. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. REPTILIA. 75. No. 286. Chelonemys ovata. Carapace, ventral surface. From the Litho- graphic quarries (Upj)er Oolite) at Cirin, France, and now in the Museum of Natural History of Lyons. Size, 10 x 8. Price, $ No. 287. Chelonemys plana. Carapace, ventral surface. From the same locality and Museum as preced- ing. Size, 9x7. Price., $ No. 288. Achelonia formosa, Meyer. Left Hind-Foot. This relic of an emydian Turtle was obtained from the Lithographic sla
. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. REPTILIA. 75. No. 286. Chelonemys ovata. Carapace, ventral surface. From the Litho- graphic quarries (Upj)er Oolite) at Cirin, France, and now in the Museum of Natural History of Lyons. Size, 10 x 8. Price, $ No. 287. Chelonemys plana. Carapace, ventral surface. From the same locality and Museum as preced- ing. Size, 9x7. Price., $ No. 288. Achelonia formosa, Meyer. Left Hind-Foot. This relic of an emydian Turtle was obtained from the Lithographic slate (Upper Oolite) at Eichstadt, Bavaria, and belongs to the Ty- lerian. Museum at Haarlem, Holland. Price, $ No. 289. Hydropelta Meyeri, D'Orbigny. Carapace, on slab, ventral surface. This fresh-water Turtle lived in" the Upper Oolite period, this fossil having been found in the Lithographic slates at Cirin, France. .The specimen is in the Museum of the Garden of Plants. Size, 11x8. Price, | No. 290. Chelichnites, (Actibatis Triassae, Jardine]. Track, on slab. These tracks on the Permian sandstone are supposed to be the footprints of Chelonians. They are among the earliest indications of the existence of Reptiles on our planet. These ichnites were discovered in the Trias sandstone at Corncockle Muir, Scotland, and are in the Collection of Sir William Jardine of Annandale. Size, 4 ft. x 1 ft. Price, $ Order 3 — Ophidia. These, the most numerous of living Reptiles, have vertebras and ribs similar to those of the Lizards, only the ribs are hollow and begin at the third vertebra from the head. They have double nostrils and loosely united cranial bones. Sternum, sacrum, scapular arch and vis- ible limbs are wanting. But a pair of slender bones, often supporting a second bone armed with a claw, are sometimes found suspended in the flesh near the vent; and a minute sternum, clavicle, and scapula may also be detected beneath the skin. The vertebrae articulate by e
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