Plesiosauriaus in the Cretaceous of Brazil. 



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nieiidge Clay of Dorsetshire provisionally assigned by Mr. 

 Lydekker to Iihamphoi'hynchus ManseW^. The second 

 specimen is also of the same character, but evidently pertains 

 to a slightly larger animal. At present, however, the evidence 



Fig. 1.- — Dorsal aspect of left propodial bone (? humerusj of a Plesio- 

 saiu-iau, two thirds uat. size. 1 a. View of pioxiuial end, with 

 tuberosity {t). 1 b, c. Transverse sections. 



Fig. 2. — Articular portion of left quadrate bone of a I'terosaurian, postero- 

 internal aspect, I iiat. size. 2 a. Upper view (fractured surface). 

 2 b. Articular end. 



Both specimens from the Upper Cretaceous of Bahia, Brazil ; m the 

 British Museum. 



is insufficient for the determination either of the genus or 

 species ; and for this purpose further discoveries must be 

 awaited. 



One of the specimens was found between Plataforma and 



* Quart. Journ. Geol. Siic. vol. xlvii. (1801) p. 41, pi. v. figs. 3, 4. 



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