. Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural history) ... By Richard Lydekker ... Reptiles, Fossil; Amphibians, Fossil. Python molar us.—Posterior (A) and haemal (B) aspects of a trunk vertebra ; from the Pleistocene of Madras. \. (From the ' Palasontologia Indica.') R. 738. A trunk vertebra; from the Pleistocene cave-deposits of the Karnul district, Madras. A similar specimen (fig. 54) is described and figured by the writer in the ' Palaeonto- logia Indica' (Mem. Geol. Surv. Ind.), ser. 10, vol. iv. p. 55, fig. 12. Both indicate small individuals. Presented b
. Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural history) ... By Richard Lydekker ... Reptiles, Fossil; Amphibians, Fossil. Python molar us.—Posterior (A) and haemal (B) aspects of a trunk vertebra ; from the Pleistocene of Madras. \. (From the ' Palasontologia Indica.') R. 738. A trunk vertebra; from the Pleistocene cave-deposits of the Karnul district, Madras. A similar specimen (fig. 54) is described and figured by the writer in the ' Palaeonto- logia Indica' (Mem. Geol. Surv. Ind.), ser. 10, vol. iv. p. 55, fig. 12. Both indicate small individuals. Presented by the Director of the Geological Survey of India, 1886. R. 614. Four imperfect vertebrae, provisionally referred to this species; from the Pliocene Siwaliks of the Punjab, India. Similar specimens are described by the writer, op. cit. vol. iii. p. 237, pi. xxxv. Same history. Genus PALERYX, Owen4. Syn. Palceopython, Rochebrune5. The centra of the middle and posterior trunk vertebrae differ from those of Python by the more strongly marked hasmal carina; but in 1 Hist. Nat. Kept. vol. v. p. 226 (about 1802). 2 Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 225 (1766).—Coluber. 3 Loc. cit. 4 ' Keptilia of London Clay' (Mon. Pal. Soc), pt. iii. p. G7 (1S50). 5 Nouv. Archiv. d. Museum, ser. 2, vol. iii. p. 270 (1SS0).. 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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