CEOCODILIDii;. 



Family CROCODILIDJE. 



Nares anterior; choause 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 communicating 

 with the infratemporal fossa. Vertebrae procoelous : ribs with 



A. 



f Pif 



Fig. 1. — Skull of Crocodilus jtahistris. 



A. Side view. 



avg. Angular. 

 ar. Articular. 

 ho. Basioccipital. 



d. Dentary. 

 eo. Bxoccipital. 



/ Frontal. 



J. Jugai. 



I. Lachrymal. 



B. Upper view. 



«(. Maxillary, 

 w. Nasal. 

 p. Parietal. 

 pi. Palatine. 

 p77i. Praemaxillary. 

 prf. Pra?frontal. 

 pt. Pterygoid. 



C. Lower view. 



p/f. Postf rental. 

 q. Quadrate. 

 g/. Quadratojugal. 

 s.ariff. Supra-angular, 

 so. Supraoccipital. 

 sq. Squamosal. 

 fp. Transpalatine. 



