Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By March 1824
Primary Source Reference:
Richard Harlan, "On a New Extinct Fossil Species of the Genus Ichtyosaurus," Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 3, part 2 (1824): 338- 340 / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24668992
Additional Source Text:
"Read March 14, 1824"
"Deposited in the collection of British fossils in the Philadelphia Museum. The specimen was originally from Bath or Bristol, and is easily recognized, at first view, for a portion of the dental bone of some Aurian reptile."
"From these data I am led to believe the present specimen to have belonged to a species not before described, and propose to denominate it Ichthyosaurus coniformis."
Notes:
Figs. 6, 7, and 8 of the plate illustrate the fossil tooth.
Harlan's Ichthyosaurus coniformis is now Ichthyosaurus König.
Richard Harlan (1796-1843), M.D., was an American paleontologist, anatomist, and physician. He was appointed the Peale Museum's professor of comparative anatomy in April 1821.
Current Scientific Name
Ichthyosaurus König
