. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. Left femur of Pala^osaurus. Brist. Mus. no. 68. 4- nat. size. No. 68 (fig. 4) is the proximal end of a femur which shows both the external and lateral trochanters. The head of the bone is compressed from above downward, flattened superiorly, and more convex on the underside. It is less directed inward than in the type, fully lyV inch broad, and -^ inch thick. The internal border is concave, the external border convex. At lyV inch from the proximal end, where the head of the bo
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. Left femur of Pala^osaurus. Brist. Mus. no. 68. 4- nat. size. No. 68 (fig. 4) is the proximal end of a femur which shows both the external and lateral trochanters. The head of the bone is compressed from above downward, flattened superiorly, and more convex on the underside. It is less directed inward than in the type, fully lyV inch broad, and -^ inch thick. The internal border is concave, the external border convex. At lyV inch from the proximal end, where the head of the bone has contracted somewhat both in breadth and thickness, is the small external trochanter major, which is a small spur directed upward, scarcely separated from the shaft, suggesting in this respect the similar trochanter in Zandodon^ though in characters of the head of the bone Palmosaurus is less Mega- losaurian. The inferior lateral trochanter is in the corre- sponding position to that of Zandodon. It is 2y4^y inches from the proximal end, and therefore less like Dimodosaurus. The external trochanter is much less distinctly defined than is usual in Saurischians. By means of three rugosities it extends transversely across the upper surface of the head of the bone. No. 69 illustrates the character of the distal end *. The Three distinct specimens are indicated under this 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 London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd
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