Archive image from page 146 of A descriptive catalogue of the. A descriptive catalogue of the marine reptiles of the Oxford clay. Based on the Leeds Collection in the British Museum (Natural History), London .. descriptivecatal02brit Year: 1910 Dorsal scutes of Steneosaurus leedsi : A, from back ; B, (?) from neck; G & D, from tail. (R. 3806, | nat. size.) from the opposite scute. Other scutes of smaller size (text-figs. 48, C, D) have a very prominent ridge and have both their inner and outer border strongly curved, so that clearly they did not meet in the middle line ; at the same time, the
Archive image from page 146 of A descriptive catalogue of the. A descriptive catalogue of the marine reptiles of the Oxford clay. Based on the Leeds Collection in the British Museum (Natural History), London .. descriptivecatal02brit Year: 1910 Dorsal scutes of Steneosaurus leedsi : A, from back ; B, (?) from neck; G & D, from tail. (R. 3806, | nat. size.) from the opposite scute. Other scutes of smaller size (text-figs. 48, C, D) have a very prominent ridge and have both their inner and outer border strongly curved, so that clearly they did not meet in the middle line ; at the same time, the anterior angle Text-fig. 49. Ventral scutes of Steneosaurus leedsi. (R. 3806, J nat. size.) forms a strong peg for union with the scute in front; these probably formed one or more rows on the tail. Besides these, there occur scutes in which no ridge is developed (text-fig. 49); these probably formed the ventral armour. They are usually more or less quadrate in
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