‘Cycnorhamphus suevicus’
Date
1901
Creator
Unknown, Printmaker
Object type
Library reference
R63154
Material
Subject
Content object
Description
Photographic study showing the fossilised pterosaur, Cycnorhamphus suevicus, from Solenhofen slate preserved at Tübingen, Germany.
Inscribed ‘FIG.60. CYCNORHAMPHUS SUEVICUS FROM THE SOLENHOFEN SLATE. SHOWING THE SCATTERED POSITION OF THE BONES. Original in the Museum at Tübingen.’
Figure 60 to Dragons of the air: an account of extinct flying reptiles by H. G. Seeley, (London, 1901), facing page 168.
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.60. CYCNORHAMPHUS SUEVICUS FROM THE SOLENHOFEN SLATE. SHOWING THE SCATTERED POSITION OF THE BONES. Original in the Museum at Tübingen.’
Figure 60 to Dragons of the air: an account of extinct flying reptiles by H. G. Seeley, (London, 1901), facing page 168.
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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