Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History)
Subtitle: Part 2. Containing the Orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: April 18, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9781402105883
Subjects: Catalogue,Fossil,Reptilia,Amphibia,paleontology,British Museum,Richard Lydekker; Science / Biochemistry; Science / Biology
First sentence: ACCORDING to the arrangement of Baur, who in this respect follows the lead of Owen, the Ichthyopterygia are provisionally included in the Streptostylic branch, of which they constitute a well-defined order modified for a marine existence, and retaining certain Labyrinthodont features which are lost in the other orders.