. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 274 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM Genus Parascaftanodon Gen. Nov. The generic characters of the pectoral girdle are as described for the family. The humerus is very large and massive; the length is 575 mm. and the ends greatly expanded (proximal 310? mm., distal 312 mm.); the shaft is fairly long but very robust (diams. 144 x 142 mm.); the delto-pectoral crest is long, but terminates well proximal of the plane in which the ent- epicondylar foramen lies; the caput is very massive, but short; the
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 274 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM Genus Parascaftanodon Gen. Nov. The generic characters of the pectoral girdle are as described for the family. The humerus is very large and massive; the length is 575 mm. and the ends greatly expanded (proximal 310? mm., distal 312 mm.); the shaft is fairly long but very robust (diams. 144 x 142 mm.); the delto-pectoral crest is long, but terminates well proximal of the plane in which the ent- epicondylar foramen lies; the caput is very massive, but short; the processus medialis lies just a little distally of the plane in which the caput lies; the capitellum is very strong and massive and extends far along the ventral face, but does not reach the plane of the entepicondylar foramen; the "twist" on the shaft is large (400); the is strong, with a massive swelling on the dorsal surface of the shaft; both epicondyles are strongly developed; the ventral opening of the entepicondylar foramen is large and broadly oval, and the ectepicondylar foramen is small and situated well away from the edge of the bone. Fig, 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 South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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