78 Rev. George Young on a Fossil Crocodile discovered 
is proper to notice, that it was not found in the position shewn 
in the drawing ; for, while the head lay in its natural position, 
the body was found with the belly uppermost, the neck having 
been twisted completely round ; but, as the back presents the 
most interesting appearance, we have taken, the liberty to re- 
verse the trunk with its appendages, thus restoring the animal 
nearly to its original form, instead of shewing it exactly as it lay 
imbedded in the rock. Two of the cervical vertebrae being in 
the same mass with the head, are of course not reversed. Close 
to the first of these two vertebrae, we see the occipital condyle , 
which has been torn from its proper place, at the time when the 
neck was so violently dislocated. The whole of the vertebrae 
discovered, including a half vertebra which was taken out last, 
amount to sixty ; so that, if nothing but the other half of the 
last vertebra has been left in theclilf, the number corresponds with 
that in the vertebral column of the Nilotic crocodile. Inthelatter, 
there are 7 cervical vertebrae, 12 dorsal, 5 lumbar, 2 sacral, and 
34 caudal ; but the ribs, processes, &c. are so much displaced or 
concealed, in the fossil specimen, that it is not easy to ascertain 
whether its vertebrae have been in the same proportions or not. 
Several of the dorsal and lumbar vertebrae are concealed in the 
mass ; but their spinous processes are seen running in a tolera- 
bly regular line along the back. On both sides of this line, 
we find portions of the scaly crust, especially on the left side, 
where the scales run without interruption from the one end of 
the body to the other, shewing portions of above twenty rows or 
rings of scales that have gone round the body, or at least over 
the back. Those scales are nearly of a square shape, especially 
in the middle of the body, where they are largest, and where se- 
veral of them are carinated, as in the back of the common cro- 
codile. All the scales exhibit numerous indented marks, such 
as we also see in the scales of recent crocodiles. Several por- 
tions of the ribs appear on the right side ; and near to one of 
them is an imperfect ammonite. The belly of the animal, which, 
as has been noticed,. lay uppermost in the rock, also shews many 
of the scales ; but they are not so numerous as on the back, and 
none of them appear carinated. 
Of the bones of the sternum, and of the anterior extremities, 
only imperfect portions were found, and those much broken and 
displaced. Fragments of the radius , idna , &c, are seen. The 
