Guide to the Collection of Fossil Fishes in the Department of Geology and Paleontology by British Museum
Guide to the Collection of Fossil Fishes in the Department of Geology and Paleontology by British Museum
Publisher: Stephen Austin & Sons | 1888 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B004KATY3A | English | PDF | 62 pages | 5.59 Mb
Publisher: Stephen Austin & Sons | 1888 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B004KATY3A | English | PDF | 62 pages | 5.59 Mb
The accompanying Guide to the Collection of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum of Natural History has been prepared in the hope that it may prove useful alike to the geologist and the palaeontologist. The Collection is exhibited in Gallery No. 6, the first of the wide North-Eastern Galleries, leading from that in which the Fossil Reptiles are placed. It contains thirty-two Tablecases and about 260 feet linear of Wall-cases. Here are exhibited the finest collection of Fossil Fishes ever brought together in any Museum. This Class was always well represented in the Department, but it has lately received two splendid additions in the famous collections of the Earl of Enniskillen, D.C.L., F.R.S., from Florence Court, Enniskillen, Ireland; and that of the late Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., F.R.S. (Trustee of theB ritish Museum), of Oulton Park, Tarporley, Cheshire; both obtained by purchase. These collections, together with those of the late Dr. Mantell, F.R.S., and Mr. Frederick Dixon, F.G.S., previously acquired, with other minor but valuable donations and purchases, now include the majority of the figured types of Agassiz s British Fossil Fishes from his great works, Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles (Neuchatel, 1833-43, 4 to. and Atlas, folio) ; and his Monographie des Poissons Fossiles du Yieux Gres Rouge, ou Systeme Devonien (Neuchatel, 1844, text 4 to. folio plates).
Guide to the Collection of Fossil Fishes in the Department of Geology and Paleontology by British Museum
