| Description | Digital photographs taken by the Archivist, 2024, of specimens of parts of the Megalosaurus dinosaur which were once held in the Geological Society's Museum, comprising:
1) Geol Soc Coll 3879 - Cast of the jaw [from Stonesfield, Oxfordshire], donated by William Buckland, 25 May 1831.
2) Geol Soc Coll 3886 - Rib from Stonesfield, Oxfordshire, donated by Henry Warburton, 21 Jun 1817. [GSL Museum acc ref: 12311]
3) GSd 3137 - Vertebra from Garden Cliff, Westbury, Gloucestershire, donated by ?Robert Cole. [1820s-1830s]. Note: originally labelled as a plesiosaur vertebra but reassigned in 1994.
4) GSa 2894 - Metatarsal from Tilgate Forest, Sussex, donated by Gideon Mantell, [?13 Jun 1822]. Note: originally listed as crocodile but reassigned in 1973. |
| Administrative History | The British material from the Society's old Museum is now held by the British Geological Survey. These specimens were borrowed back for a 2024 exhibition celebrating 200 years since William Buckland's paper on the dinosaur Megalosaurus was read before the Society.
The main references are the current BGS refs. The original Society Museum accession references are given when known. |