. Anniversary memoirs of the Boston society of natural history ; pub. in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Society's foundation. 1830-1880. Natural history; Indians of North America. Fig. 10. OrniAotarsus. Fig. 11. The "Hon/leur Reptile.'' Fig. 12. Laelaps. Fig. 10. Distal extremities of the tibia and fibula of Omithotarsus, after Cope's figure in Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, Vol. xiv, fig. 35, page 122. The tibiale and fibulare are coossified. Whether the intermedium is represented by the enlargement of the tibiale in front, or was a separate bone which occupied the fossa on the
. Anniversary memoirs of the Boston society of natural history ; pub. in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Society's foundation. 1830-1880. Natural history; Indians of North America. Fig. 10. OrniAotarsus. Fig. 11. The "Hon/leur Reptile.'' Fig. 12. Laelaps. Fig. 10. Distal extremities of the tibia and fibula of Omithotarsus, after Cope's figure in Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, Vol. xiv, fig. 35, page 122. The tibiale and fibulare are coossified. Whether the intermedium is represented by the enlargement of the tibiale in front, or was a separate bone which occupied the fossa on the anterior face of the tibia, is a matter of doubt. Omithotarsus certamly presents a number of features that warrants its name. Fig. 11. Distal end of tibia and tarsus of the " Honfleur Reptile," reduced from a figure in Cuvier's Ossemens Fossiles, described by Cuvier under the general head of Megalosaurus, without identification, afterwards named by Cope Laelaps gallicus. The intermedium is seen as a blunt portion ascending from the other tarsal bones. Fig. 12. Distal end of tibia and tarsal bones of Laelaps; side view. Reduced from Cope's figure in Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, Vol. xiv., plate 9. In this figure the intermedium is again seen as a long ascending spur in front of the tibia, but the coossified tibiale and fibulare occupy a far different position in relation to the distal articular face of the tibia from what is seen in birds. WORKS REFERRED TO. 1. On the Anomalous Relations existing between the Tibia and Fibula in certain of the Dinosauria as illustrated by the genus Laelaps. Prof. Cope. Proc. Philad. Acad, of Sciences, Dec. 1866, p. 317. 2. An Account of the Extinct Reptiles which approach the Birds. Prof. Cope. Proc. of the Philad. Acad, of Sciences, Dec. 1867, p. 234. 3. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Prof. Cope. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, read Sept. 18, 1868, and April 2, Please note t
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