. Palaeontological memoirs and notes of H. Falconer, with a biographical sketch of the author . ndthe diagonal direction and form of the principal articulatingsurface (d) with the calcaneum, are characters which, takenin conjunction, incontestably prove that the fossil is a quad-rumanous astragalus. It would be needless, therefore, todwell on the points of difference between it and the astragaliof those orders of Mammalia which have an allied form. Itis only requisite to ascertain how it agTces vdth the corres- 294 FAUNA ANTIQUA SIVALENSIS. ponding bone in existing species of Quadrumana. It cl
. Palaeontological memoirs and notes of H. Falconer, with a biographical sketch of the author . ndthe diagonal direction and form of the principal articulatingsurface (d) with the calcaneum, are characters which, takenin conjunction, incontestably prove that the fossil is a quad-rumanous astragalus. It would be needless, therefore, todwell on the points of difference between it and the astragaliof those orders of Mammalia which have an allied form. Itis only requisite to ascertain how it agTces vdth the corres- 294 FAUNA ANTIQUA SIVALENSIS. ponding bone in existing species of Quadrumana. It closelyresembles, in size and general form, tbe astragalus of theSemnopithecus entellus, which we send along with the fossilfor comparison. The principal dimensions are as follows :— Dimensions. Sewalik Fossil Monkey-Extreme length of astragalus . • 13 width of body of astragalus . .I ,, Length of body ...... 0-8 „ Greatest diameter of navicular head . 065 „Thickness of ditto 0-45 „ Fig. 6. Semnopithecus entellua 1-35 inch. 1-03 „ 0-85 „ 0-65 „ 0-5 „ Fig.
Size: 1313px × 1904px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1860, bookpublisherlondon, bookyear186
