. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology. FROM GEBEL ZELTEN, LIBYA 325 Third cervical vertebra. An incomplete right neuropophysis of a third cervical vertebra was associated with immature Prodeinotherium skeletal elements from Gebel Zelten site D. The specimen (text-fig. 12) is not well preserved but incorporates the region between the neural spine and the vertebrarterial canal. The neural spine is very low and could have been elevated only slightly above the valley separating the two wings of the axis spine. The neural canal is compressed dorsoventrally. The neural
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology. FROM GEBEL ZELTEN, LIBYA 325 Third cervical vertebra. An incomplete right neuropophysis of a third cervical vertebra was associated with immature Prodeinotherium skeletal elements from Gebel Zelten site D. The specimen (text-fig. 12) is not well preserved but incorporates the region between the neural spine and the vertebrarterial canal. The neural spine is very low and could have been elevated only slightly above the valley separating the two wings of the axis spine. The neural canal is compressed dorsoventrally. The neural arch is longer anteroposteriorly but less stout than in Loxodonta. The prezygapophysis is convex and faces anterolaterally. The post- zygapophysis is concave and faces ventrally. Both zygapophyses are aligned more horizontally than in Loxodonta. The neural arch is notched anteriorly and posteriorly for the passage of the spinal nerves, the posterior notch being deeper and extending. 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). London : BM(NH)
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