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Image number: RS.19917
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‘Ramphorynchus restored’
Date
1872
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Library reference
39265
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 130mm
width (page): 185mm
height (print): 60mm
width (print): 110mm
width (page): 185mm
height (print): 60mm
width (print): 110mm
Subject
Description
Side view reconstruction of a specimen of the extinct flying reptile Rhamphorhynchus, shown with trace fossil footprints and tail tracks.
Figure 119 from p.259 of the book The world before the deluge, by Louis Figuier, newly edited and revised by H. W. Bristow (Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1872).
Figure not signed. The image is numbered and captioned below: ‘Fig 119. – Ramphorynchus restored. One-quarter natural size.’
The accompanying text (p.190) states: ‘Another reptile allied to the Pterodactyle lived in this epoch – the Ramphorynchus, distinguished from the Pterodactyle by a long tail. The imprints which this curious animal had left upon the sandstone of the period are impressions of its feet and the linear furrow made by its tail.’
Louis Figuier (1819-1894) French science writer, author of popular books on natural history and invention.
Henry William Bristow (1817-1889), British geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1862.
Figure 119 from p.259 of the book The world before the deluge, by Louis Figuier, newly edited and revised by H. W. Bristow (Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1872).
Figure not signed. The image is numbered and captioned below: ‘Fig 119. – Ramphorynchus restored. One-quarter natural size.’
The accompanying text (p.190) states: ‘Another reptile allied to the Pterodactyle lived in this epoch – the Ramphorynchus, distinguished from the Pterodactyle by a long tail. The imprints which this curious animal had left upon the sandstone of the period are impressions of its feet and the linear furrow made by its tail.’
Louis Figuier (1819-1894) French science writer, author of popular books on natural history and invention.
Henry William Bristow (1817-1889), British geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1862.
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