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Journal article

Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I

Lydekker, R. (1888)

Citation

Lydekker, R. (1888). Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. British Museum (Natural History), London 1-309.

Names first published here

Cited by genera

  • Altispinax

    Compares a vertebra from the Wadhurst Clay near Hastings with "the three vertebrae from Battle figured by Owen".

  • Duriatitan

    Gives the holotype's provenance as Weymouth, Dorset.

  • Gigantosaurus

    Tentatively places Gigantosaurus megalonyx (with a '?') under Ornithopsis humerocristatus (Hulke); writes that there is 'great probability' it is specifically identical with Ornithopsis leedsi.

  • Sphenospondylus

    Catalogs the species, citing the Quarterly Journal note for the name.

Cited by clades

  • Cetiosauridae

    Named and diagnosed the family Cetiosauridae (p. 133), illustrating Morosaurus among its members.