Geological magazine . Fig. 11.—Metacarpal of THceratops prorsus, Marsli (front view), one-eig]itlinatural size. Figs. 12 and 13.—The same bone ; side and back views. The Dermal Armour.—Beside the armature of the skull, thebody also in the Ceratopsidce was protected. The nature andposition of the defensive parts in the different forms cannot yet be ^ The pubis recently discovered, and represented in Woodcuts Figs. 5, 6, 7, has ashort, splint-like process, which may, perhaps, be a remnant of a post-pubic element,although it has not the position of the post-pubic bone in other Dinosaurs. 246 Prof
Geological magazine . Fig. 11.—Metacarpal of THceratops prorsus, Marsli (front view), one-eig]itlinatural size. Figs. 12 and 13.—The same bone ; side and back views. The Dermal Armour.—Beside the armature of the skull, thebody also in the Ceratopsidce was protected. The nature andposition of the defensive parts in the different forms cannot yet be ^ The pubis recently discovered, and represented in Woodcuts Figs. 5, 6, 7, has ashort, splint-like process, which may, perhaps, be a remnant of a post-pubic element,although it has not the position of the post-pubic bone in other Dinosaurs. 246 Prof. 0. C. Marsh—Gigantic Ceratojmdce. 14 15 16.
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