Volume 1

A monograph on the British fossil reptilia of the Mesozoic formations / by Richard Owen.

  • Owen, Richard, 1804-1892.
Date:
1874-1889
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A monograph on the British fossil reptilia of the Mesozoic formations / by Richard Owen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Fig. 2. Right. Left. Scapula, Cetiosaurus longus. ■j'jth nat. size. (Phps., diagr. xcLx, p. 270.) proportions. It is an elongate plate, expanded at both ends, but most so and most abruptly at the articulations for the coracoid, c, c, and humerus, h, h. The more gradual expansion of the base or free extremity is chiefly due to the hinder border, and this describes a concavity, while the fore border is nearly straight. The outer surface (left) is slightly depressed lengthwise behind a longitudinal ridge near to and parallel with