Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By September 1824
Primary Source Reference:
Richard Harlan, "Notice of the Plesiosaurus, and Other Fossil Reliquæ, from the State of New Jersey," Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 4, part 2 (1825): 232-236, esp. 235-36 / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24655350
Additional Source Text:
"Read September 7, 1824"
"Most of which are impregnated with iron, and are in a perfect state of preservation."
Notes:
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.
