﻿PLATE VI. 



Pleistocene Canidjs. 



Vertebras. 



(Natural size.) 



Fig. 

 1. Atlas, Wolf (Ganis lupus), Oreston, ventral view. 



[ 2, Axis; 3, fifth cervical; and 4, first thoracic; Wolf (Ganis lupus), Durdham 



/ I Down, all seen from the left side. 



4. j 



5. Sacrum, Wolf (Ganis lupus), Oreston, ventral view. 

 All the above are preserved in the Bristol Museum. 



6. Atlas, posterior view ^ 



7. Axis, seen from left side j 



8. Third cervical, posterior view [-Common Fox (Ganis vulpes). 



9. Fourth cervical, posterior view 



10. Fifth cervical, seen from left side_ 



The above are from the Pleistocene of the Ightham fissure, near Maidstone, 

 and are preserved in the collection of Dr. F. Corner, F.G.S., of Poplar. 



11. Seventh cervical, seen from left side" 



12. First thoracic, posterior view 



13. Seventh thoracic, seen from left side 



14. First lumbar, seen from right side ! 



15. First free caudal, posterior view J 



The above are also from the Ightham fissure, and are preserved in the 

 collection of Mr. W. J. Lewis Abbott, F.G.S. 



16. Sacrum, Common Fox (Ganis vulpes), Durdham Down, dorsal view, Bristol 



Arctic Fox (Ganis lag opus). 



Museum. 



a. Neural spine. 



b. Neural canal. 



c. Pre-zygapophysis. 



d. Post-zygapophysis. 



e. Vertebrarterial canal. 

 /. Transverse process. 

 g. Hypapophysis. 



h. Metapophysis. 



i. Surface for articulation with head of rib. 



j. Nerve foramina. 



Jc. Surface for articulation with condyle of cranium. 



I. Posterior articular surface. 



m. Odontoid process of axis. 





