. Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural history) ... By Richard Lydekker ... Reptiles, Fossil; Amphibians, Fossil. APATEONID-S. 209 Genus MELANERPETUM, Fritsch \ The characters in which this genus differs from the typical but imperfectly known Apateon, Meyer2, of the German Carboniferous, are not indicated by its founder. The median thoracic plate has a long stem. Melanerpetum pulcherrimum, Fritsch 3. Of larger size than the typical M. jousillum, with a shorter and wider skull. It is suggested4 that the one may be the adult of the other. Hab. Europe (Bohe
. Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural history) ... By Richard Lydekker ... Reptiles, Fossil; Amphibians, Fossil. APATEONID-S. 209 Genus MELANERPETUM, Fritsch \ The characters in which this genus differs from the typical but imperfectly known Apateon, Meyer2, of the German Carboniferous, are not indicated by its founder. The median thoracic plate has a long stem. Melanerpetum pulcherrimum, Fritsch 3. Of larger size than the typical M. jousillum, with a shorter and wider skull. It is suggested4 that the one may be the adult of the other. Hab. Europe (Bohemia). R. 350. Electrotype from a fragment of shale, showing the entire skeleton. The original is the type, and was obtained from the Eothliegendes (Lower Permian) of Ruppersdorf, near Braunau; and is figured by Fritsch in his ' Fauna der Gaskohle,' vol. i. pi. xiv. fig. 1. Purchased, 1882. Fig. Melanerpetum pusillum.—Frontal aspect, of the cranium ; from the Eothlie- gendes (Lower Permian) of Bohemia, f. B, branchiae ; Os, supraoccipital; other letters as in fig. 29, p. 140. (After Fritsch.) 1 Fauna der Gaskohle, vol. i. pt. i. p. 27 (1879).—Melanerpeton. 2 Neues Jahrb. 1844, p. 49. 3 Loc. cit. 4 Fritsch, loc. cit. PART iv. r. 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Geology; Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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