. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. I bJ. ^-i^^ Right quadrate bone of a Pterodactyl, natural size, from the posterior (A) and articular (B) aspects, and in transverse section (0). Cretaceous, Plataforma, Bahia, Brazil. [Mawson Collection, British Museum.] and the transverse fracture shows that it was coarsely rugose and ridged as in the previous small specimen from Brazil. The articular end of the bone (fig. B) exhibits the usual lack of bilateral symmetry. The condyles are a little abraded, though apparently n

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. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. I bJ. ^-i^^ Right quadrate bone of a Pterodactyl, natural size, from the posterior (A) and articular (B) aspects, and in transverse section (0). Cretaceous, Plataforma, Bahia, Brazil. [Mawson Collection, British Museum.] and the transverse fracture shows that it was coarsely rugose and ridged as in the previous small specimen from Brazil. The articular end of the bone (fig. B) exhibits the usual lack of bilateral symmetry. The condyles are a little abraded, though apparently not much damaged, and are particularly remarkable both for their inequality in size and their tumid. 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 London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd

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