Ref NoLDGSL/144
TitleDrawing of Plesiosaurus megacephalus
Date1846
LevelFile
Extent1 ms sheet
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionSamuel STUTCHBURY, pencil drawing of Plesiosaurus megacephalus, 1846. From the Lower Lias, Street, Somerset.
Administrative HistoryThe original fossil, belonging to the Bristol Institution, was destroyed during a WW2 air raid in 1940
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
Publication NoteFrom a paper read before the Society, 20 May 1846, and published as: Stutchbury, S. "Description of a New Species of Plesiosaurus, in the Museum of the Bristol Institution", 'Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society', vol 2 (1846) pp411-417. Plate XVIII
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray
CreatorNameSTUTCHBURY | Samuel | 1798-1859 | naturalist and geologist
SubjectEuryapsida
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/455STUTCHBURY; Samuel (1798-1859); naturalist and geologist1798-1859
Places
CodePlaceName
NA71Somerset
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