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are shorter than in the manus. The arliculatccl skeleton represent 

 an animal with a well i)roportioned head, a short neck, a long and 

 rather heavy body supported by legs comparatively short and heavy. 

 The dentition, together with other anatomical features of the skeleton, 

 strongly suggest an animal whose habitat was among shrubs and vege- 

 tation along streams and other bodies of water. 



Measurements. Cm. 



Length of skeleton from anterior point of nasals to ischial tuberosity i8o 



Length of skull 40 



Length of neck 35 



Length of dorsal region ; 75 



Length of lumbar region 21 



Length of sacrum 18 



Length of tail 50 



Greatest transverse diameter of thorax 43 



Greatest transverse diameter at point of ilia 33 



Height of skeleton at fourth dorsal vertebra 100 



Height of skeleton at fifth lumbar vertebra 93 



Height from base to acetabulum of pelvis 70 



