. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. . Figs, jj and ^4. Glyptops depressus. Specimen in U. S. N. M. 33. Carapace of type. Xj. 34. Portion of plastron of type. X§. , axillary buttress; ent, entroplastron; epi, hyoplastron; hypo, hypoplastron; ing. b, inguinal buttress; mes, mesoplastron. epiplastron; hyo, Glyptops depressus sp. nov. Text-figs. 33, 34. The type of this species belongs to the United States National Museum. It appears to have been secured by one of Professor O. C. Marsh's collectors in 1889, inasmuch as it bears his packing number "1998. Box ; W i
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. . Figs, jj and ^4. Glyptops depressus. Specimen in U. S. N. M. 33. Carapace of type. Xj. 34. Portion of plastron of type. X§. , axillary buttress; ent, entroplastron; epi, hyoplastron; hypo, hypoplastron; ing. b, inguinal buttress; mes, mesoplastron. epiplastron; hyo, Glyptops depressus sp. nov. Text-figs. 33, 34. The type of this species belongs to the United States National Museum. It appears to have been secured by one of Professor O. C. Marsh's collectors in 1889, inasmuch as it bears his packing number "1998. Box ; W ith the specimen comes a statement by Mr. Whitman Cross, of the United States Geological Survey as follows: "No. 2 Box B. '89,' (Cannon's designation). An isolated fragment. (I think this fossil is from the Denver beds, from the nature of the sandstones between the shells and the apparently zeolitic material in cells of the bone.)" Professor Marsh has recorded Compsemys phcatula from the Denver beds, but whether on the evidence of this specimen can not be determined. The probabilities that the same species is found from the top of the Jurassic to the top of the Cretaceous are remote. 1^3 The specimen presents considerable portions of the carapace and of the plastron. The. 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 Carnegie Institution of Washington. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington
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