. 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. CETPTOCLEIDUS OXONIENSIS. 169 facets the sides of the centra are flat or slightly concave. The neural arches occupy nearly the whole length of the centra. They bear very strongly developed anterior and posterior zygapophyses, the facets of which are nearly flat in the anterior part of the neck, but further back become somewhat concave and convex respectively from side to side. In the anterior cervical vertebrae the anterior and
. 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. CETPTOCLEIDUS OXONIENSIS. 169 facets the sides of the centra are flat or slightly concave. The neural arches occupy nearly the whole length of the centra. They bear very strongly developed anterior and posterior zygapophyses, the facets of which are nearly flat in the anterior part of the neck, but further back become somewhat concave and convex respectively from side to side. In the anterior cervical vertebrae the anterior and posterior zygapophyses are connected by a ridge which disappears on the posterior part of the neck. The. Atlas and axis of Cryptocleidus oxoniensis: A, from right side; B, from front of a young specimen (R. 2417, nat. size); C, from rigbt side ; and D, from front of an older specimen (R. 2800, nat. size). , arch of atlas; , anterior wedge-bone; , arch of axis; 7i?/.r., hypapopliysial ridge ; »â .', rib of axis ; '/â¢.'/., facet for rib of atlas ; od., odontoid (centrum of atlas) ; , posterior zygapophysis of 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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