Ref NoLDGSL/100
TitleDrawing of an incomplete plesiosaur skeleton from near Whitby, North Yorkshire
Date[1831]
Date NoteNotes on submission on back
LevelFile
Extent2 ms sheets
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionJohn DUNN, ink and wash drawing of an incomplete plesiosaur skeleton [posterior, mainly tail, ribs and pelvis and other fragmented bones] from near Whitby, North Yorkshire, [1831]. Also pencil drawing comparing the size of a phalange of the Whitby plesiosaurus compared with a plesiosaur belonging to Thomas Hawkins, [1831]. On reverse are brief manuscript notes by William Lonsdale regarding the dates of the submission of Dunn's paper.
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LanguageEnglish
Related MaterialThe plesiosaur may be the specimen referred to by William Buckland at GSL/L/R/1/123
Publication NoteAccompanying paper read before the Society, 12 November 1831, and published as: "On a large species of Plesiosaurus in the Scarborough Museum", 'Proceedings of the Geological Society', vol 1 (1832), pp336-337. Drawings not published.
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameDUNN | John | 1790-1851 | Scarborough surgeon and fossil collector
SubjectEuryapsida
Previous referenceLDGSL 100
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/2240DUNN; John (1790-1851); Scarborough surgeon and fossil collector1790-1851
Places
CodePlaceName
NA11North Yorkshire
NA84Whitby
NA134Yorkshire
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