‘Rhamphorhynchus phyllurus’
Date
1901
Creator
Unknown, Printmaker
After
Miss E B Seeley (British) , Illustrator
Object type
Library reference
R63154
Material
Subject
Content object
Description
Study of pterosaur, Rhamphorhynchus muensteri, here styled Rhamphorhynchus phyllurus from the lithographic slate of Eichstädt, Bavaria. Showing the shape and structure of the wing membranes and the tail fin.
Inscribed ‘FIG.47 RHAMPHORHYNCHUS PHYLLURUS, SHOWING THE PRESERVATION OF THE WING MEMBRANES. From the Lithographic slate of Eichstädt, Bavaria.’
Figure 47 and frontispiece to Dragons of the air: an account of extinct flying reptiles by H. G. Seeley, (London, 1901).
Harry Govier Seeley (1839-1909) British geologist and palaeontologist, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1879. He was awarded the Croonian Medal in 1887 with his lecture on Pareiasaurus bombidens (Owen) and the significance of its affinities to amphibians, reptiles, and mammals. His work on fossil reptiles was published in a ten-part series in the Philosophical Transactions from 1888 to 1896.
Inscribed ‘FIG.47 RHAMPHORHYNCHUS PHYLLURUS, SHOWING THE PRESERVATION OF THE WING MEMBRANES. From the Lithographic slate of Eichstädt, Bavaria.’
Figure 47 and frontispiece to Dragons of the air: an account of extinct flying reptiles by H. G. Seeley, (London, 1901).
Harry Govier Seeley (1839-1909) British geologist and palaeontologist, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1879. He was awarded the Croonian Medal in 1887 with his lecture on Pareiasaurus bombidens (Owen) and the significance of its affinities to amphibians, reptiles, and mammals. His work on fossil reptiles was published in a ten-part series in the Philosophical Transactions from 1888 to 1896.
Related fellows
Harry Govier Seeley (1839 - 1909, British) , Palaeontologist
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