Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus
Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus, by W D Conybeare. Image of the first articulated plesiosaur which was discovered by Mary Anning (1799-1847) on 10 December 1823. The fossil was bought by the Duke of Buckingham for around 150 guineas. It was purchased by British Museum from his estate in 1848 and can now be found at the Natural History Museum. Lithograph
Picture No
14154645
Media ID
45863755
Size
8107px x 3888px
(3.1MB)
Credit
© The Geological Society / Mary Evans
Source
Geological Society of London. Conybeare, W D, aeOn the Discovery of an almost perfect Skeleton of the Plesiosaurusn, Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2, vol 1 (1824), pp381-389 - Image reference: 27-13
Date
1824
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