"Its place in the chain of animal creation is clearly pointed out to be between the proteus and lizard, and will be sufficiently marked out by calling it Proteo-saurus."
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Sir Everard Home, "Reasons for giving the name Proteo-Saurus to the fossil skeleton which has been described", Phil. Trans. R. Soc. 109 (1819), p. 215
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