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concave in outline, the inner less so. The lower extremity is much 

 thickened. The fibula is a more slender bone than the tibia, and 

 is longer. Its proximal end is thickened and subquadrate in shape; 

 the lower end is thin and con- 

 siderably expanded. 



Hind foot. As already 

 stated, the foot bones of speci- 

 men No. 8 1 1 were more or less 

 weathered. From the wash 

 numerous toe bones and the 

 ends of the epipodials with 

 attached carpals had been 

 gathered up by Mr. Baldwin, 

 and some of them still retain 

 enough of their original ma- 

 trix to show their relation- 

 ships, but how many of them 

 are irretrievably lost cannot 

 be determined at present. 

 Fortunately, however, in 

 specimen No. 809 the tibia 

 and fibula of both sides were 

 pieserved in position with the 

 tarsal bones attached; fortu- 

 nately, since one would 

 hardly have identified the 

 tarsal bones correctly had 

 they been found isolated, so 

 very different are they from 

 the corresponding bones of the 

 Pariotichidae orPelycosauria. 

 The tibiale is nearly cuboidal 

 in shape, with a slight notch 

 only between the articular 

 facets for the tibia and fibula. 

 Its outer facet is thickened for 

 union with the fibulare, but I 



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FIG. 16. Limnoscelis paludis. Right 

 hind leg, dorsal side, specimen No. 809, two- 

 fifths natural size. /+/', fused intermedium 

 and tibiale. 



