On a supposed skin impression of Procolophon

dc.contributor.author	Gow, C. E.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-01-08T06:32:37Z
dc.date.available	2015-01-08T06:32:37Z
dc.date.issued	1977
dc.description	Main article	en_ZA
dc.description.abstract	Van Heerden (1974) described and figured what he took to be an impression of the skin of Procolophon found with a typical assemblage of natural moulds of that animal. The stereophotographs in his Plate 4 seemed, however, to show sutures and the impressions of a few tiny sharp pointed teeth. Examination of the original shows that this is indeed the case. The accompanying explanatory sketch (fig. 1), which may be read in conjunction with Van Heerden's published photographs, shows that the pattern of dermal bones is typically amphibian and quite unlike that of Procolophon, as too are the teeth. The conclusion is reached that the specimen (QR 1597) shows normal bones of the skull and is not a skin impression.	en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship	None	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	None	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	0078-8554
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10539/16219
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research	en_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseries	None;
dc.subject	Procolophon; skin impression	en_ZA
dc.title	On a supposed skin impression of Procolophon	en_ZA
dc.type	Article	en_ZA

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