_Dorsals._--A few of the anterior dorsals have strong hypapophyses.
The centra of all are long and stout. The neural canal is smaller
than in the cervical region; it has strong neurapophyses, which
develop long and depressed diapophyses. The neural spines are low
and broad. The zygapophyses are developed on the laminæ, and do not
project upwards as in the cervical region.
The _lumbars_ are much like the dorsals, except that they are longer,
and have very large and depressed diapophyses, which project somewhat
upwards.
_Measurements._
M.
Length of centrum of a posterior cervical ·049
Height of neural canal ·015
Fore-and-aft diameter of neural spine ·023
Length of diapophysis ·023
_Dorsal._
M.
Length of centrum ·0555
Length of hypapophysis ·018
Fore-and-aft diameter of neural spine ·030
_Lumbar._
M.
Length of centrum ·057
Fore-and-aft diameter of neural spine ·0285
Diameter of diapophysis ·029
The dermal scutes are long ellipses, deeply pitted on one side, but
without a trace of a keel. Their edges show no signs of sutural union.
The bones described indicate a reptile about fifteen feet long. They
were found near Smith's Fork, Wyoming.
Crocodilus parvus, _sp. nov._
A small reptile represented by sixteen vertebræ and a portion of the
pelvis.
The _cervicals_ have short centra, with very deep articular cups
and hemispherical heads: the latter have a prominent rim around the
base. The hypapophyses are short, stout, and very nearly vertical
in direction; the sides of the centra are channelled by a deep
vertebraterial canal; the parapophyses are developed very low down,
and are very prominent. The diapophyses are developed partly from the
centra and partly from the neurapophyses; they are stout and very
short. The facets for the ribs are developed in the usual place.
The neural arch is rather high, and forms a small, narrow canal;
the proportions of the neurapophyses and neural spines are about as
in _Alligator mississippiensis_, but the zygapophyses are not so
prominent.
The _dorsals_ show a considerable increase in size over the
cervicals; the centra become elongate, and the articular cups
shallower and transversely oval. Several of the anterior vertebræ
retain large hypapophyses. In the dorsal region the diapophyses are
developed from the neurapophyses alone, and at a considerable height
above the neuro-central suture; they are long and depressed. The
zygapophyses and neural spines present no peculiarities of structure.
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