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obturator foramen. The limb -bones are lacertilian in 

 character. 



Fig. 78. 



Pig. 78. — The pelvis and hind limb of, A., Dromteus ; B., an oniithos- 

 celid reptile, such as Iffuanodon, or Hypsilo/jkodon ; and C, a Croco- 

 dile. The bird's limb is in its natural position, as is that of the 

 Ornithoscelid, though the metatarsus of the latter may not, in naturo, 



