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
10. Cervical vertebra seen from the left side. =J=._c6_.27.1,
no. 4.
11. Cervical vertebra of another genus seen from the left
side. =J=._c_.2, no. 13.
12. Base of the centrum of the last true cervical vertebra.
=J=._c_.2, no. 40.
13. Right side of cervical vertebra. =J=._c_.2, no. 7.
NECK VERTEBRÆ
Pl. 9.
[Illustration]
PLATE X.
Back and Tail Vertebræ.
Fig. 1. Centrum of a vertebra from the region between the neck
and the back, called pectoral. =J=._c_.3, no. 19, p. 69.
2. Dorsal vertebra seen from below. =J=._c2_.12.3, no. 2.
3. The same specimen seen from behind.
4. Right side view of a dorsal vertebra showing the neural
spine nearly perfect. =J=._c_.3, no. 20.
5. The same specimen seen from behind.
6. Right side of dorsal vertebra showing anterior and posterior
zygapophyses. The neural spine broken.
7. Front view of the same specimen. The centrum is seen
to form but a small part of the anterior articular
surface.
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8. Bight side of a sacral vertebra =J=._c_.4, no. 1, p. 73.
9. Front aspect of the same specimen. The neural arch
forms part of the intervertebral articulation with the
centrum.
10. Side view of the anterior part of a sacrum, presented by
H. C. Raban Esq. =J=._c_.4, no. 3.
11. The same specimen seen from below.
12. Inferior aspect of posterior part of sacrum of a different
genus. =J=._c_.4, no. 2.
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13. Large caudal vertebra seen from above. =J=._c_.5, no. 9.
14. The same specimen seen from beneath, p. 75.
15. Left side of the same specimen.
16. Anterior articulation of the same specimen.
17. Posterior aspect of the same specimen.
BACK & TAIL VERTEBRÆ
Pl. 10.
[Illustration]
PLATE XI.
Cranium.
Fig. 1. Occipital aspect of the skull of a Pterosaurian. =J=._c_.8,
no. 2, p. 84.
2. Anterior aspect of the same skull, showing a transverse
section of the brain cavity fractured through the
parietal bones. At its base on each side are seen the
optic lobes.
3. Anterior aspect of a Pterodactyle skull of a different
genus. =J=._c_.8, no. 1. The frontal bones have come
away from the parietal at the suture, p. 80.
4. Superior aspect of the same specimen looking upon the
parietal, supra-occipital, and ex-occipital bones.
5. Occipital aspect of the same specimen, showing the
foramen magnum, the absence of the basi-occipital
bone, and the basi-sphenoid mass.
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