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prefect of this institution, transferred them, in 1848, to Professor Wahlenberg, to be preserved 

 in the Museum for Natural Products in the Botanical Garden. They have since been 

 removed to the Zoological Museum of the University in the Gustavianum, vphere they are now- 

 preserved. 



The number of the different pieces of bone is in all 51. Eleven of these are vertebrae, all 

 of which seem to belong to the caudal section, and to follow in succession ; 16 vertebral epiphyses, 

 two of which do not belong to the caudal section, but seem to have been united to the lumbo- 

 sacral vertebræ ; the sternum, 1 shoulder-blade, and 22 pieces of ribs. The ribs are all broken, 

 and it has only been possible to restore three, and one of these is rather damaged at the lower 

 end. Besides these there are two pieces that form a part of a rib. It has not been possible to 

 fit any of the other pieces together. The loose vertebral epiphyses, the very porous lower ends of 

 the ribs, the thick and very porous upper edge of the shoulder-blade, the obtuse and porous 

 points of the processes of the vertebræ, and the comparatively small size of the bones, all show- 

 that these bones were from a very young specimen ; the arcus vertebræ is, however, like the pro- 

 cessus, fully developed, and remains united. The bones are not petrified, but are hard and 

 heavy, heavier than they would have been, being very young and very spongy, if they had not 

 remained for a long time in damp and wet earth. 



Measurements. 



Entire length of the eleven vertebræ, after placing the epiphyses that are present 

 between them, and observing the necessary space for those that are 



missing 













. 4' 3" 



Length of corpus 



of the 1st vertebra without epiphyses 







3|" 



>, ,j 



2nd 









31" 



„ ,, 



3rd 









3f 



„ „ 



4th 









31" 



" >, 



5th 









3|" 



>' » 



6th 









sr 



') „ 



7th 









2Z" 



" „ 



8th 









2|" 



» „ 



9th 









21" 



:. : 



10th 

 11th 









21" 



If 



Width of 



1st in front 







71" 



» 



2nd 









yf 



>' i> 



3rd 











J,,., 



» 1! 



8th „ • . 

 11th „ 











61" 



4|" 



Height of 



1st 

 2nd 

 3rd 

 8th 

 11th 











6" 

 6" 



6 



4|" 



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