrews.
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Administrative HistoryCollected as part of the research for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843) but never published.
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), expanded by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameDINKEL | Joseph Wenceslas Anton | [1806-1891] | natural history artist
AGASSIZ | Jean Louis Rudolphe | 1807-1873 | palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist
SubjectPalaeoichthyology
Palaeontology
Upper Carboniferous
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/44AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist1807-1873
DS/UK/181DINKEL; Joseph Wenceslas Anton ([1806-1891]); natural history artist[1806-1891]
Places
CodePlaceName
NA481Carluke
NA230Lanarkshire
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