. A descriptive catalogue of the marine reptiles of the Oxford clay. Based on the Leeds Collection in the British Museum (Natural History), London ... Reptiles, Fossil. PLIOSAUKUS. 19 (Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. xlvi. (1890) pi. v. fig. 4), are very similar in form to the tibia aDd fibula, but a little less elongated ; they articulate with one another proximally and distally, but are separated in the middle by an oval vacuity. The radius is longer than wide; in the ulna the reverse is the case. Distally these two bones articulate Text-fiv. Pubes and iscbia of Pliosaurus ferox. (R. 3536,
. A descriptive catalogue of the marine reptiles of the Oxford clay. Based on the Leeds Collection in the British Museum (Natural History), London ... Reptiles, Fossil. PLIOSAUKUS. 19 (Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. xlvi. (1890) pi. v. fig. 4), are very similar in form to the tibia aDd fibula, but a little less elongated ; they articulate with one another proximally and distally, but are separated in the middle by an oval vacuity. The radius is longer than wide; in the ulna the reverse is the case. Distally these two bones articulate Text-fiv. Pubes and iscbia of Pliosaurus ferox. (R. 3536, -jL nat. size.) acet., acetabulum; , facet for ilium ; is., ischium ; pu., pubis. with at least three elements, the radiate, intermedium, and ulnare, and probably there was also a postaxial accessory ossicle. There are three distal carpals and, as usual, the fifth metacarpal articulates with the ulnare. The metacarpals are much com- pressed on the plane of the paddle, the phalanges rather less so, so that they are d2. 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Geology; Andrews, Charles William, 1866-1924. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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