Editing Plesiosauroidea (section)

==History of discovery==
[[File:Mary Anning Plesiosaurus.jpg|left|thumb|Autograph letter concerning the discovery of ''Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus'' (NHMUK PV OR 22656), from Mary Anning.]]
The first complete plesiosauroid skeletons were found in England by [[Mary Anning]], in the early 19th century, and were amongst the first fossil vertebrates to be described by science. Plesiosauroid remains were found by the Scottish geologist [[Hugh Miller]] in 1844 in the rocks of the [[Great Estuarine Group]] (then known as 'Series') of western Scotland.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Geology of Scotland |publisher=[[The Geological Society of London]] |year=2002 |editor-last=Trewin |editor-first=N. H. |location= |pages=339}}</ref> Many others have been found, some of them virtually complete, and new discoveries are made frequently. One of the finest specimens was found in 2002 on the coast of [[Somerset]] (England) by someone fishing from the shore. This specimen, called the Collard specimen after its finder, was on display in [[Taunton Museum]] in 2007. Another, less complete, skeleton was also found in 2002, in the cliffs at [[Filey]], Yorkshire, England, by an amateur palaeontologist. The preserved skeleton is displayed at [[Rotunda Museum]] in Scarborough.