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line common in Varanus ; it may howeder .be safely affirmed that this shape 
is n o t the original or natural One, and only due to a mechanical process 
during fossilization, in consequence of which the a* n t e r i o r. p a r t ' o f 
the proc.spin. broke away, the surface of the fracture becoming p o 1 i s h e d 
in the course of fossilization; the spongious texture characteristic to the 
inner structure of bones, visible on the proc. spinosus’ margin, 
very evidently proves the fragmentary condition of this part. The hind 
point of proc. spin, is also broken, the process ending thus by a rounded- 
edged fracture ; in the middle region of the h i n d surfa c e of proc. 
spin, a slight median elevation is visible, bifurcating further on and ending 
in the faint ridge which separates the posterior zygapophysis’ hin d s u r- 
f a c e from the inner one, bearing hereby, a À -like shape. Under the 
two lower ridges of this mentioned bony elevation the neural arch falls 
in a blunt angle (formed by the named ridges) towards the brains 1 a r g e 
neural canal, slightly bending over in a subhorizontal direction and conti¬ 
nuing in the neural canal’s upper, arch-like surface. - Lateral parts 
of arcus vertebrae, moderately robust. Crista m e d i a 1 i s :c analis 
vertebralis (mihi) feebly.developed, sulci laterales can. 
V e r t . (mihi) v e ry shallow, c r istae* Tate-rale-s can. vert, 
(mihi) 1 only f e e b 1 y developed, most marked in the median part of 
neural canal, completely vanishing at both ends of it. (These mar¬ 
kings cculd not be here clearly expressed on the respective figures, 
PL I, Figs. 4— o). Foramina intervertebralia, must have been tolerably 
strongly developed, more so than it seems to be the case in f V. maratho- 
nensis' Weith., or in the recent V. griseus Daud. for instance. 
Measurements: 2 
Median length of centre*, from ant. border of neural canal** 
to hind margin of ball: 15*7. 
Breadh of surface** indicating proc. o dont oideus : 7. 
Height of surface** indicating proc. odontoidens: 5*21. 
Median distance between surfaces indicating hypapophyses and prcc. 
odontoid.: 7*2. 
Distance from lower edge of ball to hind margin of talon : 2-28. 
r Length of surface indicating talon : 8*4. 
Width of surface indicating talon: 8*4. 
1 These terms are explained on figures representing verterebræ of t V. maratho -• 
fiensis ; see Fig. 10, PI. I & Fig. 7, Pl. II; the sulci laterales are not designated 
on these photographes, and are represented by the excavations visible between 
the cT; 'lateiales (cl) and the cr. medialis (cm). 
- 2 Somewhat damaged parts are indicated by a n*, strongly damaged ones by 
two asterisks (**). 
