The Victoria history of the county of Bedford . to the samegroup as the modern chimera, whose remains occur typically in thePortland Limestone of Wiltshire and Dorsetshire. 1 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. xxx. 183 (1874).34 PALEONTOLOGY From the Oxford Clay of Bedford the late Professor J. Phillipsdescribed the fore-limb of a long-necked plesiosaurian under the nameof Plesiosaurus eurymerus. The species, of which nearly perfect skeletonshave subsequently been obtained from the same formation in Huntingdon-shire, is characterized by the great width and shortness of the upperbone (humerus) of this li

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The Victoria history of the county of Bedford . to the samegroup as the modern chimera, whose remains occur typically in thePortland Limestone of Wiltshire and Dorsetshire. 1 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. xxx. 183 (1874).34 PALEONTOLOGY From the Oxford Clay of Bedford the late Professor J. Phillipsdescribed the fore-limb of a long-necked plesiosaurian under the nameof Plesiosaurus eurymerus. The species, of which nearly perfect skeletonshave subsequently been obtained from the same formation in Huntingdon-shire, is characterized by the great width and shortness of the upperbone (humerus) of this limb, and is now known as Cryptoclidus plesiosaurian, Peloneustes philarchus, which is nearly related toPliosaurus, is represented in the Oxford Clay of the county by animperfect skeleton (now in the British Museum) from , an imperfect dermal spine in the same collection from theOxford Clay of Bedford indicates the occurrence of an armoureddinosaur probably belonging to the genus commonly known as Omosaurus. 35.

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