﻿PLATE VII. 



Pleistocene Bears. 

 Vertebrse. 

 (Two thirds natural size.) 



Fig. 



1. Atlas, dorsal aspect. 



2. Axis, seen from left side. 



3. Fourth cervical, front view. 



4. Fourth cervical, seen from the right side. 



5. Seventh cervical, back view. 



6. First thoracic, front view. 



7. Second thoracic, seen from the left side. 



All the above specimens are from Sandford Hill, Somerset, and are preserved 

 in the Taunton Museum. 



a. Vertebrarterial canal. 



b. Neural spine. 



c. Neural canal. 



d. Odontoid process. 



e. Anterior articulating surface for atlas. 

 /. Pre-zygapophysis. 



g. Post-zygapophysis. 

 h. Transverse process. 

 i. Foramen for exit of spinal nerve. 



