Ref NoLDGSL/664
TitleLithographs of the bones of a Megatherium from the River Salado, Argentina
Date[?1820s-1830s]
LevelFile
Extent5 prints and 2pp key
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionH HERVE, chalk lithographs of the bones of a Megatherium found in the bed of the River Salado, about 40 leagues from Buenos Ayres, with a manuscript key, [?1820s-1830s].
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Administrative HistoryThe bones depicted in the prints may be those described in a paper read before the Society on 13 June 1832 and published as: Parish, W & W Clift, "Some Account of the Remains of the Megatherium sent to England from Buenos Ayres", 'Transactions of the Geological Society of London', series 2, vol 3(1835), pp437-450.
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LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam
SubjectEdentata
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CodePlaceName
NA290Argentina
NA389South America
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