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ME. E. LrCEKKEE ON DINOSAURS OF THE WEALBEN 



/. Mavtelli, and quite diffcreDt from the " pendent " type of that of 

 /. holUngtoniensis (fig. 2) ; so that we have now decisive evidence 

 of the distinctness of the latter from /. Fittoni. The inner tro- 

 chanter of the femur of the latter is placed lower down than in 

 /. ManteJli. 



It may be added that some of the caudal vertebroe of Mr. Beckles's 

 specimen present the peculiarity of being anchylosed together, while 

 some of them have also become procoelous. AH these peculiarities 

 must, however, be regarded as quite abnormal, and it is not 

 improbable that they are due to an injury received during the 

 lifetime of their owner.] 



Fig. 3. — Posterior aspect of a late Cervical Vertebra of an Iguanodon ; 

 from the Wealdeyi, near Hastings. (J nat. size.) 



pf.::^, postzygapophysis ; tj), transverse process. 



Cervical Vertebra. — Quite recently Mr. C. Dawson has procured 

 me the loan of a cervical vertebra of a large Iguanodon, which ou 

 account of its remarkable state of preservation is deserving of a brief 

 notice. This specimen was found by Mr. P. J-{ufFord, of Hastino-s, 

 imbedded in a nodule on the beach near that town ; and it has been 

 extracted from its matrix with scarcely any damage. I am unable 

 to say from what horizon in the Wealden this fine specimen was 

 derived, but since it is smaller than the cervicals Irom the Upper 



