The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London . asts, the orig-inal osseoussubstance having disappeared, or being represented only by pulve-rulent bone-earth, or by oxide of iron. The body is curved towardsthe right side,. and the head and neck are bent dorsad in a planedifferent from that of the trunk. The length of the skull is 1-65 in., that of the vertebral column, VOL. XXI [I.^—PART I. H 78 PKOCEEDnfGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [DeC. 19, from the atlas to the anterior margin of the sacrum, is 4-5 the front margin of the sacrum to the end of the undisturbedpart of the
The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London . asts, the orig-inal osseoussubstance having disappeared, or being represented only by pulve-rulent bone-earth, or by oxide of iron. The body is curved towardsthe right side,. and the head and neck are bent dorsad in a planedifferent from that of the trunk. The length of the skull is 1-65 in., that of the vertebral column, VOL. XXI [I.^—PART I. H 78 PKOCEEDnfGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [DeC. 19, from the atlas to the anterior margin of the sacrum, is 4-5 the front margin of the sacrum to the end of the undisturbedpart of the tail is 2 inches. To this total of 8-15 in. it is proba-ble that 2 inches more, at least, must be added for the distal moietyof the tail, which would give the entire animal a length of not lessthan between ten and eleven inches. The fore limb had a length of not less than 2| inches, whilethe hind limb, when extended, must have measured fully 3 inches. Figs. A-E.—Outline-sketches of parts of the Skeleton of TelerpetonElginense, Mantell. (Natural size.). A. A side view of the skull. B. The anterior teeth of the upper and lower jaws. C. The left hind foot. D. The right scapula and coracoid. E. The left half of the pelvis. The skull is broad, its occipital margin measuring 1-5 in. Thecranium retains this width for about ihalf its length, and thenrapidly narrows to the snout, with a contour which is at first con-vex, and then bcomes concave, until it terminates in the roundlytruncated snout, which exhibits the remains of two cylindricalincisor teeth, placed side by side and close together (fig. A). The posterior margin of the skull is nearly straight, but presentsan obtuse angle directed backwards in the middle line. The pos-tero-lateral, or parietal, angles of the skull are produced directlyoutwards, instead of backwards, into short and broad processes,which become connected with the strongly curved squamo-jugalarcades, the inner faces of which were concave and directed some-wh
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