The Kansas University Quarterly, Vol. I, No. 1 (1892) — John Shaqi
The Kansas University Quarterly, Vol. I, No. 1 (1892)Various
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The Kansas University Quarterly, Vol. I, No. 1 (1892)
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articulation to its extremity. The space included between the bones
of the two sides as they lie is a nearly regular, oval one, measuring
ninety-five millimeters in its greater, forty-five in its lesser
diameter.
The sternum lies at a little distance from the coraco-scapulae. It is
an extremely thin bone, with a stout anterior, styliform projection,
at the base of which, on either side, looking upward and outward,
is the articular, trochlea-like surface for the sternal end of the
coracoid. The width between these articular surfaces measures fifteen
millimeters; the length of the process in front of the articulations
is twenty-five millimeters. Immediately posterior to the articular
surfaces, the bone expands nearly at right angles to the longitudinal
axis to a width of about sixty millimeters. The thin lateral margins
are nearly parallel with the longitudinal axis, and show three shallow
emarginations between the four costal articular projections. The
hind angles are nearly rectangular. The bone, as preserved, is only
shallowly concave, and shows no true keel, though a more pronounced
median convexity towards the front doubtless subserved the function of
a carina in part.
The left humerus lies in position, and is especially characterized by
its enormous deltoid crest (radial crest of Marsh), though otherwise
slender. This crest is further removed from the head of the bone
than is the case in species of _Pteranodon_. It is directed somewhat
downward, and has its distal, gently convex, border about twenty-five
millimeters in extent, while the width of the process midway between
the extremity and the base measures but sixteen millimeters. The
bicipital crest is also prominent. The bone is relatively shorter than
in _Pteranodon_.
The humerus, as will be seen from the above description, and from
the measurements given below, is remarkably like the same bone in
_Pteranodon nanus_, as described by Marsh (_l. c. supra_), and but
a little larger. In _P. nanus_, however, the coracoid and scapula
are said to be firmly co-ossified, and the scapula has of course a
different structure.
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