| Administrative History | The original fossil, belonging to the Bristol Institution, was destroyed during a WW2 air raid in 1940 |
| Publication Note | From 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 |