Skulls, Plesiosaurus hawkinsii, Plesiosaurus macrocephalus

Skulls of Plesiosaurus hawkinsii and Plesiosaurus macrocephalus, drawn and lithographed by George Scharf. Plate comparing the skulls of two species - Plesiosaurus Hawkinsii and Plesiosaurus macrocephalus. Mary Anning (1799-1847) had found the fossil of a juvenile Plesiosaurus macrocephalus at Lyme Regis in December 1830, which was the first of its species found. It was named by William Buckland in 1836. William Willoughby, Lord Cole, later Earl of Enniskillen (and Fellow of the Geological Society), purchased the fossil in 1831 for the then massive sum of 200 guineas. The specimen is now housed at the Natural History Museum

1799-1847 1831 1836 1838 Anning Buckland Comparing Enniskillen Fellow Geological Guineas Housed Lithographed Lyme Macrocephalus Massive Plesiosaurus Purchased Regis Scharf Skulls Willoughby

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