. The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London . reof the studies which have led me to group the bones as here setforth. Mochlodon Stjessii (Biinzel). (PI. fig. 1.)See Biinzel, I. c. p. 8, pi. iii. figs. 7-11. One of the most beautifully preserved specimens is a right dentarybone of a small Dinosaur which at first sight exactly reproduces inminiature the characters of the Iguanodon of the Weald; but itdiffers in a character so remarkable that, had it occurred in a livinganimal, no hesitation would have been felt in relegating the jaw toa distinct genus. Anterior to the teet
. The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London . reof the studies which have led me to group the bones as here setforth. Mochlodon Stjessii (Biinzel). (PI. fig. 1.)See Biinzel, I. c. p. 8, pi. iii. figs. 7-11. One of the most beautifully preserved specimens is a right dentarybone of a small Dinosaur which at first sight exactly reproduces inminiature the characters of the Iguanodon of the Weald; but itdiffers in a character so remarkable that, had it occurred in a livinganimal, no hesitation would have been felt in relegating the jaw toa distinct genus. Anterior to the teeth, the symphysial extremityof every Iguanodon-j&w bends round so that the rami form a U-shaped curve ; but this specimen is straight, and the anterior inwardinflexion is scarcely appreciable, so that the snout was evidentlysharply pointed, and therefore indicative of a new form of fragment is little more than 1\ centimetres long, and the tooth-bearing part of the jaw 17 or 18 millimetres; the height at the CBerieau HaJiTnarb amp
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