Researches on the Structure, Organization, and Classification of the Fossil Reptilia VII Further Observations on Pareiasaurus . Form of articular end of clawphalange from the fore Terminal claw phalange of the right fore foot. Natural size. hind limb, but the bones are a little longer and larger. The longest external claw isnearly 4 inches long, 2 inches wide at the proximal end, and 1^ inch deep. Thebones were in very hard rock, and the foot was not exposed as a whole in quarryingit. Therefore, in arranging the remains to indicate five digits, I have been influencedby the fact that por
Researches on the Structure, Organization, and Classification of the Fossil Reptilia VII Further Observations on Pareiasaurus . Form of articular end of clawphalange from the fore Terminal claw phalange of the right fore foot. Natural size. hind limb, but the bones are a little longer and larger. The longest external claw isnearly 4 inches long, 2 inches wide at the proximal end, and 1^ inch deep. Thebones were in very hard rock, and the foot was not exposed as a whole in quarryingit. Therefore, in arranging the remains to indicate five digits, I have been influencedby the fact that portions of ten digits were found on the right side of the animal,and no digit on the left side; and that the digits with large claws were in closecontact with the extremity of the ulna. I have no certain evidence of more thanthree phalangeal bones in any digit, but it is possible that one digit may havehad four. 3 a 2 364 PROFESSOR H. a. SEELEY ON THE STRUCTURE, ORGANIZATION, [On the Skeleton of Procolophon, Plate 23, fig. 3. In illustration of the views expressed at p. 343, as to the systematic position oiProcolophon in the Pareiasauria, the following account is given of the uniqu
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