The Ornithosauria: An elementary study of the bones of Pterodactyles made from fossil remains found in the Cambridge Upper Greensand, and arranged in the Woodwardian Museum of the University of CambridgeSeeley, H. G. (Harry Govier)
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The Ornithosauria: An elementary study of the bones of Pterodactyles made from fossil remains found in the Cambridge Upper Greensand, and arranged in the Woodwardian Museum of the University of Cambridge
Seeley, H. G. (Harry Govier)
Pterosauria
The only species which it resembles is _O. brachyrhinus_, but
differs from that in the flatter, narrower palate, which makes a
greater angle with the rostral keel, and in the smaller teeth,
which are separated by wider interspaces.
XIV.
Ornithocheirus nasutus (Seeley).
Case. Comp. Series. Specimen.
=J= _c2_ 11 1
A fragment of a premaxillary bone 6 inches long. It somewhat
resembles _O. Cuvieri_ in the aspect of the palate, but the jaw
is more elongated, and expands from side to side at the anterior
end. The teeth are opposite to each other in front, but become
irregular after the sixth. The palate measures behind the second
pair of sockets 3/4ths of an inch, behind the third pair it is a sixteenth
of an inch wider, behind the ninth pair half an inch, and in the
last two inches it begins to widen again. A sharp keel arises
behind the second pair of sockets and becomes more prominent to
behind the tenth pair, when the channel which accompanies it on
each side seems to disappear. The first pair of teeth, which look
forward, is smaller than the second and third pairs; they are closer
together than those which follow. The third sockets are 7/8ths of
an inch from the tip of the snout. Then follow three smaller,
more circular teeth, which are separated from each other by interspaces
as long as the sockets. The back of the sixth sockets are
2-1/4 inches from the tip of the snout. Then follow two larger
more elliptical sockets; after which the sockets become smaller
and are separated by longer distances, that between the 10th and
11th pairs is nearly 3/4ths of an inch.
The height of the jaw behind the second pair of sockets is 5/8ths
of an inch, behind the sixth sockets 15/16ths, behind the tenth sockets
1-1/4 inch. In front, the nose has the aspect of being compressed
from above downward, and behind it is compressed from side to
side. The sides are flattened and round into a narrow rostral
ridge which is depressed at the anterior end.
XV.
Ornithocheirus polyodon (Seeley),
Case. Comp. Tablet.
=J= _c_ 21
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