Fossil ribs, sternum and vertebrae of the Proteo-saurus [Ichthyosaur] Millenium in command of HMS 'Amazon'

in command of HMS 'Amazon'

a city in southern India

23rd February 1972

An old fish wife on the left says 'Vell this here ought to be recorded'

Fossil ribs, sternum and vertebrae of the Proteo-saurus [Ichthyosaur] Millenium in command of HMS 'Amazon'Plate 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.