Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
May 21, 1789
Primary Source Reference:
Pennsylvania Packet (Philadelphia), 21 May 1789
Notes:
Ammonites, or Cornua ammonis (horns of Ammon), called snake stones, or serpent stones, are fossils of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subclass Ammonoidea. Pictured here are drawings of fossils by Robert Hooke and Richard Waller that were the basis of the engravings in Hooke's Posthumous Works (1705).
The donor was a Baltimore ship owner.
Peale's Common Name:
Snake-stone
Peale's Scientific Name:
Cornea anima
Current Scientific Name
Cornua ammonis
