. Dinocerata : a monograph of an extinct order of gigantic mammals. Dinocerata; Mammals, Fossil; Paleontology; Paleontology. Figure 89 âFiflh cervical vertebra ot Iliiwceras mirabile, Marsh (No. 1255); front view. FiauRE 90.âThe same vertebra; siJe view. /. lateral foramen; nc. neural caual; z. anterior zygapoplivsis ; z'. posterior lygapophysis. Both figures are one-fourth natural size. The pi'incipal measurements of the fifth vertebra in this specimen of Dinoceras mirabile are the following-: Jtfeasure/nents of Fifth Cervical Vertebra. (Dinoceras â mirabile^ No. 1255.) m. Length of floor of
. Dinocerata : a monograph of an extinct order of gigantic mammals. Dinocerata; Mammals, Fossil; Paleontology; Paleontology. Figure 89 âFiflh cervical vertebra ot Iliiwceras mirabile, Marsh (No. 1255); front view. FiauRE 90.âThe same vertebra; siJe view. /. lateral foramen; nc. neural caual; z. anterior zygapoplivsis ; z'. posterior lygapophysis. Both figures are one-fourth natural size. The pi'incipal measurements of the fifth vertebra in this specimen of Dinoceras mirabile are the following-: Jtfeasure/nents of Fifth Cervical Vertebra. (Dinoceras â mirabile^ No. 1255.) m. Length of floor of neural canal, .052 Length of centrum, along under surface, .055 Transverse diameter of neural canal, .046 Vertical diameter of neural canal, _. .035 Transverse diameter of anterior epiphysis,. .079 Vertical diameter of anterior epiphysis, , .074 Transverse diameter of posterior epiphysis, ,._". .089 Vertical diameter of posterior epiphysis, .080 Antero-posterior extent of zygapophyses,_.^ . .083 Transverse diameter, across pre-zygapophyses, _. .120 Transverse diameter, across post-zygapophyses, .123 Diameter of lateral foramen (approximate), .020. 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 Marsh, Othniel Charles, 1831-1899. Washington : United States Geological Survey : G. P. O.
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