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ICHTHYOPTEKYGT A , 



R. 1122. The imperfect cranium, and a mass of matrix containing a 

 {Fig.) large portion of the vertebral column : probably from the 

 Lower Lias of Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire. The type 

 specimen. Figured by Konig in his ' Icones Eoss. Sectiles,' 

 pi. xix. fig. 250, and the dorsal aspect of the skull by Owen 

 in his ' Liassic Reptilia ' (Mon. Pal. Soc), pt. iii. pi. xxvii. 

 fig. 1, from which the accompanying woodcut is reduced. 



Pig. 33. 



osaurus latifrons. — Frontal aspect of the imperfect cranium ; from the 

 Lower Lias of Barrow-on-Soar. ■§■ . nar, nares ; na, nasals ; prf, prefrontal 

 fr, frontal ; ptf, postfrontal ; pto, postorbital ; pa, parietal ; st, supra- 

 temporal fossa. 



The rostrum of the cranium is broken off immediately in 

 advance of the nares ; the orbital region preserves its 

 original contour, and the parietal foramen and supra- 

 temporal fossae are entire. The alveolar margins of the 

 palate are imperfect. Both the centra and arches of the 

 vertebral column are preserved. No history. 



38709. Slab showing the left lateral aspect of an imperfect skeleton ; 



(Fir/.) from the Lower Lias of Barrow-on-Soar, Leicestershire. 

 The greater portion of the cranial rostrum is wanting, and 

 the caudal region is also imperfect. The coracoids and the 

 left side of the pelvis are also shown, but the limbs are 



