19th century (published)
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Three numbered illustrations of bones from three different forms of extinct crocodyliform. The largest image, in the centre of the sheet is the partial skull of a '1 Crocodilus Spenceri from I. of Sheppey.'. Below are two bones, one from a 'Teleosaurus, the other from a 'Steneosaurus'.
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| Materials and techniques | Engraving print on paper |
| Brief description | Three numbered illustrations of bones from three different forms of extinct crocodyliform. Engraving print on paper. Anonymous. Great Britain. 19th century. |
| Physical description | Three numbered illustrations of bones from three different forms of extinct crocodyliform. The largest image, in the centre of the sheet is the partial skull of a '1 Crocodilus Spenceri from I. of Sheppey.'. Below are two bones, one from a 'Teleosaurus, the other from a 'Steneosaurus'. |
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| Historical context | The British geologist William Buckland (1784-1856) named a basal tomistomine ‘Crocodylus spenceri’ on the basis of a partial skull found from the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, England, which is depicted in this print. In the 1950s, the paleontologist Charles Mook constructed and renamed the genus of extinct crocodylians as ‘Kentisuchus’. |
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| Other number | Pl. 25 - Plate number |
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| Accession number | 29638:256 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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