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front of their articulation with the scapulre, forming broad 

 round processes which are thin at tlie edge and show no 

 sio-ns of having united eitlier with one another ^r with 

 backward prolongations of the ventral rami of the scapuhe. 

 The scapulse have broad ventral plates, which, however, do 



Fig. 6. 



Pelvic girdle of Simolestes vorax from above. (Type specimen 

 K. 3319.) -rV nat. size, acet., acetabulum; is., ischium; oht.f., 

 obturator foramen ; pu., pubis. 



not meet on the middle line, nor, as already remarked, do 

 tiiey join the anterior prolongations of the coracoids. The 

 clavicular arch is not known. The humerus, which is 

 shorter than the femur, has a more clearly defined expansion 

 at its distal end than is found in Pliosaurus or Feloneustes, 



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