Transactions (1866) (14766972012)

Identifier: transactions19conn (find matches)
Title: Transactions
Year: 1866 (1860s)
Authors: Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences
Subjects: Science
Publisher: New Haven
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto



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SHUFELDT: FOSSIL BIRDS IN MARSH COLLECTION OF YALE UNIVERSITY PLATE X (Figures all natural size) Fig. 71. Right humerus, anconal aspect, of Meleagris altus IMarsh (M. sitperbaCope). Fossil. Fig. 72. Posterior aspect of the left coracoid of Meleagris altus )Marsh. Fig. 73. Posterior aspect of right femur of Meleagris alius )\Iarsh, now a sjtio-njTn of M. sitperba of Cope. These bones may have aU belonged to the sameindividual, though there is no certainty of it, as the lot represents four individuals.(See description.) 96 Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences Vol. 19, February, 1915 PLATE X
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SHUFELDT: FOSSIL BIRDS IX MARSH COLLECTION OF YALE UNIVERSITY PLATE XI Fig. 74. Right tarso-metatarsus (ad.) of Meleagris alius Marsh. Anterioraspect, nat. size. Fractured through the center of the shaft. Calcar core isshown, but is of no great size. Trochleae somewhat reduced in size by wear. Fossil. Fig. 75. Left scapula, seen from above. (Ad.) Meleagris alius of )\Iarsh.Distal end broken off, and complete transverse fracture of the blade at its middle;imperfect anterior extremity. Fig. 76. Radial aspect of left ulna of Meleagris alius )Marsh (s^•non3^n ofM. superba Cope). (Ad.) Perfect specimen; nat. size. Fig. 77. Ulnar aspect of left radius of Meleagris alius )Marsh. (Ad.) Perfectspecimen; nat. size. These bones, as are those in Plate X, are the types of^Marshs Meleagris alius. (See description in te.xt.) 98 Transactions of the CONNECTICLT ACADEMY OF ArTS AND SCIENCES \oL. 19, February, 1915 PLATE XI