. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. dkrmatemydida:. 265 The xiphiplastra were evidently small bones, but there is no remnant of them preserved. The width of the shell of this specimen was about 130 mm. An estimate based on the width of the two costal plates shows that the length was approximately 185 mm. The animal was therefore somewhat broader relatively than either Staurotypus salvinit 01 S. triporcatus. So far as known, this species differs from H. saliens in having the bones of the plastron less firmly sutured with the peripherals and in having the latter bones, at least tho
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. dkrmatemydida:. 265 The xiphiplastra were evidently small bones, but there is no remnant of them preserved. The width of the shell of this specimen was about 130 mm. An estimate based on the width of the two costal plates shows that the length was approximately 185 mm. The animal was therefore somewhat broader relatively than either Staurotypus salvinit 01 S. triporcatus. So far as known, this species differs from H. saliens in having the bones of the plastron less firmly sutured with the peripherals and in having the latter bones, at least those of the bridge region, without close suture with the costals. The bridge is much narrower. Hoplochelys saliens sp. nov. Text-figs. 326, 327. The only specimen of this species at present known was found by Dr. J. L. Wortman m [896, at the head of the Escavada Canyon, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, in Torrejon deposits. It belongs to the American Museum of Natural History and bears the number 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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