218 ICHNITES. 



R. 734. Plaster-casfc of a slab with footprints. The original was 

 obtained from the Bunter Sandstone (Lower Trias) of 

 Hessberg, near Hildburghausen, on the flanks of the Thur- 

 ingerwald ; it is described and figured by Sickler in his 

 ' Die vorziiglichsten Parhten-Abdriicke, etc., von Hildburg- 

 hausen,' p. 8, pi. vii. ; the cast being noticed and figured 

 by Buckland in his ' Geology and Mineralogy ' (Bridge- 

 water Treatise), 1st ed. p. 265, pi. 26'". Similar footprints 

 are figured by Winkler in the * Archiv. Mus. Teyler/ ser. 

 2, vol. ii. pi. viii. No history. 



CHELICHNUS, Jardine \ 



Chelichnus duncani (Owen 2 ). 

 Syn. Testudo duncani, Owen 3 . 



Pounded upon pentadactylate footprints, showing distinct nails, 

 and having a diameter of from 1 to 2 inches, which were regarded 

 by their describer as of Chelonian origin. 



Hob. Europe (Scotland). 



43576. Two slabs with footprints; from the Bunter Sandstone 

 (Lower Trias) of Corncockle Muir, near Applegarth, Dum- 

 friesshire. Purchased, 1872. 



Genus non det. 

 ( Chirotherium reiteri, Moore \) 

 The small footprints of the undermentioned type show no signs of 

 affinity with the genus to which they have been referred. 

 Hob. North America. 



40328. A small slab showing impressions of the foot of a compara- 

 tively small animal, apparently corresponding with those 

 described under the above name ; from the Coal-Measures 

 of Phenixville, Pennsylvania. Purchased, 1867. 



Genus RHYNCHOSAUEUS {supra, i. p. 296). 

 It has been suggested that the small tracks of the undermentioned 

 type may be those of lihynchosaurus. 



1 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, vol. vi. p. 209 (1850). 



2 Eep. Brit. Assoc, for 1841, p. 160 (1842).— Testudo. 8 Loc. cit. 

 4 Airier. Journ. ser. 3, vol. v. p. 292 (1873). 



