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EXPLANATION OE PLATE 23. 
stored by Dr. Goldfuss. No authority for this seems 
to be afforded by the fossil specimen N. 
H. Right foot P. longirostris. (Cuvier.) 
I. Foot of P. macronyx. (Buckland.) 
K. Hind foot of a Bat. 
T.. Skeleton of Draco volans. (Cams. Comp. Anat. P. 
370.) shewing the elongated bones, or false ribs, 
which support the membranous expansion of its 
Parachute. 
M. Skeleton of a Bat. (Cheselden.) 
N. Skeleton of P. crassirostris, in the Museum at Bonn, 
in Solenhofen slate. (Goldfuss.) 
O. Skeleton of P. brevirostris, from near Aichstadt, in 
the same slate. (Goldfuss.) 
P. Imaginary restoration of Pterodactyles, with a co- 
temporary Libellula, and Cycadites. 
Plate 23. V. I. p. 234. 
Fig. F. Anterior extremity of the right jaw of Mega- 
losaurus, from the Stonesfield slate, Oxon. (Buck- 
land.) 
Fig. 2'. Outside view of the same, exhibiting near the 
extremity, large perforations of the bone for the 
passage of vessels. (Buckland.) 
Fig. 1. Tooth of Megalosaurus, incomplete towards the 
root, and seen laterally as in Fig. 1'. Nat. size. 
(Buckland.) 
Fig. 2. Side view of a tooth nearly arrived at maturity. 
The dotted lines mark the compressed conical cavity, 
containing Pulp, within the Root of the growing 
tooth. Scale two thirds. (Buckland.) 
Fig. 3. Transverse section of Fig. F. shewing the thick- 
ness of the largest tooth (a.) and its root set deep 
and firmly in the bony socket, which descends 
