Ref NoLDGSL/614/1/130c
TitleTracing of Acrolepis Sedgwickii Agassiz
Date[1829-1844]
Date NoteDate of publication of original, date of last livraison.
LevelItem
Extent1 item
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionTracing in pencil of the fossil fish Acrolepis Sedgwickii Agassiz, taken from Sedgwick, Adam, "On the Geological Relations and internal Structure of the Magnesian Limestone, and the lower Portions of the New Red Sandstone Series in their Range through Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, and Durham, to the Southern Extremity of Northumberland", 'Transactions of the Geological Society of London', Series 2, Vol 3 (1829), pp37-124, plate VIII.

Note: in Sedgwick's paper the species of fish is unidentified.
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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.
CustodialHistoryFrom a folder marked 'Pygopterus/Acrolepis'
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
SubjectPalaeoichthyology
Palaeontology
Permian
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/44AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist1807-1873
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