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THE EXTINCT BATRACHIA, REPTILIA 



Fig. 5. 



Fig. 6. 



MECISTOPS INTERMEDIUS. 



Limbs ambulatory, no third trochanter. 



Sacrum of two vertebra 3 . 



No procoracoid or clavicle. 



Ribs mostly double-headed. 



External nostrils anterior. 



Pubes longitudinal, not entering acetabulum ; free distally. 



Zygapophyses only ; chevron bones 



CROCODILIA. 

 Limbs ambulatory; a third trochanter on femur. 



Sacrum of two or three vertebra? ; acetabulum entire ; pubes united. 



Ribs double-headed. 



External nostrils posterior. 



Zygapophyses only and chevron bones. 



THECODONTIA. 



Limbs ambulatory or prehensile. 



Ilium horizontal, supporting a long sacrum of five or six vertebrae, the anterior derived 



from the lumbar series. 

 The acetabulum thrown forwards, and not complete, but perforate. 



