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#FossilFriday: WD Conybeare's 1824 reconstruction of Ichthyosaurus, based largely on a specimen purchased by Conybeare and others from #MaryAnning for £50 in 1822 and presented to the Bristol Institution in January 1823 at the foundation of their museum.
May 23, 2025, 8:37 AM
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