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Reference numberPT/75/4/2
LevelItem
TitleDrawings, 'Caudal vertebrae of Pelorosaurus conybearei from the strata of Tilgate Forest' by Jos [Joseph] Dinkel
Date1849
DescriptionPlate 22, figures 5-8 showing caudal vertebrae and chevron bones [haemal arches] from the Pelorosaurus conybeari, found in Tilgate Forest [West Sussex, England]. Inscribed with title, publication, and plate details. A pencil inscription bottom right reads 'G. Scharf lithog' and an ink inscription below this reads '(These figures are reduced to 1/4 linear.)' Signed in ink bottom left 'Jos. Dinkel delt 1849.'

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
FormatDrawing
Physical descriptionInk and ink wash on paper
Dimensions280x213mm
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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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