. Annals of the Carnegie Museum. Carnegie Museum; Carnegie Museum of Natural History; Natural history. : OK IIIK ^„ 47 small nodules ol l>onc. 'I"hc (up tor the oicipilal contlyle is ijeiibrated by a minute foramen at its base. \\'e luul the neural spine of the axis to be represented by a large and tuberous knot of bone, and the transverse processes in this vertel)ra, directed upwards, backwards, and outwards, are unusually stout and heavy. The "odontoid process " is small, and shows an articular facet on its inferior aspect. Beneath, the hypai)
. Annals of the Carnegie Museum. Carnegie Museum; Carnegie Museum of Natural History; Natural history. : OK IIIK ^„ 47 small nodules ol l>onc. 'I"hc (up tor the oicipilal contlyle is ijeiibrated by a minute foramen at its base. \\'e luul the neural spine of the axis to be represented by a large and tuberous knot of bone, and the transverse processes in this vertel)ra, directed upwards, backwards, and outwards, are unusually stout and heavy. The "odontoid process " is small, and shows an articular facet on its inferior aspect. Beneath, the hypai)Oi)hysis is a strong plate of bone, pointing backwards, with thickened border below. The third vertebra has welbdeveloped parapophysial spines ; a closed vertebral canal; elliptical foramina, one on each side, in the. Fk;. 14. The sternum of Xiimciiius /o?igiros(ris ; pectoral aspect, natural size. lamina of bone extending between the zygapophysial processes ; a neural and hypapophysial spine, the former being a small plate situ- ated posteriorly. In the fourth vertebra these characters are all still to be found, though the foramina al)ove are closed in only by an extremely slender interzygapophysial bar. The fifth vertebra is very much elongated ; the mid-])ortion of the centrum is represented by a median longitudinal lamina of bone, extending between the more. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Carnegie Museum; Carnegie Museum of Natural History. [Pittsburgh] : Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute
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