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to ten times the capacity of brain cavity (Fig. 347). Anterior caudal vertebrae 



Fig. 346. 



Stiujosaurus stenops, Marsh. Upper Jura ; Colorado. Superior and lateral aspects of skull, 

 i/e (after Marsh). 



the largest in^the column, and with strong chevron bones. Fore-limb short 

 A and stout, uina with large olecranon pro- 



cess. Manus short, apparently penta- 

 dactyle. Femur large and straight, 

 without inner trochanter ; tibia and 

 fibula much shorter. Astragalus and 

 calcaneum fused Avith opposing bones of 

 the crus ; pes tridactyle, digit No. l 

 rudimentary, and No. v wanting. 

 Dermal armour consisting of two rows 

 of flattened bony plates extending from 

 the back of the head well down the tail, 

 the largest plates situated immediately 

 over the pelvis. Four spines on the 

 tail, and throat protected by a shield of 

 irregulär ossicles. Known by complete 

 skeletons from the Upper Jura of 

 Wyoming and Colorado. S. nngulatus, 

 Marsh, over 9 m. long. 



Diracodon^ Marsh. Is probably 

 founded on tjie young of this species. 



ScelidosauruSy Owen. Skull only 

 about 0*25 m. long. Teeth with tri- 

 angulär or spatulate crowns, coarsely 

 serrated on the margins. All the centra 

 amphicoelous, some with an internal 

 cavity, and the neural canal not expanded. There are six or seven cervicals, 

 sixteen dorsals, one lumbar, four sacrals, and about forty caudals. Femur, 



Fig. 347. 

 unciulatus, Marsh. 



Upper Jura : 



Stegosaunis 

 Colorado. A, Gutta-percha cast of neural canal in 

 sacrum, dorsal aspect, 1/4- J^> Same of brain cavity, 

 1/4. a, Anterior end ; c, Cerebral hemisphei'es ; cb, 

 Cerebellum ; /, Vacuities between transversa pro- 

 cesses of sacrum ; m, MeduUa oblongata ; ol, Olfac- 

 tory lobe ; op, Optic lobe ; p, Posterior end. 



