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of limb-bones and vertebrae was added to the Oxford Museum 

 by Professor Phillips (Dr. Bucklaud's successor at Oxford), who 

 pronounced them to be Dinosaurian. The name " Cetiosaurus " 

 (or Whale-lizard), originally given by Owen, was unfortunate, 

 because there is really nothing whale-like about it, except a 

 certain coarse texture of some of the bones. 



In 1848 Dr. Buckland announced the discovery of another 

 limb-bone (a femur), which Owen referred to Cetiosaurus ; it 

 was four feet three inches in length. Between 1868 and 1870, 

 however, a considerable portion of a skeleton was discovered in 

 the same formation at Kirtlington Station, near Oxford. These 

 remains were the subject of careful examination by Professors 

 Owen and Phillips. The femur this time was five feet four 

 inches long. Their studies threw much light on the nature and 

 habits of Cetiosaurus. 



Of late years, Mr. Alfred N. Leeds, who has so zealously col- 

 lected fossil bones from the Oxford clay near Eyebury (especially 

 those of Plesiosauri, see p. 79) has brought together a large 

 number of bones of the Cetiosaurus. These have been acquired 

 by the British Museum (Natural History Department), and 

 may be seen at South Kensington, where a large part of a skeleton 

 may be seen mounted. It consists of most of the tail, the left 

 hind limb, and the right fore limb. The height at the hip is 

 ten feet six inches, and the total length probably was sixty feet. 

 The skull is not known. Here again it is possible that the legs 

 were more or less bent outwards as in lizards and crocodiles. 



It is evident that Cetiosaurus was closely allied to the 

 American Brontosaurus (p. 150); and so these earlier English 

 discoveries have gained much in interest from the light thrown 

 upon them by Professor Marsh's huge Saurian. 



Another English Saurian of this group was the Ornithopsis, 



