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Identifier: waterreptilesofp1914will Title: Water reptiles of the past and present Year: 1914 (1910s) Authors: Williston, Samuel Wendell, 1851-1918 Subjects: Aquatic reptiles Publisher: Chicago, Ill., The University of Chicago Press Contributing Library: Boston Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library
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Text Appearing After Image: Fig. 58.—Caudal fin of Ichthyosaurus, after Bauer (left figure); caudal fin ofMixosaurus, after Wiman (right figure). definite facts that, at the present time, we know more about theirhabits than we do of any other extinct reptiles. In various placesin England and Germany, especially in Wurtemberg, the remainsof ichthyosaurs are found in extraordinary abundance and perfec-tion, not only whole skeletons lying in the positions which they hadassumed after the decomposition of their bodies, but also often theactual remains, carbonized, of the skin, muscles, and ligaments, aswell as delicate impressions of external parts. Many of theseskeletons are obtained from the numerous stone quarries, wherethey are a sort of by-product, the sums received for themadding not a little to the income of the quarrymen. So many areobtained in this and other ways that specimens of ichthyosaurs 122 WATER REPTILES OF THE PAST AND PRESENT are perhaps more frequently seen in the museums of the worldthan those
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