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Reference numberPT/75/4/1
LevelItem
TitlePaintings, humeri of various saurians by [Joseph Dinkel]
Date[1849]
DescriptionPlate 21, figures 1-4 showing humeri from various saurians, including the Pelorosaurus conybeari, the gavial [Gavialis gangeticus; gharial], the hylaeosaurus, and the iguanodon. Inscribed with figure, publication, and plate details. Some captions are cut off at the bottom. Not signed.

Subject: Palaeontology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the pelorosaurus; an undescribed gigantic terrestrial reptile whose remains are associated with those of the iguanodon and other saurians in the strata of Tilgate Forest, in Sussex' by Gideon Algernon Mantell.

Received by the Royal Society on 22 November 1849. Read 14 February 1850.
Extent1p
FormatPainting
Physical descriptionInk and watercolour on paper
Dimensions296x250mm
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1850.0017
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0222
Related records in the cataloguePT/38/2
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA7470Mantell; Gideon Algernon (1790 - 1852)1790 - 1852
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