Title: Fossil tortoise from Oeningen
Creator: Joseph Dinkel ([1806]-1891)
Description: Fossil tortoise from Oeningen, Switzerland. Drawn to accompany Thomas Bell’s paper “Zoological Observations on a New Fossil Species of Chelydra, from Œningen”, ‘Transactions of the Geological Society of London’, Series 2, Vol 4 (1836) pp379-381, plate 24. The paper was first read before the Society on 4 January 1832.
Date: [1831]
Format: Watercolour
Archive reference: LDGSL/101
Image reference: 04-27
Recommended print size: Up to 16 x 12 inches (40 x 30cm)