‘Loxolophodon cornutus’
Date
1873
Creator
Edwin Sheppard (1837 - 1904, American) , Draughtsman
Object type
Library reference
Tracts 639/3/1
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 208mm
width (print): 126mm
width (print): 126mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Reconstruction of Eobasileus cornutus (here styled Loxolophodon cornutus Cope) an extinct species of rhinocerous-like dinocerate mammal. The creatures are erroneously shown to resemble elephants, with trunks and large ears, and (correctly) antlered. A herd of Eobasileus appears within a generic landscape.
From the article “The monster of Mammoth Buttes”, by Edwin D. Cope, Penn Monthly, August 1873, pp.521-534. The article describes prospecting for fossils in and around the Green River Basin, Black Butte fault, Wyoming, USA.
The print is inscribed lower left: ‘Edwin Sheppard Del.’ Main title below: ‘LOXOLOPHODON CORNUTUS COPE’.
Edwin Drinker Cope (1840-1897) was an American palaeontologist involved in the ‘Bone Wars’, an intense rivalry surrounding discoveries in the fossil beds of the Western states of America. This division was between Cope and his fellow palaeontologist Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899).
From the article “The monster of Mammoth Buttes”, by Edwin D. Cope, Penn Monthly, August 1873, pp.521-534. The article describes prospecting for fossils in and around the Green River Basin, Black Butte fault, Wyoming, USA.
The print is inscribed lower left: ‘Edwin Sheppard Del.’ Main title below: ‘LOXOLOPHODON CORNUTUS COPE’.
Edwin Drinker Cope (1840-1897) was an American palaeontologist involved in the ‘Bone Wars’, an intense rivalry surrounding discoveries in the fossil beds of the Western states of America. This division was between Cope and his fellow palaeontologist Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899).