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II.—On an Ichthyosaurian Paddle Showing the Contour of the Integuments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

R. Lydekker
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In the year 1841 Sir R. Owen described and figured a slab of rock from the Lower Lias of Barrow-on-Soar which showed the impressions of the bones and integuments of a pelvic paddle of an Ichthyosaurus, probably referable to the typical I. communis. In this specimen it appears that the integuments were produced to a greater extent on the posterior than on the anterior side of the bony framework; and that while the anterior margin of the soft parts showed evidence of squamation, the larger posterior flap was marked by oblique striæ extending from the bones to the periphery which appeared to have been caused by parallel bundles of muscular fibres. The distal extremity of the soft fin terminated in a sharp point far below the distal bones.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 6 , Issue 9 , September 1889 , pp. 388 - 390
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1889

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page 388 note 2 Trans. Geol. Soc. ser. 2, vol. vi. pt. i. p. 199, pl. xx.Google Scholar See also Liassic Reptilia (Mon. Pal. Soc.) pt. iii. pi. xxviii. fig. 3.

page 388 note 3 British Museum, No. 29672.

page 388 note 4 Jahresh, . Ver. Nat. Württemberg, 1888, pp. 280–303, pl. vii.Google Scholar

page 388 note 5 See the writer's Catalogue of Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in British Museum, pt. ii. p. 69 (1889).Google Scholar