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Identifier: waterreptilesofp1914will Title: Water reptiles of the past and present Year: 1914 (1910s) Authors: Williston, Samuel Wendell, 1851-1918 Subjects: Aquatic reptiles Publisher: Chicago, Ill., The University of Chicago Press Contributing Library: Boston Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library
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Text Appearing After Image: Fig. 17.—Ostodolepis, a primitivetheromorph reptile. Vertebrae from infront and side, with primitive double-headed rib and intercentrum. 34 WATER REPTILES OF THE PAST AND PRESENT developed an articulation at their outer ends for the support of theilium (Fig. 16). The so-called ventral ribs are slender ossifications in the con-nective tissue under the skin, on the under side of the body, andare characteristic of most reptiles. The anterior ones doubt-less fused together more or less to form the sternum or breastbone, which was otherwise absent in the early reptiles. PECTORAL OR SHOULDER GIRDLE Those bones which form the framework for the support of theanterior extremity in vertebrate animals are known collectivelyas the pectoral girdle. In our own skeleton there are but two oneach side, or four in all, the scapula or shoulder-blade, and theclavicle or collar-bone. A third bone, however, is representedin all mammals by a mere vestige which early unites with thescapula and is called th
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