. Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural history) ... By Richard Lydekker ... Reptiles, Fossil; Amphibians, Fossil. 92 CEOCODILIA. Genus DACOSAURUS, Quenstedt1. Syn. Plesiosuchus, Owen 2. The skull short and broad, with no trace of premaxillary expan- sion, and without sculpture; palatal aspect of anterior part of Fig. Dacosaurus maximus.—Crown of tooth ; from the Kimeridge Clay of Ely. \. (From the ' Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc.') maxilla3 flat; teeth (fig. 13) few in number, stout, smooth, with two slightly serrated carina?, and a suboval cross-section.
. Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural history) ... By Richard Lydekker ... Reptiles, Fossil; Amphibians, Fossil. 92 CEOCODILIA. Genus DACOSAURUS, Quenstedt1. Syn. Plesiosuchus, Owen 2. The skull short and broad, with no trace of premaxillary expan- sion, and without sculpture; palatal aspect of anterior part of Fig. Dacosaurus maximus.—Crown of tooth ; from the Kimeridge Clay of Ely. \. (From the ' Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc.') maxilla3 flat; teeth (fig. 13) few in number, stout, smooth, with two slightly serrated carina?, and a suboval cross-section. Dacosaurus maximus (Plieninger3). Syn. Geosaurus maximus, Plieninger 4. Including :—Steneosaurus manseli, Hulke5. Dacosaurus lissocephalus, Seeley6. Dacosaurus primcevus, Sauvage7. Plesiosuchus manseli, Owen8. Dacosaurus manseli, A. S. Woodward 9. The type species ; somewhat smaller than Machimosaurus mosce. Teeth —, three or four of the lower ones being post-symphysial. Nasals not reaching the premaxillae {infra No. 40103). The writer sees no reason for separating Steneosaurus manseli from the present 1 Sonst und Jetzt, p. 131 (1856).—Amended. 2 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. xl. p. 153 (1884). 3 Jahresh Yer. Nat. Wiirtt. vol. ii. p. 150 (1846).— Geosaurus. 4 Loc. cit. 5 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. xxvi. p. 170 (1870). 6 Index to Aves &c, in Cambridge Museum, p. 92 (1869).—Not figured. 7 Bull. Soc. Geol. France, se>. 3, vol. i. p. 380 (1873). 8 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. xl. p. 153 (1884). 9 Geol. Mag. dec. 3, vol. ii., table facing p. 508 (1885).. 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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