. Australasian fossils, a students' manual of palaeontology. Paleontology. 278 AUSTRALASIAN FOSSILS. be one of the largest examples of the genus, since a perfect specimen would probably reach the length of 25 feet. Its teeth resemble those of I. campy- lodon, Carter, from the English Chalk. Of the Sauropterygia two species of Pliosaurus (P. macro- spondylus and P. sutherlandi) have been described from the Lower Cretaceous of the Flinders River; whilst the latter species has also occurred at Pitchery Creek, Central Queensland and at Marathon. P. macrospondyhts is distinguished from P. sutherlan
. Australasian fossils, a students' manual of palaeontology. Paleontology. 278 AUSTRALASIAN FOSSILS. be one of the largest examples of the genus, since a perfect specimen would probably reach the length of 25 feet. Its teeth resemble those of I. campy- lodon, Carter, from the English Chalk. Of the Sauropterygia two species of Pliosaurus (P. macro- spondylus and P. sutherlandi) have been described from the Lower Cretaceous of the Flinders River; whilst the latter species has also occurred at Pitchery Creek, Central Queensland and at Marathon. P. macrospondyhts is distinguished from P. sutherlandi by the roughened edges of the vertebral centra. Another genus of the "lizard-finned" reptiles Pig. 134—FOSSIL A—Taniwhasaurus oweni, Hector. (I^ower jaw). Cretaceous. New Zealand B—Cimoliosaurus leucoscopelus, Eth. fil. (Teeth). Up. Crttaceous. New South Wales , ,' C—Cimoliosaurus leucoscopelus. Eth. fil. (Phalangeal). Up. Cretaceous. New South Wales D—Miolania oweni, A. S. Woodw. Pleistocene. Queensland. 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 Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945. Melbourne, London [etc. ] G. Robertson & Company Propy. ltd.
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