| Administrative History | Likely accompanied a paper which was read at the OGM 1 December 1820 which was never published.
"A letter from G. Mantell, Esq. accompanying the drawing of a fossil vegetable from the Sussex sandstone, was read.
"This specimen, which is from the beds of sandstone that occur in the Oak-tree Clay of the South-eastern part of Sussex, derives additional interest from the circumstance of its being associated with the remains of the Ichthyosaurus, and of some species of Lacerta. It bears a closer affinity to the Eupherbiae than to any other recent vegetable ; and it ‘strikingly resembles the fossil plants of the gritstone of Derbyshire and other places." [reprinted in 'Annals of Philosophy', NS vol 1 (1821), p68] |