. Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural history) ... By Richard Lydekker ... Reptiles, Fossil; Amphibians, Fossil. 172 CHELONIA. Apparently nearly allied to the existing forms. The vertebral shields are relatively wide, with acnte lateral angles; the 3rd ver- tebral embracing three neural bones. The identity of Emys Icevis with this species was first pointed out by Eiitimeyer (Z. c). The skull provisionally referred by Owen to this species is noticed under the heading of Pseudotrionycc. P. indica, Lydekkerx, differs from the present species by the narrowe
. Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural history) ... By Richard Lydekker ... Reptiles, Fossil; Amphibians, Fossil. 172 CHELONIA. Apparently nearly allied to the existing forms. The vertebral shields are relatively wide, with acnte lateral angles; the 3rd ver- tebral embracing three neural bones. The identity of Emys Icevis with this species was first pointed out by Eiitimeyer (Z. c). The skull provisionally referred by Owen to this species is noticed under the heading of Pseudotrionycc. P. indica, Lydekkerx, differs from the present species by the narrower vertebral shields, of which the 4th overlies four neural bones, as in the existing P. sextuherculata (fig. 41). Fig. Podocnemis sextuherculata.—Carapace and plastron : reduced. The -f + indi- cate the terminations of the axillary and inguinal buttresses. (From Bou- lenger's ' Catalogue of Chelonians,') The type specimen, which is figured by Owen in his 4 Reptilia of the London^Clay vol. i. pi. xxiii., was formerly in Mr. Bower- bank's collection, but since it was not sent to the Museum with that collection it is probable that it must have perished through pyritous decomposition. ffab. Europe (England). 1 Palaeontologia Indica, ser. 10, vol. iv. p. 03 (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 Trustees
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