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manifestly no indication of a limb, but is convex as though the 
limb were budding. There is no recognisable trace of a hind 
limb. The body has the usual width relative to depth, and the 
usual angle in the median line of the neck, but it cannot be 
traced over the distorted form of the body. 
These are the more important details of aspect of this 
remarkable specimen. At present I am unaware of any 
evidence concerning the mode of reproduction of any 
plesiosaurs, other than the inference which such specimens 
suggests that some species were viviparous. It were to be 
desired that the specimen gave more conclusive demonstration 
of its organic nature ; but the characters described have seemed 
to me to be of sufficient interest to be put on record, and they 
may draw attention to possibilities of further evidence being 
found by examining adult specimens. 
