. Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural history) ... By Richard Lydekker ... Reptiles, Fossil; Amphibians, Fossil. 124 CROCODILIA. Genus PHYTOSAURUS, Jager l. Syn. Belodon, Meyer2. No ventral buckler. The nasals reaching the premaxillse and completely surrounding the nares; premaxilhe and extremity of. Phytosaurus cylindricodon.—Skull; from the Keuper of Wiirtemberg. About }. pmx, prernaxilla; mx, maxilla; na, nasal; nar, nares ; or, orbit; , preorbital vacuity. mandible much deflected, and more or less expanded; orbits some- what irregular, and direc
. Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural history) ... By Richard Lydekker ... Reptiles, Fossil; Amphibians, Fossil. 124 CROCODILIA. Genus PHYTOSAURUS, Jager l. Syn. Belodon, Meyer2. No ventral buckler. The nasals reaching the premaxillse and completely surrounding the nares; premaxilhe and extremity of. Phytosaurus cylindricodon.—Skull; from the Keuper of Wiirtemberg. About }. pmx, prernaxilla; mx, maxilla; na, nasal; nar, nares ; or, orbit; , preorbital vacuity. mandible much deflected, and more or less expanded; orbits some- what irregular, and directed partly laterally, and partly frontally. Teeth sharp and pointed, with serrated carinae; anteriorly subcir- cular in section, but posteriorly much compressed laterally. Sculpture of scutes radiate. Forms referred to this genus have been obtained from the Lower Mesozoic of Europe, N. America, and India3. Phytosaurus cylindricodon, Jager4. Syn. Phytosaurus cubicodon, Jager5. Belodon kapffi, Meyer6. The type species ; of very large size, with the cranial rostrum of great vertical depth, the mandible broad and considerably expanded at the extremity, and the teeth stout. Number of teeth ^. Hab. Europe (Germany). 1 Foss. Eept. Wiirtemberg, p. 22 (1828). 2 Neues Jahrb. 1842, p. 302. 3 See * Palseontologia Indica' (Mem. Geol. Surv. Ind.), ser. 4, vol. i. pt. 5, p. 21 (1885). 4 Op. tit. p. 23 (1828). 5 Ibid. p. 33. 6 ' Pakeontographica,' vol. vii. art. 5, p. 256.(1861).. 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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