Description of the fossil bones of the Megalonyx, discovered in White Cave, Kentucky / [Richard Harlan].

  • Harlan, Richard, 1796-1843
Date:
[1831]
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Credit: Description of the fossil bones of the Megalonyx, discovered in White Cave, Kentucky / [Richard Harlan]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    from the base of the body to the apex of the spinous process 7. 0 Diameter of the body 2. 5 —-- of the spiual canal 2. 0 FEMUR. Greatest breadth of the infe¬ rior head 8. 6 Diameter of the internal con¬ dyle 3. 0 i-—— external 2. 0 Breadth of the rotuline sur¬ face 3. 3 TIBIA, Length, about 10, 0 Transverse diameter of the superior head 6. 4 Aniero-posterior diameter a- cross the external condyle 5, 0 Transverse diameter of the middle of the bone 2 7 Antero-posterior diameter 1. 7 TIBIAL EPIPHYSIS. Transverse diameter 5. 3 Antero-posterior diameter 2. 7 OS CALCIS. Length 5. 5 Height of articulating sur¬ faces 4. 0 Breadth of the same 3. 3 Height of the body of the bone 3. 0 EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. Flat* XII. Fig .1. Ungueal phalanx of the medius finger. 2. View of the inferior surface of the same, 3. and 4. Lateral views of the annular phalanx, 5 Radius, anterior view. 6. Radius, posterior view. 7. Molar tooth, external lateral view. 8. —-—— -interial lateral view. 9. Crown of the tooth. PiATB XIII. 10. Humerus from Big-bone-lick. 11. Humerus from White Cave. 12. Scapula. 13. Metacarpal bone of the index finger, back view. 14. ---anterior articulating surface, 15. First rib. Plate XIV. 16. False rib. 17. Posterior dorsal vertebra. 18. Lumbar vertebra. 19. Condyles of the Femur, 20. Tibia, posterior view. 21. -■, interior view. 22. ——, articulating surface. 23. Epiphysis from the inferior head of a Tibia. 24. Os calcis, articulating surface, 25. --- lateral view. 26. Inferior maxilla of a Bear.