. A descriptive catalogue of the marine reptiles of the Oxford clay. Based on the Leeds Collection in the British Museum (Natural History), London ... Reptiles, Fossil. ax. a. r.'f iff C. awj. wA rfodrf Atlas and axis of Steneosaurus leedsi: A, from the left side; B, from behind. (R. 3806, \ nat. size.) Also of Steneosaurus durobrivensis : C, from left side ; D, from front. (R. 3701, £ nat. size.) , neural arch of atlas ; , anterior wedge-bone (hypocentrum) ; , neural arch of axis ; </., diapophysis of axis ; , neural canal; od., odontoid (centr
. A descriptive catalogue of the marine reptiles of the Oxford clay. Based on the Leeds Collection in the British Museum (Natural History), London ... Reptiles, Fossil. ax. a. r.'f iff C. awj. wA rfodrf Atlas and axis of Steneosaurus leedsi: A, from the left side; B, from behind. (R. 3806, \ nat. size.) Also of Steneosaurus durobrivensis : C, from left side ; D, from front. (R. 3701, £ nat. size.) , neural arch of atlas ; , anterior wedge-bone (hypocentrum) ; , neural arch of axis ; </., diapophysis of axis ; , neural canal; od., odontoid (centrum of atlas); pa., posterior zyga- pophysis ; , r\/., facets for the heads of the ribs of the atlas and axis. almost uncrushed and undistorted. The specimens upon which the following account of the vertebral column in this genus is founded, are (1) a nearly complete ai;d uncrushed series of vertebra of St. leedsi (R. 3806), consisting of the atlas, axis, "and seven other cervical vertebrae (1 one wanting), fifteen dorsals, two sacrals, and thirty-six caudals; (2) the vertebral column of the type specimen of St. durobrivensis (R. 3701), consisting of atlas, axis, and eight other cervicals, thirteen dorsals, two sacrals, and thirty-eight 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). Dept. of Geology; Andrews, Charles William, 1866-1924. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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