Water Reptiles of the Past and Present
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Agents
THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON AND EDINBURGH
THE MARUZEN-KABUSHIKI-KAISHA TOKYO, OSAKA, KYOTO
KARL W. HIERSEMANN LEIPZIG
THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY NEW YORK
Samuel Wendell Williston
Professor of Paleontology in the University of Chicago
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Copyright 1914 by The University of Chicago
All Rights Reserved Published October 1914
Composed and Printed By The University of Chicago Press Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Samuel Wendell Williston
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PREFACE
CONTENTS
SKULL AND TEETH
VERTEBRAE AND RIBS
PECTORAL OR SHOULDER GIRDLE
ANTERIOR EXTREMITY
PELVIC OR HIP GIRDLE
POSTERIOR EXTREMITY
EXTINCT REPTILES OF NORTH AMERICA
PLESIOSAURIA
NOTHOSAURIA
PROTOROSAURUS
PLEUROSAURUS
LIZARDS
MOSASAURS
SNAKES
CHAPTER XIII
RHYNCHOCEPHALIA
CHORISTODERA
CHAPTER XIV
PARASUCHIA
PHYTOSAURIA
CHAPTER XVI
CHELONIA
CRYPTODIRA
SNAPPING TURTLES
FRESH-WATER OR MARSH TORTOISES
LAND TORTOISES
LEATHER-BACK MARINE TURTLES
INDEX