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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (13935679172).jpg 1866 LEITTI ADAMS ”HALTTHEETFM 595 <br> inches and of the middle of the shaft 2-5 inches The lower extre- <br> mity of a humerus is 2 3 inches across the articulation ; the furrow <br> on the external border is faint which again distinguishes the bones <br> in question from those of marine turtles <br> A cervical vertebra possibly the 5th or 6th has lost its anterior <br> half; but the convex end and vertebral foramen together with the <br> articulating processes are entire The breadth of the convex arti- <br> culating surface of the body is 1 -4 inch by 1 inch in thickness ; <br> entire height of the vertebra 2'2 inches The caudal vertebra from <br> Benghisa Gap has also lost its posterior portion ; and transverse pro- <br> cesses of the body with the concave articulation canal and anterior <br> superior articulating facets are preserved The concave articulation <br> is 0-9 inch broad by 0 7 in the antero -posterior direction ; the <br> height of the vertebra 1-7 inch and diameter of the canal 0-3 <br> inch <br> A humerus of a very small species of Tortoise from the debris of <br> Zebbug Cave shows only the head and a portion of the shaft the <br> curved condition of the latter clearly distinguishing it from the <br> Marine whilst the greater comparative width between the tuberosi- <br> ties separates it from the Land and assimilates it to either the Marsh <br> or Eiver families The fragment measures from the head to the <br> tuberosities 5 5 lines ; distance from one tuberosity to the other 5 <br> lines The head is 3 5 lines vertically and 3 lines broad ; girth of <br> shaft 3 Hues <br> 0 0 1 the DiscovEKT of Eemains of Halitheeium in the Miocene <br> Deposits of Malta By A Leith Adams M B F G S Surgeon <br> H M 22nd Regiment <br> Yariotjs forms of Cetacea have been met with in the four upper <br> beds of the Miocene strata of the Maltese group The discovery there <br> of teeth of Zeuglodon by Scilla and the abundant remains of one or <br> more species of Dugong allied to recent forms <br> Tooth of Hamerivm j Balcence show the prevalence of these <br> mammals in the seas of the period They <br> are met with in the greatest numbers in the <br> sand-bed and nodule-bands of the Calca- <br> reous Sandstone In the latter situation I <br> lately discovered a tooth which appeared to <br> me to belong to the Halitherium and in the <br> sand-bed an ear-bone and caudal vertebrae <br> of possibly the same genus The tooth and <br> ear-bone I have shown to Professor Owen who has confirmed their <br> identity with the above-named genus <br> The molar possibly a penultimate has lost one of its fangs <br> The crown is encased in thick shining enamel and is 9 lines in <br> length by 8 lines in breadth; the height of the crown is 2-6 lines <br> The fangs are two in number ; the anterior small the posterior large <br> and diverging The length of the latter is 7 5 lines 36165050 111477 51125 Page 595 Text v 22 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36165050 1866 Geological Society of London NameFound Cetacea NameConfirmed Cetacea EOLID 7649 NameBankID 2478494 NameFound Halitheeium NameFound Halitherium NameConfirmed Halitherium EOLID 4469087 NameBankID 4185306 NameFound Scilla NameConfirmed Scilla L EOLID 33607 NameFound Zeuglodon NameConfirmed Zeuglodon EOLID 4525642 NameBankID 4385974 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 22 1866 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36165050 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36165050 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-04-21 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/13935679172 2015-08-26 06 51 44 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1866 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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