. Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural history) ... By Richard Lydekker ... Reptiles, Fossil; Amphibians, Fossil. 1(30 CHELONIA. R. 684 a. The distal extremity of the left femur. Presented by R. Fitzgerald, Esq., 1885. R. 684 b. The imperfect distal half of a larger left femur. Presented by R. Fitzgerald, Esq., 1885. R. 684 C. The imperfect distal half of a smaller left femur. Presented by R. Fitzgerald, Esq., 1885. R. 685. The right tibia. Presented by R. Fitzgerald, Esq., 1885. R. 1594 j. Cast of the left tibia. The original is preserved in the Museum
. Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural history) ... By Richard Lydekker ... Reptiles, Fossil; Amphibians, Fossil. 1(30 CHELONIA. R. 684 a. The distal extremity of the left femur. Presented by R. Fitzgerald, Esq., 1885. R. 684 b. The imperfect distal half of a larger left femur. Presented by R. Fitzgerald, Esq., 1885. R. 684 C. The imperfect distal half of a smaller left femur. Presented by R. Fitzgerald, Esq., 1885. R. 685. The right tibia. Presented by R. Fitzgerald, Esq., 1885. R. 1594 j. Cast of the left tibia. The original is preserved in the Museum at Sydney, and is figured by Owen in the ; Phil. Trans/ for 1888, pi. xxxvi. figs. 1-4, Presented by E. P. Ramsay, Esq., 1888. R. 681. Mass of matrix containing several bones, mostly imperfect. 1 There is one nearly entire caudal vertebra; and there are also remains of portions of the pelvis. Presented by R. Fitzgerald, Esq., 1885. R. 693 i. A nearly entire bone which may be a cervical rib. This bone has a single articular head, below which it expands into a flat plate, with a hooked prominence on one border. Presented by R. Fitzgerald, Esq., 1885. Miolania oweni, Smith Woodward '. Syn. Megalania prisca, Owen2 (inparte). Ceratochelys sthenurus, Huxley3 (inparte). Of very large dimensions, the transverse diameter of the cranium Pig. Miolania oweni.—Right lateral aspect of the extremity of the caudal sheath (A), and anterior aspect of the cranium (B); from the Pleistocene of Queens- land. Much reduced. (After Owen.) 1 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. i. p. 89 (1888). 2 Phil. Trans. 1880, p. 1041. 3 Proe. Roy. Soc. vol. xlii p. 237 (1887).. 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 Tru
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