VARANIDJE. 



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35911. A slightly imperfect middle cervical vertebra ; from the 

 Pleistocene of Gowrie, Queensland. 



Presented by Sir D. Cooper, Bart., 1861. 



Fig. 66. 



Varanus prisms. — Haemal and left lateral aspect of a posterior dorsal vertebra ; 

 from the Pleistocene of Queensland. | . c, costal articulation. 



39966. A middle dorsal vertebra, wanting the neural spine ; from 

 Queensland. Presented by Sir D. Cooper, Bart., 1866. 



47835. An entire posterior dorsal vertebra ; from Queensland. 



{Fig.) Figured by Owen, op. cit. 1880, pi. xxxiv. figs. 1, 2. 

 This specimen (woodcut fig. 66) closely accords in contour 

 with No. R. 740 of V. sivalensis, but the relative shortness 

 of the centrum and arch is still more marked ; the neural 

 canal being, as is always the case with larger animals, 

 relatively smaller. Presented by Dr. George Bennett. 



47839. A slightly imperfect middle dorsal vertebra ; from Queens- 

 land. Same history. 



47839 a. A smaller vertebra from the middle or posterior dorsal 

 region ; from Queensland. Accords very closely with 

 V. sivalensis, No. R. 740, but is about double the size. 



Same history. 



R. 724. An imperfect posterior dorsal vertebra ; from Queensland. 

 Presented by Sir R. Owen, K.C.B., 1884. 



R. 749. A rolled dorsal vertebra, wanting tho neural spine ; from 

 Queensland. Same history. 



