156 DIN0SATJR1A. 



Ccelurus daviesi (Seeley x ). 



Syn. Thecospondylus daviesi, Seeley 2 . 



Imperfectly known, and provisionally referred by Hulke 3 to this 

 genus. Somewhat larger than the typical C. fragills, Marsh. 

 Hal. Europe (England). 



R. 181. The imperfect anterior portion of a cervical vertebra ; from 

 {Fig.) the Wealden of the Isle of Wight. The type specimen ; 



described and figured by Seeley in the * Quart. Journ. Geol. 



Soc.' vol. xliv. p. 79 et seq. 



Fox Collection. Purchased 1882. 



Family COMPSOGNATHID^. 



Internal structure of vertebras unknown ; cervicals opisthocoslous, 

 longer than dorsals, probably with free ribs ; sacrum unknown. 

 Three functional digits in manus and pes ; femur shorter than tibia ; 

 metatarsals greatly elongated ; astragalus suturally united to tibia 4 . 



The Upper Jurassic North-American genus HaUopus may be 

 included in this family ; it has two vertebras in the sacrum. 



Genus COMPSOGNATHUS Wagner 5 . 

 The type genus. 



Compsognathns longipes, Wagner 6 . 



The type species. Length about 0,450. 

 Hah. Europe (Germany). 



49159. Cast of a slab of lithographic limestone, showing the greater 

 part of the skeleton. The original, which is the type and 

 only known specimen, was obtained from the Kimeridgian 

 of Solenhofen, Bavaria, and is preserved in the Museum 

 at Munich ; it is figured by Wagner in the ' Abh. k„- 

 bay. Ak. Wiss.' vol. ix. pt. i. pi. iii. Marsh (Amer. Journ. 

 ser. 3, vol. xxii. p. 340) states that there is the skeleton 

 of a young individual within the ribs. Purchased, 1878.- 



1 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. xliv. p. 79 (1888). — Thecospondylus. 



2 Loc. cit. * Ibid. p. 87. 



4 Marsh states that it is not anchylosed. 



5 Abh. k.-bay. Ak. Wiss. vol. ix. pt. i. P ; 94 (1861). 



6 Loc. cit. 



