GALLINULOIDES WYOMINGENSIS EASTMAN 625 



the case with the anterior half of the third phalange of the mid- 

 anterior toe, as well as its entire ungual joint. In the case of the 

 outer toe, all is lost beyond the posterior moiety of the third 

 phalange; finally, the osseous claw of hallux, in the case of this 

 foot, is gone. 



All the bones of the hyoidean apparatus are either entirely 

 hidden in the matrix, or else they have drifted away from the skele- 

 ton prior to the time of its fossilization. In the left orbit, the circlet 

 of sclerotal platelets are still in situ and completely fossilized. The 

 lower mandible is duly articulated, and the bony jaws are tightly 

 closed together. 



Dr. Eastman presented a number of accurate measurements of 

 this specimen in his article (p. 56), which were as follows: 



Table of Measurements 

 (All lengths given in millimeters) 



Mm. Mm. 



Head 48 Manus 46 



Scapula 48 Femur 42 



Coracoid 27 Tibia 58 



Furculum 33 Tarso-metatarsus 34 



Christa sterni 58 I. Digit (7,4) 11 



Humerus 47 II. Digit (11, 8, 6) 25 



Ulna 49 III. Digit (12, 10, 8, 6) ........ . 36 



Radius 45 IV. Digit (7- 5, 5- 5, 4, 4, ? 4) • • • 25 



Height of knee-joint (estimated) 90 



Total height (estimated) 220 



To these I may add some of my own measurements (also in 

 millimeters), which are: 



Supplementary Table 



Mm. 



Length of mandible (approx.) 38 



Height of skull (cranium) 20 



Longitudinal diameter of left orbit 9 



Length of carpo-metacarpus 25 



Proximal phalange of index digit 12 



Distal phalange of index digit 9 



PoUex digit 11.5 



Medio-longitudinal length of pelvis 43 



Length of pubic bone 32 



Greatest width of posterior moiety of pelvis 29 



Depth of sternum (anteriorly) 30 



