. Australasian fossils, a students' manual of palaeontology. Paleontology. REPTILES. 277 of a carnivorous Deinosaur, probably related to Mega- losaurus of the European Jurassic and Cretaceous beds (See Fig. 126, 3, 3 A). The presence of an ani- mal like this in Australia points to the former exis- tence of a concomitant terrestrial animal fauna, upon which the deinosaur must have preyed. Lower Cretaceous Reptiles.— The Rolling Downs formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Thompson and Flinders Rivers in Queensland has yielded remains of a Tortoise. NotocJielone cos- tata (see antea, Fig. 17) ; and
. Australasian fossils, a students' manual of palaeontology. Paleontology. REPTILES. 277 of a carnivorous Deinosaur, probably related to Mega- losaurus of the European Jurassic and Cretaceous beds (See Fig. 126, 3, 3 A). The presence of an ani- mal like this in Australia points to the former exis- tence of a concomitant terrestrial animal fauna, upon which the deinosaur must have preyed. Lower Cretaceous Reptiles.— The Rolling Downs formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Thompson and Flinders Rivers in Queensland has yielded remains of a Tortoise. NotocJielone cos- tata (see antea, Fig. 17) ; and the interesting Fish- lizard Ichthyosaurus. Numerous and well preserved remains of I. austrdlis, McCoy come from the Flin- ders River (Fig. 133) ; whilst I. marathonensis is re- corded from Marathon Station t Queensland. The former species is typically represented by a nearly complete skeleton, and was considered by McCoy to. fig. 133—Ichthyosaurus australis, McCoy. A-Part of head, showing eye protected by sclerotic plates B-Left pectoral paddle. L. Cretaceous. Flinders River, Queens- land. Vs nat. size {Nat. Mus. Coll,). 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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