Fossil shell of baculite or walking stick rock
Fossil shell of baculite or walking stick rock, an extinct cephalopod mollusc genus. Baculites vertebralis. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration engraved by A. Bozza, 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
13135049
Media ID
45771572
Size
4032px x 6840px
(3.4MB)
Credit
Florilegius
Source
Jean Gabriel Pretre





























