| Administrative History | The specimen, an ichthyosaur, was in the collection of William Morgan of Bristol in 1819. It was acquired by the Royal College of Surgeons in 1820 for the sum of £25 but destroyed in WW2 air raid in May 1941. |
| ArchNote | Sources: Thackray, J. "Separately published prints of fossils in nineteenth century Britain", 'Archives of Natural History', vol 12 (1985), pp175-199; Evans, Mark, “The roles played by museums, collections and collectors in the early history of reptile palaeontology”, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 343, 5-29, 1 January 2010. Description by John Thackray, revised by Caroline Lam |