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TEKTTAKY VEliTE]?KATA OF THE FAYCM. 
slifilitly coinex fiicct (/./.) lor the tiihercle of the rib. The posterior ca])itular facets, 
as in the vertehne in front, are deeply concave and sharply defined. The metapophysial 
process (?n.) above referred to is large, and in the following two (0 and 10) vertebrae 
foi'ins a prominent forwardly-projecting point wliicli overhangs the anterior zygapo- 
physes (a z.). Tlie eleventh thoracic is very similar, but the transverse process merely 
Anterior dorsal vertebra of Mceritherium : A, from front; E, from left side. 
a.z., anterior zygapophysis ; f./., capitular facet; m., metapophysis ; neural spine; p.z., posterior 
zy gapopbysis ; t.f., tubercular facet. | nat. size. 
Text-fig. 45. 
Middle dorsal vertebra of MferltJierinm: A, from front; E, from left side. 
Jjetters as in last figure. .] nat. size. 
forms a hlnnt ])rominence ; the posterior capitular facet is extremely small, and looks 
almost directly backwards, while the anterior is more distinct, and forms a shallow 
concavity hedow and in front of the transverse process. 
