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TEllTIAIiY VEKTEBJIATA OF THE FAYOM. 
y/y<e« 0 (/()n as (lc.scril)O(l by Scott*. The dimensions (in centimetres) of this specimen 
are : — 
Length from top of liead 23-5 
AV’idth of proximal end 7'3 
,, middle of shaft (from side to side) 2 
,, ,, (from before backwards) .... 3 
„ distal end Gapp. 
„ „ articulation 4-3 
M. 8886. Plaster cast of the above specimen. Made in the British Museum. 
Text-fig. 71. 
Eight femur of (?) Pierodo7i africanus : A, from front; B, from inner side, 
greater trochanter; /<., head ; i.t., inner tuberosity ; l.t., lesser trochanter; n.l.t., notch for 
Ugmnentum teres ; o.t., outer tuberosity ; t.t., third trochanter. | nat. size. 
C. 8897. Right femur, eomewliat cru.shed at tlie distal end (text-fig. 71). The head (4.) is large, 
rounded, and pedunculate ; on its posterior surface there is a deep notch or groove for 
the round ligament («.(.<.). The great trochanter (g.t.) is not very large, and does not rise 
* Scott, “The Osteology of Jhjceiiodun,” .Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelpkia, vol. ii. (1895) p. 513. 
