Re: paleonet Tremalkanal

["Alvaro Mones" <amones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The oldest reference to "Schleimkanal" I could find is in

Asmuss, H. 1856. Das vollkommenste Hautskelet der bisher bekannten 
Thierreihe. An fossilen Fischen des Alten Rothen Sandsteins aufgefunden und 
aus ihren Resten erläutert. Pp. 1-40. Schünman's Wittwe & C. Mattiesen, 
Dorpat.

If interested I can send a PDF (ca. 3 MB).

Best regards

Alvaro

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Franz-Josef Lindemann" <f.j.lindemann@nhm.uio.no>
To: <paleonet@nhm.ac.uk>
Sent: Thursday, 03 August, 2006 20:26
Subject: paleonet Tremalkanal


>A century ago the Swedish palaeontologist Carl Wiman used the term 
>"Tremalkanal" (in his German-written papers) when describing sensory 
>grooves in temnospondyls (e.g. Wiman 1914). I have never seen this term 
>anywhere else and wonder if anybody could direct me to a textbook using it. 
>Or would anybody be able to explain the terms etymology? The only origin I 
>could imagine is the Greek "trema" meaning hole or opening, but not groove 
>or canal or furrow. Wiman also speaks of Schleimkanal (= mucus, slime), but 
>I cannot find any etymological link to trema(l) there either.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Cheers,
> fj
>
> Franz-Josef Lindemann
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