. Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural history) ... By Richard Lydekker ... Reptiles, Fossil; Amphibians, Fossil. RHTNCHOSAUEIDiE. 299 R. 330. A specimen which is apparently the rostral extremity of the (Fig.) left premaxilla of Hyperodapedon ; from the Upper Trias of High Peake, near Sidmouth, Devonshire. This specimen is figured by Metcalfe in the ' Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc' vol. xl. p. 260, woodcut 2, without determination ; and is noticed by A. Smith "Woodward in vol. xliv. p. 163, of the same serial, where it is suggested that it may belong to t
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. Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural history) ... By Richard Lydekker ... Reptiles, Fossil; Amphibians, Fossil. RHTNCHOSAUEIDiE. 299 R. 330. A specimen which is apparently the rostral extremity of the (Fig.) left premaxilla of Hyperodapedon ; from the Upper Trias of High Peake, near Sidmouth, Devonshire. This specimen is figured by Metcalfe in the ' Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc' vol. xl. p. 260, woodcut 2, without determination ; and is noticed by A. Smith "Woodward in vol. xliv. p. 163, of the same serial, where it is suggested that it may belong to the present form. It agrees closely in general characters with the corresponding part of the skull of the preceding specimen, but is relatively narrower. Presented by II. J. Carter, Esq., 1884. Hyperodapedon huxleyi, Lydekker1. Known only by detached fragments. About double the size of H. gordoni. The number of rows of maxillary teeth exceeding those of the palatine (fig. 69): crowns of upper teeth forming triangular. Hyperodapedon huxleyi — Oral surface of the right palato-maxilla ; from the Maleri stage of Central India. -> pyramids. If any of the vertebra) figured by the writer in pi. v. of the under-mentioned work and provisionally referred to this form really belong to it (and there is a very strong presumption that they 1 Eec. Geol. Surv. Ind. vol. siv. p. 177 (1881).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Geology; Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, Printed by order of the Trustees