. Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural history) ... By Richard Lydekker ... Reptiles, Fossil; Amphibians, Fossil. 126 CHELONTA. shields. Nuchal shield small, widest behind; 2nd vertebral with a pointed posterior border, more or less deeply interpenetrating the 3rd nuchal, which is usually shorter; sulcus between humeral and pectoral shields forming a right augle. Length of adult 0,350 (13*8 inches). Hah. India. 39841. The shell of an adult individual; from the Pliocene of the {Fig.) Siwalik Hills. Figured by the writer in the * Palaeonto- logia Indica,'
. Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural history) ... By Richard Lydekker ... Reptiles, Fossil; Amphibians, Fossil. 126 CHELONTA. shields. Nuchal shield small, widest behind; 2nd vertebral with a pointed posterior border, more or less deeply interpenetrating the 3rd nuchal, which is usually shorter; sulcus between humeral and pectoral shields forming a right augle. Length of adult 0,350 (13*8 inches). Hah. India. 39841. The shell of an adult individual; from the Pliocene of the {Fig.) Siwalik Hills. Figured by the writer in the * Palaeonto- logia Indica,' ser. 10, vol. iii. pi. xxiv. fig. 2, as Batagur durandi, of which it is the type. The 2nd vertebral shield interpenetrates the 3rd to an unusual extent, and this feature was regarded as a specific character, but it is more probable that it is merely individual. Cautley Collection. Presented, 1840. B. Pangshurine Group. Third vertebral shield having a narrow junction with the 4th, which is pointed anteriorly, and overlies five neural bones; neurals generally short. (=Pangs7iura, Gray.) Pig. Cachuga tectum.—The plastron ; reduced, ep, epiplastral bone; , ento- plastral do.; , hyoplastral do.; , hypoplastral do.; , xiphi- plastral do.; g, gular shield ; hum, humeral do.; pec, pectoral do.; ab, abdominal do. ; fern, femoral do. ; an, anal 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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