. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the fossil organic remains of Mammalia and Aves contained in the Museum of the Royal college of surgeons of England . of the astragalus of the Wombat. Fig. 4. Lower view of ditto: the same letters indicate the same parts as inthe figures of the gigantic analogue of this singularly formed bone. Fig. 5. Inside view of the os calcis of, probably, the Diprotodon aiistralis(See No. i486.) : a, calcaneal prominence for the attachment of thetendo achillis ; b, an obtuse process from the inner and under part of thebone ; d, the tendinous groove on the inner s
. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the fossil organic remains of Mammalia and Aves contained in the Museum of the Royal college of surgeons of England . of the astragalus of the Wombat. Fig. 4. Lower view of ditto: the same letters indicate the same parts as inthe figures of the gigantic analogue of this singularly formed bone. Fig. 5. Inside view of the os calcis of, probably, the Diprotodon aiistralis(See No. i486.) : a, calcaneal prominence for the attachment of thetendo achillis ; b, an obtuse process from the inner and under part of thebone ; d, the tendinous groove on the inner side of the bone; e, the as-tragalar articular surface ; g, the depressed portion of that surface corre-sponding with the prominence, marked^, in Fig. 2. Fig. 6. Outside view of the same os calcis ; showing c, the tendinous perfo-ration on the outer part of the base of the calcaneal process a ; /, thecuboidal concave articular surface. Fig. 7. Upper surface of the same os calcis. Fig. 8. Under surface of the same os calcis, showing the wide tendinousgroove continued from the perforation. PRINTED BY RICHARD AND JOHN E. TAYLOR, RED LION COURT. FLEET <5 1 I 1 -s ° * i * Hi b PL 11 m idescriptiveillus00roya
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