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)
Science
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
A fragment of a ?dentary bone, fractured behind through the socket for
the third tooth. The sockets are nearly circular. It measures about an
inch long,, and behind the socket for the second tooth 1-3/4 inch high.
The sides of the jaw are gently concave from above downward, having
a pinched aspect and approximating; they round into a narrow rostral
ridge, which widens towards the tip of the snout and is truncated by
a small sub-circular [or sub-pentagonal] rugose area at right angles
with the part of the palate behind the first pair of sockets. The first
pair of sockets are nearly as large as the second, and from the steep
incline of the jaw look more than usually upward; they are 7/16ths of
an inch long, are separated from each other by an interspace of 6/16
ths, and from the second sockets by an interspace of more than 1/8th of
an inch, while the second socket is separated from the third by about
1/4th of an inch. The palatal space between the second pair is about
3/4ths of an inch.
XXI.
Ornithocheirus colorhinus (Seeley).
Case. Comp. Tablet. Specimen.
=J= _c_ 17 1, 2
Fragments of premaxillary bones. The largest portion is 2-1/2 inches
long, and is fractured behind the socket for the fourth tooth, and the
upper part of the nose is also broken away. The palate is flattened,
with the median part slightly convex. The sides of the jaw converge
upward, but not rapidly; in front they round into each other, but there
is a slight mesial depression. The front pair of teeth are large,
separated from each other and from the second pair by films of bone.
Above the first pair of sockets, so as to look downward and forward, is
an impressed lunate area 9/16ths of an inch wide and 5/16ths of an inch
high, to which a soft lip may have been attached. This area is in the
same plane with the first pair of teeth and at right angles with the
upper outline of the nose. The sockets of the first pair of teeth are a
little smaller than the second pair; they are both about half an inch
in diameter and nearly circular. An interspace of 3/16ths of an inch
separates the second socket from the third. The tooth is elliptical,
the socket being narrower and longer than that of the second. The
palatal interspace between the third pair is more than 3/4ths of an
inch. The interspace between the third and fourth sockets is about
3/8ths of an inch. The diameter of the nearly circular fourth socket is
1/4th of an inch.
The overhanging lunate lip space, with the size of the teeth and width
of the palate, abundantly distinguish this species.
XXII.
Ornithocheirus woodwardi (Owen).
Case. Comp. Tablet. Specimen.
=J= _c_ 18 1-4
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account