Guide to the gallery of Reptilia and Amphibia : in the Department of zoology of the British museum (Natural history) / Illustrated by 76 text and other figures.

  • British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology.
Date:
1906
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Credit: Guide to the gallery of Reptilia and Amphibia : in the Department of zoology of the British museum (Natural history) / Illustrated by 76 text and other figures. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ^ M g Ph g B .◄ P5 CLASSIFICATION OF BEPTILIA—continued. Order. Sub-order ■ f IV. Bhynchocephalia . . 1 (Tuateras.) f 1. fProtorosauria. . . . ) 2. Bhynchocephalia Vera . > I 3. iAcrosauria . j V. fPELYCOSAURIA . r 1. Ophidia \ VI. Squamata (Snakes and Lizards.) 1 2. Lacertilia . . . . . 1 3. Bhiptogilossa . V 4. fDolichosauria . . . 1 l 5. fPython.omorpha . J VII. fICHTHYOPTERYGIA . . 1 1 (Ichthyosaurs.) J r ’ 1. Athecae \ VIII. Chelonia (Tortoises and Turtles.) 1 2. Cryptodira 1 3. Pleurodira | 4. fAmphichelydia . | l 5. Trionychoidia . ... J IX. +SAUROPTERYGIA . ^ (Pleriosaurs.) l [fPliACODONTIA] . Of uncertain position 1 ( 1. Dicynodontia . . . . ) ( X. fTHEROMORPHA . ' ) 2. Theriodontia . 1 | (Anomodonts.) 3. Cotylosauria . j ( 4. Pariasauria . J Case. 5 11-20 17 6-10 16 « 5 In the gallery the larger specimens are arranged either on stands or in table-cases, and the rest in the wall-cases. Owing to differences in the sizes of the wall-cases, it has not, however, been found possible to make the serial arrangement of the various groups correspond exactly with the one adopted in this guide. The following is a brief survey of the leading characteristics of the different orders and sub-orders of reptiles, and also of the more important family groups by which existing orders and sub-orders are represented. Order I.—ORNITHOSAURIA {extinct). (Case 4.) Pterodactyles, as the members of this extinct order are called, flourished during the Mesozoic, or Secondary, epoch, and are dis- tinguished by the modification of the fore-limbs into wings, the