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of similar teeth from the Sussex Wealclen, which evi- 

 dently belonged to the Pelorosaur, are much larger 

 than the figured tooth. The structure of the haunch- 

 bones of these creatures is very different from that of 

 the I<nianodon, and more like that of the crocodiles, so 



A B 



FIG. 34. Inner side (A) and profile (B) of a tooth of the Hoplosaur. 



Natural size 



that it is perfectly evident that these reptiles exhibited 

 no especial bird-like affinities. They may, indeed, be 

 more correctly compared with crocodiles, which they 

 resembled in walking on all four feet, although in many 

 points of their organisation they were allied to the Igua- 



