SIMOLESTES VORAX 



or. 



forwards considerably in advance of the scapular surface ; probably the median union 

 of the coracoids was continued in the anterior region. It is doubtful whether the 

 ventral ramus of the scapula met this anterior prolongation of the coracoids. 



The clavicular arch is unknown. 



Fore Limb (text-fig. 9, A). — The fore limb is considerably smaller than the hind, as 

 usual in the family. The humerus (text-fig. 9, A) has its distal expansion more clearly 



Test-fig. S. 



Shoulder-girdle of Simolestes vdrax : A , from above ; B, left scapula from below. 

 (E. 3319, about -^ nat. size.) 



cor., coracoid ; cl.sc, dorsal ramus of scapula; gl., glenoid cavity; sc. scapula; 

 sym., symphysial surface of coracoids ; v.sc, ventral ramus of scapula. 



marked off from the shaft than is usual in the Pliosauria. In the type skeleton this 

 bone is very completely ossified, the processes and rugosities for the attachment of 

 muscles (m.r.) being strongly developed. The tuberosity (l.j>-) ends proximally in a 



