BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1910-13 A FOSSILISED LEAF (POSSIBLY A GLOSSOPTERID) COLLECTED BY WRIGHT ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER

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BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1910-13
A FOSSILISED LEAF (POSSIBLY A GLOSSOPTERID) COLLECTED BY WRIGHT ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER
2½IN. (5.5CM.)

Literature

L. TALYOR & T.N. TAYLOR, 'STRUCTURALLY PRESERVED PERMIAN AND TRIASSIC FLORAS FROM ANTARCTICA', IN ANTARCTIC PALEOBIOLOGY; ITS ROLE IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF GONDWANA, PP.149-63, SPRING-VERLAG, NEW YORK: 1990.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

'[MONDAY, 25 DECEMBER, 1911] XMAS DAY P.M. SPENT A FEW MINUTES AT LUNCH COLLECTING ROCKS FROM ISOLATED MORAINES OFF CLOUDMAKER ... JULY 27 ... LATER IN DAY BEARDMORE LIMESTONE SPECIMENS GONE OVER AND INDICATIONS OF SEVERAL FOSSILS FOUND IN ONE OF MY PIECES ...' (C. BULL AND P.F. WRIGHT (EDS.), SILAS. THE ANTARCTIC DIARIES AND MEMOIR OF CHARLES S. WRIGHT, COLUMBUS, 1993, PP.225-303)

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