Monograph The Fossil Reptilia of the London clay by Professors Bell & Owen 1849 Printed for the Palaeontological Society |
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Part
1. Chelonia (family-Marina)
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This
plate shows the exquisite hand engraved images from this period. Every
detail has been emphasised to enable an accurate representation to be
made. The image above is of a Chelone longiceps skull, the name
given to this species in the 1849 monograph. The species has since been
renamed Puppigerus camperi
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Chelone crassicostata, now called Puppigerus crassicostata. A beautifully rendered plate illustrating every detail of the specimen. | |