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  process. 
  Vomers 
  rather 
  large, 
  in 
  contact 
  with 
  each 
  

   other 
  or 
  narrowly 
  separated 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  Palatines 
  

   well 
  developed. 
  Pterygoid 
  with 
  the 
  anterior 
  branch 
  

   the 
  longest 
  and 
  reaching 
  the 
  palatines. 
  Parasphenoid 
  

   dagger-shaped, 
  the 
  handle 
  very 
  short, 
  the 
  blade 
  long 
  

   and 
  pointed, 
  extending 
  to 
  or 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  palatines. 
  

   Occipital 
  condyles 
  on 
  a 
  line 
  with 
  the 
  articular 
  ex- 
  

   tremities 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  jaw. 
  Symphysial 
  bones 
  very 
  

   distinct, 
  thinner 
  than 
  and 
  well 
  distinguishable 
  from 
  

   the 
  mandibular 
  rami, 
  although 
  fused 
  with 
  the 
  dentary 
  

   in 
  the 
  adult. 
  

  

  Vertebral 
  column 
  once 
  and 
  three-fourths 
  to 
  twice 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  the 
  skull. 
  Vertebras 
  open 
  above, 
  between 
  the 
  

   zygapophyses, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  with 
  a 
  low 
  but 
  very 
  

   distinct 
  neural 
  crest 
  ; 
  diapophyses 
  slender, 
  subcylin- 
  

   drical, 
  not 
  very 
  unequal 
  in 
  length, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  

   of 
  the 
  second, 
  which 
  is 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  rest 
  and 
  more 
  

   flattened 
  : 
  first 
  diapophysis 
  directed 
  slightly 
  forwards 
  ; 
  

   third, 
  or 
  third 
  and 
  fourth, 
  slightly 
  backwards 
  ; 
  the 
  

   others 
  horizontal, 
  or 
  the 
  seventh 
  again 
  directed 
  for- 
  

   wards. 
  Diapophyses 
  of 
  sacral 
  vertebra 
  cylindrical, 
  

   directed 
  slightly 
  backwards 
  ; 
  two 
  condyles 
  for 
  articu- 
  

   lation 
  with 
  urostyle. 
  Latter 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  

   rest 
  of 
  the 
  vertebral 
  column, 
  with 
  strong 
  crest 
  in 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  three-fourths, 
  without 
  transverse 
  processes. 
  

  

  Prascoracoids 
  slender, 
  horizontal 
  ; 
  coracoids 
  much 
  

   stronger, 
  greatly 
  expanded 
  towards 
  the 
  median 
  line; 
  

   omosternum 
  and 
  sternum 
  with 
  a 
  bony 
  style. 
  Supra- 
  

   scapula 
  partially 
  ossified. 
  Humerus 
  once 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  

   to 
  once 
  and 
  two-thirds 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  radius-ulna. 
  

   Six 
  bones 
  in 
  the 
  carpus, 
  two 
  in 
  contact 
  with 
  radius- 
  

   ulna 
  ; 
  two 
  bones 
  in 
  the 
  pollex. 
  Pelvis 
  about 
  two- 
  

   thirds 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  vertebral 
  column, 
  the 
  ilia 
  

   articulating 
  with 
  the 
  extremities 
  of 
  the 
  sacral 
  diapo- 
  

   physis. 
  Pubis 
  large, 
  ossified 
  or 
  calcified, 
  entering 
  

   the 
  acetabulum. 
  Femur 
  feebly 
  curved. 
  Astragalus 
  

   and 
  calcaneum 
  nearly 
  equal 
  in 
  length, 
  connected 
  at 
  

   both 
  ends 
  by 
  a 
  calcified 
  epiphysis; 
  the 
  long 
  bones 
  

   also 
  with 
  calcified 
  epiphyses. 
  A 
  minute 
  sesamoid 
  bone 
  

  

  