Fossil ribs, sternum and vertebrae of the Proteo-saurus [Ichthyosaur] Product:Greetings card from Saracen's Head Yard

from Saracen's Head Yard

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Fossil ribs, sternum and vertebrae of the Proteo-saurus [Ichthyosaur] Product:Greetings card from Saracen's Head YardPlate 14 from the papers 'An account of the fossil skeleton of the Proteo saurus' and 'Reasons for giving the name Proteo saurus to the fossil skeleton which has been described', by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 109 (1819), pp. 209 211 and pp. 212 216. This fossil was owned by Henry de la Beche and probably discovered by Mary Anning. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed lower left 'H.