Lucas George Wendt

@wendt.bsky.social

🎓 Master's student in Museum Studies and Heritage Science (UFRGS) 🎓 Master's in Information Science (UFRGS) 🎓 Journalism (Univates) 🎓 Library Science (UCS) 🎓 Archival Science (Uniasselvi) https://sites.google.com/view/lucasgeorgewendt/

9 November 1812: local newspaper reports the discovery of a fossil 'crocodile' 17 feet long at Lyme Regis. This was the recovery by Mary Anning of parts of the post-cranial skeleton related to a fossil skull found by her brother a year before. It was described and figured by Everard Home in 1814.

Extract from a newspaper: 'A few days ago, immediately after the late high tide, was discovered, under the cliffs between Lyme Regis and Charmouth, the complete petrifaction of a crocodile, 17 feet in length, in a very perfect state. It was dug out of the cliff nearly on a level with the sea, about 100 feet below the surface of the earth.'1814 illustration of the fossil 'crocodile' skull found in 1811 with its large bony eye and long tapering snout with many small conical teeth.1814 illustration of part of the fossil skeleton recovered in 1812 showing vertebrae, ribs and some shoulder and limb bones.1814 illustration of a section through 3 vertebrae of the fossil showing their hour-glass shape.

Tenho interesse em explorar as relações entre informação, história e biologia, incluindo revisões sobre qualquer grupo animal ou vegetal. Sou mestre em Ciência da Informação e meus interesses também abrangem história, memória e análises de informação científica.