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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (13204945285).jpg 52 PKOCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY <br> and laterad extension of the scapula corresponding to the blade of <br> the scapula of other vertebrates which he considers to be absent in <br> Plesiosaurus <br> Kecapitulated in the order in which they were enunciated the <br> generic characters of Pliosaurus are those furnished 1 by the pro- <br> podials femora or humeri ; 2 by the cervical vertebras ; 3 by the <br> teeth ; 4 by the cnemial or antibrachial epipodial 0 C Marsh seg- <br> ment of the limbs ; and 5 by the sterno-coraco-scapular frame <br> In estimating the generic value of these several characters it <br> should be borne in mind that no evidence is adduced that any of <br> the remains on which they were based were found so associated as <br> to warrant the belief that they formed parts of the same skeleton ; <br> indeed circumstances show that such was not the case This is <br> certainly true of the two type femora of Pliosaurus grandis and P <br> trochanter ius of the paddle of P jportlandicus of the sterno-coraco- <br> scapular frame and I think also of the vertebras and teeth It <br> should also be mentioned that the two fine skulls presented to the <br> British Museum by J C Mansel-Pleydell Esq and referred by Prof <br> Owen to Pliosaurus grandis and P trochanterius are dissociated <br> fossils <br> It is evident that a series of generic characters drawn from such <br> dissociated remains can have only a hypothetical value <br> Fig 7 ” Hind limb of Plesiosaurus Manseli <br> T the tibia; i the intermedium ; F the fibula 36929357 113681 51125 Page 52 Text 39 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36929357 1883 Geological Society of London NameFound P jportlandicus NameFound Plesiosaurus NameConfirmed Plesiosaurus EOLID 4532515 NameBankID 4302234 NameFound Pliosaurus NameConfirmed Pliosaurus EOLID 4532444 NameBankID 4303194 NameFound Pliosaurus grandis NameConfirmed Pliosaurus grandis Owen 1839 NameFound Pliosaurus trochanter ius NameConfirmed Plesiosaurus trochanterius Owen 1840 NameFound Pliosaurus trochanterius NameConfirmed Pliosaurus trochanterius Owen 1840 Phillips 1871 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 39 1883 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36929357 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36929357 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-03-16 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/13204945285 2015-08-26 12 54 00 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1883 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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