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Case. Shelf. No. 
XI c saurus mirabilis; the outlines of some of 
the bones have been marked in ink. 
c . 2 lower jaw of same species. The first six 
teeth on each side are large, behind these 
the jaw contracts, and the teeth are small 
and uniform. 
c . 3 cast of skull of same species showing 
palate. With the exception of three large 
canine-like sockets on each side, the teeth 
appear to be double as in the recent Hat- 
teria or Sphenodon. 
c. 4 anterior part of skull showing anterior 
nares, and parts of orbits, the nasal bones, 
and parts of premaxillary, maxillary, and 
pre-frontal. 
c. 5 cast of part of skull of Nothosaurus 
venustus (Munster), from Querfurth, Thu¬ 
ringia. 
XI 
XI 
d 
e 
1—14 teeth, chiefly of Nothosaurus from the Mus- 
chelkalk of Laineck near Bayreuth. 
1 Dracosaurus Hofimanni (Munster). 
2 Dracosaurus giganteus (Munster. 
14 Dracosaurus Bronnii (Miinster). 
4_ 5) 
V Nothosaurus mirabilis (Munster). 
G, 7 Nothosaurus Andriani (H. v. Meyer). 
8 Nothosaurus giganteus (H. v. Meyer). 
13 Nothosaurus venustus (Miinster). 
1—5 femora &c. of Nothosaurus. 
1 cast of a larger and perfect femur of N. gi¬ 
ganteus (von Meyer); it is intermediate 
between Plesiosaurus, Clielone and Ichthy¬ 
osaurus. 
2 fragment of a long bone, probably femur, 
showing the elongated conical epiphysis as 
in Plesiosaurus. 
3—4 proximal ends of femora. 
