CROCODILTD.E. 



Family I. CROCODILID^. 



Nares anterior ; choausc opening far back between the pterygoids, 

 which, like the palatines and maxillaries, are produced into osseous 

 plates joining on the median line of the palate ; orbit communi- 

 cating with the infratemporal fossa. Vertebra precocious ; ribs 

 with unciuate processes. No clavicles. Pubis excluded from 

 acetabulum. Manus with five well-developed digits, pes with four. 

 A dorsal armour of bony scutes. Ears with movable opercles. 



B. 



Fig. 

 A. Side view. 



ang. Angular. 

 ar. Articular. 

 bo. Basioccipital. 



d. Dentary. 

 co. Exoccipital. 



/. Frontal. 



j. Jugal. 



I. Lachrymal. 



1. Skull of Crocodilus palustris. 



B. Upper view. 



m. Maxillary. 



n. Nasal. 



p. Parietal. 



pi. Palatine. 



pm. Praem axillary. 



prf. Prajfrontal. 



pt. Pterygoid. 



C. Lower view. 



ptf. Postfrontal. 

 q. Quadrate. 

 gj. Quadra tojugal. 

 s.ang. Supra-angular. 

 so. Supraoccipital. 

 sq. Squamosal. 

 tp. Transpalatine. 



