Tertiary fossil shells, South America
Date
1844
Creator
George Brettingham Sowerby (1812 - 1884, British ) , II, Printmaker
Object type
Library reference
35336
Material
Technique
Dimensions
width (print): 320mm
height (print): 195mm
height (print): 195mm
Subject
Content object
Description
27 specimens of tertiary fossil shells from South America.
Inscribed ‘Plate IV. 51. Turritella chilensis 52. Pleurotoma subœqualis 53. Pleurotoma turbinelloides 54. Pleurotoma discors 55. Fusus regularis 56. Fusus pyruliformis 57. Fusus subreflexus 58-59. Fusus Noachinus 60. Fusus Patagonicus 61. Pyrula distans 62. Struthiolaria ornata 63. Triton verruculosus 64. Triton leucostomoides 65. Cassis monilifer 66-67. Monoceros ambiguous 68-69. Gastridium Cepa 70-71. Terebra costellata 72-73. Terebra unduliiera 74. Voluta triplicate 75. Voluta alta 76-77 Oliva dimidiate. G.B. Sowerby Junr.�
Plate to Descriptions of tertiary fossil shells from South America by G. B Sowerby from Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S 'Beagle' by Charles Darwin, 1846.
Charles Robert Darwin (1809–1882), British naturalist, geologist, and originator of the theory of natural selection, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1839.
George Brettingham Sowerby II (1812-1884) was a British naturalist, illustrator and conchologist.
Inscribed ‘Plate IV. 51. Turritella chilensis 52. Pleurotoma subœqualis 53. Pleurotoma turbinelloides 54. Pleurotoma discors 55. Fusus regularis 56. Fusus pyruliformis 57. Fusus subreflexus 58-59. Fusus Noachinus 60. Fusus Patagonicus 61. Pyrula distans 62. Struthiolaria ornata 63. Triton verruculosus 64. Triton leucostomoides 65. Cassis monilifer 66-67. Monoceros ambiguous 68-69. Gastridium Cepa 70-71. Terebra costellata 72-73. Terebra unduliiera 74. Voluta triplicate 75. Voluta alta 76-77 Oliva dimidiate. G.B. Sowerby Junr.�
Plate to Descriptions of tertiary fossil shells from South America by G. B Sowerby from Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S 'Beagle' by Charles Darwin, 1846.
Charles Robert Darwin (1809–1882), British naturalist, geologist, and originator of the theory of natural selection, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1839.
George Brettingham Sowerby II (1812-1884) was a British naturalist, illustrator and conchologist.
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