Fossil Mososaurus skull and fish palates
Fossil skull of an extinct Mososaurus found at Maastricht 1, and palates of extinct fish 2-5. Mascella del Mososauro trovata a Maestricht, Palati di differenti specie di pesci ignoti. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieu's Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration engraved by Carini, drawn by Jean Gabriel Pretre and directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanical illustrators of the 19th century
Picture No
13134969
Media ID
45911199
Size
4231px x 7147px
(6.1MB)
Credit
Florilegius
Source
Jean Gabriel Pretre
