Ref NoLDGSL/614/2/177d
TitleDrawing of the bones of Passalodon
Date[1838-1843]
Date NoteDate of Buckland's naming of species, date of publication in Recherches
LevelItem
Extent1 item
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionInk drawing of four bone fragments [teeth?]of the fossil fish Passalodon, by unknown artist, [1838-1843]. The specimens [fragments of palate] may be those described by William Buckland in: "On the discovery of the fossil fishes in the Bagshot Sands at Goldworth Hill, 4 miles north of Guildford", 'Proceedings of the Geological Society', vol 2 (1838), pp687-688.

Note: annotated 'Copy of skeleton sent to Agassiz'.
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Administrative HistoryCollected/drawn as part of the research for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/1844).
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ArchNoteBased on a listing made by Mahala Andrews (1977-1981), expanded by Caroline Lam
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/44AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist1807-1873
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