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  Fig. 
  1. 
  — 
  Anterior 
  Portion 
  of 
  the 
  Carapace 
  of 
  Notochelys 
  costata 
  

   (J 
  nat. 
  size). 
  

  

  Outline 
  index 
  to 
  the 
  above. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  costal 
  plate 
  (pi. 
  1) 
  articulates 
  with 
  the 
  entire 
  lateral 
  bor- 
  

   der 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  neural 
  plate, 
  extends 
  a 
  little 
  in 
  advance 
  of 
  that 
  to 
  

   articulate 
  with 
  the 
  nuchal 
  plate 
  (ch), 
  and 
  also 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  border 
  to 
  join 
  the 
  truncated 
  anterior 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  

  

  