Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4: ZoologyLinnean Society of London
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Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4: Zoology
Linnean Society of London
Zoology -- Periodicals
The total length of the skeleton is 114
" " " skull 16
Between the outer edges of the posterior ends of
the quadrate bones 8-3/4
From the snout to the middle of the canine notch 2-3/4
Transverse diameter of snout opposite 10th tooth 4-7/8
Long axis of orbit 2-1/4
Short axis of orbit 1-5/8
Interorbital space opposite the middle of the orbit 1-3/4
Anterior edge of the orbit from end of snout 10-1/2
Syncipital[3] area in length, about 2-1/2
" " in breadth anteriorly 3-3/4
" " " posteriorly 4
Supra-temporal fossæ, wide 7/8
" " long 1-1/8
Least width of parietal 7/16
Total length of mandible 20-1/2
Its greatest depth 3
Length of cervical region (or anterior 8 vertebræ) 10-1/2
" dorso-lumbar region 27
" sacral " 3-3/4
Length of humerus 7-1/2
" ulna 5-1/4
" fore foot, extreme length 6
" femur 8-1/2
" tibia 6
" hind foot, extreme length 9-1/4
From the above measurements it will be seen that the skull is somewhat
slender. Behind the canine groove it widens to the tenth tooth, which
is 5-3/4 inches behind the end of the snout. It retains about the
same diameter to the twelfth tooth, and then slowly widens again,--a
sudden increase in size, to the extent of half-an-inch, taking place
opposite the posterior margin of the orbit, owing to the flanging-out
of the jugal. On the whole, however, there is a slow and even increase
in breadth, from the canine groove to the ends of the ossa quadrata.
The nasal aperture is pyriform, its wider end being forwards, and its
narrow posterior extremity, into which the pointed ends of the nasal
bones project, attaining the level of the first tooth behind the canine
groove.
[3] By this term I denote that squarish flat area bounded by
the postfrontal and squamosal bones laterally, by the occiput
posteriorly, and by a line joining the outer angles of the
postfrontals anteriorly.
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