. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology; Zoology. examining them I am of the opinion that, with the possible exception of the ribs, they all belong to Dorudon serratus, and probably to the same individual. I base this opinion on the fact that they are all of one color and are all tilled with a green sand of uniform texture and color, and that the size of the different parts appears to be properly proportional. In order to bring the evidence as regards size clearly before the reader, I have made a restoration of the skull, in outline, which is represented in
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology; Zoology. examining them I am of the opinion that, with the possible exception of the ribs, they all belong to Dorudon serratus, and probably to the same individual. I base this opinion on the fact that they are all of one color and are all tilled with a green sand of uniform texture and color, and that the size of the different parts appears to be properly proportional. In order to bring the evidence as regards size clearly before the reader, I have made a restoration of the skull, in outline, which is represented in figures 1 and 2, one-eighth natural size. The parts actually present in the Gibbes collection are indicated by heavy lines, and among them will. be recognized those figured by Gibbes in 1845 and 1847. All these parts are represented in Plates 1, 2, and 3, which are reproduced from photographs. Gibbes recognized the fragment of the maxilla containing three teeth to be such in 1845, but in 1847 he described and figured it, to- gether with the premaxilla, as a part of the mandible. Tiie right pre- maxilla contains the third incisor and a part of the alveolus of the second. The first incisor and the adjoining parts of the premaxilla are lacking, and are restored in figures 1 and 2. Both premaxillae show the large concavity in wliich the anterior end of the maxilla rests, but the nasal branch above it is broken off, and is restored in the figures. The length. 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 Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. : The Museum
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