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Reference numberAP/72/2bis
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'Researches on the structure, organization and classification of the fossil Reptilia: Part X. On the complete skeleton of an Anomodont reptile (Aristodesmus Rütimeyeri, Wiedersheim), from the Bunter sandstone [Buntsandstein] of Reihen, near Basel [Switzerland], giving new evidence of the relation of the Anomodontia to the Monotremata' by H G [Harry Govier] Seeley
Date1895
DescriptionWith the co-operation of the Trustees of the University Museum of Basel and Professor Rütimeyer, Seeley has examined the fossil described by Dr Robert Wiedersheim in 1878 as Labyrinthodon don Rütimeyeri. The bones are differently interpreted: The reputed humerus is the interclavicle. The reputed scapula is the humerus. The reputed supra-scapula is the left coracoid. The reputed supra-scapula is the right scapula. The reputed right and left coracoids are the pre-coracoid and coracoid of the right side. The reputed clavicles are the ribs.

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.

Subject: Palaeontology

Received 7 November 1895. Read 12 December 1895.
Extent83p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1895.0070
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NA6493Seeley; Harry Govier (1839 - 1909); palaeontologist and geologist1839 - 1909
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