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Appel presented characters 

 which were recognized by 

 Dr. Gergens to be those of a 

 salamandroid reptile.* Dr. 

 Gergens placed his "sala- 

 mander" in the hands of H. 

 von Meyer for description, 

 who communicated the result 

 of his examination in a later 

 number of the under-cited 

 journal.t In this notice the 

 author states that the sala- 

 mandroid affinities of the 

 fossil in question, for which he 

 proposes the nameofxt^?afeo?i 

 pedestris, " are by no means 

 demonstrated." \ " Its head 

 might be that of a fish as 

 well as that of a lizard, or 

 of a Batrachian." " There is 

 no trace of bones or limbs." 

 M. von Meyer concludes by 

 stating that, in order to test 



* Mainz, Oktober 1843. " In 

 dem Brandscliiefer von Milnster- 

 appel in Bhein-Baiern habe ich in 

 vorigen Jakre einen Salamander 

 aufgefunden. Grehbrt dieser Sckiefer 

 der Kohleii-formation ? in diesem 

 falle ware der Fund auck in anderen 

 Hinsickt interessant." (Leonkard 

 und Bronn, Neues Jahrbuch fur 

 Mineralogie, etc., 1844, p. 49.) 



f Ibid, 1844, p. 336. 



\ " Ob das — Apateon pedestris — 

 ein Salamander - artiges Gesckbpf 

 war, est keinesweg ausgemackt." 

 (Ibid.) 



