. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. 56 VERTEBKATA. Owen refers it to the Sylce-eosaurus. It was first described (PhilosopJucal Tran- sactions, 1841) as belonging to the Iguanodon Mantelli. Price, $ No. 202. Iguaiiodon Mantelli, Meyer. Six Caudal Vertebrae, on slab. This matchless specimen, from the Man- tellian Collection in the British Museum, shows the vertebrae in natural sequence and relative position, with their pro- cesses from thirteen to fifteen and a half inches high. The height of
. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. 56 VERTEBKATA. Owen refers it to the Sylce-eosaurus. It was first described (PhilosopJucal Tran- sactions, 1841) as belonging to the Iguanodon Mantelli. Price, $ No. 202. Iguaiiodon Mantelli, Meyer. Six Caudal Vertebrae, on slab. This matchless specimen, from the Man- tellian Collection in the British Museum, shows the vertebrae in natural sequence and relative position, with their pro- cesses from thirteen to fifteen and a half inches high. The height of these pro- cessss shows the great vertical breadth of the tail of the Iguanodon ; a feature which argues aquatic habits for the ani- mal. This fossil was found in the Wealden grit at Tilgate Forest, England. Size, 2 ft. 6 in. s 22 in. Price, $ No. 203. Iguanodon Mantelli, Meyer. Left Femur. This is the largest and most perfect Iguanodon femur in the British Museum. It is remarkable from the combination of mammalian charac- ters which it presents in its well marked head and neck, three trochanters, large rounded condyles, and medullary cavity. The shaft is subquadrangular, and measures twenty-two inches round. It was dug up from the Wealden Clay in Susses, England. Size, 3 ft. 9 in. x 14 in. Price, $ No. 204. Iguanodon Mantelli, Meyer. Two Claws, Horn (?) and Tooth. The ungual bones are broad, flat and blunt. The third specimen, commonly considered after Mantell as the bony core of a median frontal horn, has been lowered by Owen from the forehead to the end of one of the toes! The tooth exhibits the peculiar dental characters of the Iguanodon. These specimens are from the same locality and Museum as the preceding. Price, $ No. 205. Iguanodon Mantelli, Meyer. Track, in relief. This huge tridactyle print, referred by early observers to gigantic birds, has been considered to have been made by the thick-footed, three- toed Iguanodon. This idea is supported by the occ
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