. Bulletin of the Department of Geology. Geology. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY Vol. 10, No. 5, pp. 63-73, 5 text-figures Issued November 6, 1916 NOTES ON THE MARINE TRIASSIC REPTILE FAUNA OF SPITZ BERGEN BY GAEL WIMAN CONTENTS Introduction Occurrence Mixosaurus and Phalarodon Pessosaurus and Shastasaurus Pessopteryx and Omphalosaurus Faunal Relationships Literature INTRODUCTION It gives me great pleasure to comply with a request from two American colleagues to make a comparison between the marine Triassic reptiles of Spitzbergen and Europe on the
. Bulletin of the Department of Geology. Geology. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY Vol. 10, No. 5, pp. 63-73, 5 text-figures Issued November 6, 1916 NOTES ON THE MARINE TRIASSIC REPTILE FAUNA OF SPITZ BERGEN BY GAEL WIMAN CONTENTS Introduction Occurrence Mixosaurus and Phalarodon Pessosaurus and Shastasaurus Pessopteryx and Omphalosaurus Faunal Relationships Literature INTRODUCTION It gives me great pleasure to comply with a request from two American colleagues to make a comparison between the marine Triassic reptiles of Spitzbergen and Europe on the one hand and western North America on the other, and I do this so much the more because on both sides a good deal has come to light since I treated the Triassic ich- thyosaurs from Spitsbergen in ;* Of reptiles, however, very little material has been added from the Trias of Spitzbergen since the saurian expedition in 1909. The expeditions of 1912 and 1913 have, like the one that is now in progress, been directed chiefly to the some- what older fish horizon with stegocephalians and fishes. OCCURRENCE Not very long ago the iehthyosaurians from the Trias belonged to the greatest rarities; now, on the contrary, they seem to be about * For literature references see bibliography forming the last division of this paper. Owing to uncertainty of transport timing the past year it has not been jjossible for the author to read the proof of this paper.—Editor. 63 63 65 68 69 71 73. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Geology. Berkeley : The University Press
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