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II.—Note on certain Impressions of Echinoderms observed on the Sandstone Slabs in which the Skeletons of Hyperodapedon Gordoni and Rhynchosaurus are preserved

Burckhardt, Rudolf

In: Geological Magazine, 1901, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 3-4

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    Title
    • II.—Note on certain Impressions of Echinoderms observed on the Sandstone Slabs in which the Skeletons of Hyperodapedon Gordoni and Rhynchosaurus are preserved
    Author
    • Burckhardt, Rudolf. University of Basel, Switzerland.
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    Classification
    • Health
    OAI-PMH Identifier
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:301998
    Summary
    When searching for traces of the dermal structure preserved in the specimen of Hyperodapedon in the British Museum (Natural History) in London, my attention was drawn to certain spots where the matrix showed projections and pits of a polygonal shape, which I detected when I took the photographs of this Triassic reptile. Primarily occupying myself with the matrix of the principal slab, in which the skeleton is enclosed, I quite thought I had only to deal with dermal structures similar to those discovered in Rhynchosaurus