. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. small Fossil Reptiles from Cape Golony. 289 bone is the sliortest and supports a prominent ball-like con- vexity, which extends a little inward laterally beyond the digit. The convexities over the distal ends of the second, third, and fourth metatarsal bones are much smaller; they are similar to each other in size and elevation. There is no convex pad on the fifth metatarsal. The transverse hinder tarsal margin of the impression is formed of three convex curves—one behind the
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. small Fossil Reptiles from Cape Golony. 289 bone is the sliortest and supports a prominent ball-like con- vexity, which extends a little inward laterally beyond the digit. The convexities over the distal ends of the second, third, and fourth metatarsal bones are much smaller; they are similar to each other in size and elevation. There is no convex pad on the fifth metatarsal. The transverse hinder tarsal margin of the impression is formed of three convex curves—one behind the first metatarsal, the second (wider) behind the second, third, and part of the fourth metatarsals, and the third (smaller) behind the fourth and fifth metatarsals. These curves appear to indicate the structure of the proximal row of the tarsus. If these footprints prove to belong to Procolophon, it is not impossible that the Cheshire footprints, which most resemble them, may prove to belong to Telerpeton. The smaller footprints are isolated and less well preserved. They appear to indicate animals in which the digits were four in number, with three of them close together, resembling some small types from Storeton in likeness to the human hand, being relatively Fore foot. Hind 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 London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd
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