. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. ARCHAEORNITHES a right, or even an acute, angle at their junction, and the centra of the vertebrae of the neck and back were biconcave. The bill was short and blunt, each side of the upper jaw possessing about thirteen teetli, of wliich six seem to liave belonged to the prae-. FiG. I.—Archaeopteryx lithogmphica. The Berlin specimen. (After Dames.) maxilla; whereas in each side of the lower jaw only three can be recognised, and those towards the anterior extremity. These teeth, conical in shape and of fairly equal size, were fixed in a regular row, in d
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. ARCHAEORNITHES a right, or even an acute, angle at their junction, and the centra of the vertebrae of the neck and back were biconcave. The bill was short and blunt, each side of the upper jaw possessing about thirteen teetli, of wliich six seem to liave belonged to the prae-. FiG. I.—Archaeopteryx lithogmphica. The Berlin specimen. (After Dames.) maxilla; whereas in each side of the lower jaw only three can be recognised, and those towards the anterior extremity. These teeth, conical in shape and of fairly equal size, were fixed in a regular row, in distinct sockets. The fibula and tibia did not coalesce, the latter exceeding the metatarsus in length : the toes were four. 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 Harmer, S. F. (Sidney Frederic), Sir, 1862-; Shipley, A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir, 1861-1927. London : Macmillan and Co. ; New York : The Macmillan Company
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