MAKE A MEME View Large Image The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (13205121223).jpg ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT 59 <br> submit then that the evidence of a dorsal extension of the scapula in <br> Plesiosaurus is irrefragable With regard to ...
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Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (13205121223).jpg ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT 59 <br> submit then that the evidence of a dorsal extension of the scapula in <br> Plesiosaurus is irrefragable With regard to its presence in Plio- <br> sauras whilst I do not see any reason to doubt it for analogy <br> Fig 15 ” Plesiosaurus clolichodeirus From a cast in the <br> Geological Society's Museum <br> per the praecoracoid ; sc the scapula ; cor coracoid ; / foramen <br> H the humerus ; gl the glenoid fossa <br> would lead one to expect it I find in the British Museum only two <br> specimens bearing on the question and cannot learn of the existence <br> of others They are a pair of scapulae associated with a trunk- <br> vertebra and ribs assigned to Pliosaurus planus Owen and the <br> very fine almost perfect shoulder-girdle a dissociated fossil pur- <br> chased some years ago I think of Mr Charlesworth and referred to <br> Pliosaurus sp inc fig- 16 The generic identification of these two <br> fossils with Pliosaurus being as I submit non-proven they cannot <br> afford decisive evidence of the form of the scapula in this genus On <br> the other hand there is unimpeachable evidence that Plesiosaurians <br> of the Elasmosaurian pattern as Colymbosaurus long- necked and <br> therefore certainly not Pliosaurian had a scapula sending off <br> 41 dorsad and laterad such a blade or process as was ascribed by <br> Prof Owen to Pliosaurus and represented by him in his figure of <br> the sterno-coraco- scapular frame -which it is believed was sug- <br> gested by the fossil Xo 46833 in the British Museum With respect <br> to Pies Manseli since its coracoids resemble those of No 46833 <br> analogy justifies the inference that there is a corresponding agree- <br> ment of the scapulae <br> Another generic character of Pliosaurus found by Prof Owen <br> in the junction of the anterior recurved part of the praecoracoid <br> scapula Ow with the narrow anterior praeglenoid part of the cora- <br> coid at the mesial and inner border of the coraco-scapular vacuity 36929364 113681 51125 Page 59 Text 39 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36929364 1883 Geological Society of London NameFound Colymbosaurus NameConfirmed Colymbosaurus EOLID 13228674 NameBankID 4122665 NameFound Plesiosaurus NameConfirmed Plesiosaurus EOLID 4532515 NameBankID 4302234 NameFound Pliosaurus NameConfirmed Pliosaurus EOLID 4532444 NameBankID 4303194 NameFound Pliosaurus planus NameConfirmed Plesiosaurus planus Owen Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 39 1883 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36929364 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36929364 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 N02/13205121223 2015-08-26 12 56 41 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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