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Description: PLATE VII. Fig. 1. Eight lower jaw of Ctenacodon serratus, Marsh; outer view. The small figure is natural size, and the larger one is magnified four diameters. Fig. 2. Right upper jaw of Ctenacodon potens, Marsh.; inner view. 3. The same jaw ; seen from below. 4. Left lower jaw of Ctenacodon serratus; inner view. 5. Incisor, probably of same species ; seen from in front. 6. The same incisor ; seen from the side. 7. Left lower jaw of Ctenacodon poteois ; outer view. 8. The same jaw ; inner view. 9. The same jaw ; front view, with its fellow restored in place. In Figures 2 and 3, a’, first premolar; b, fourth premolar; c, second molar ; m, malar arch. In the lower jaws, a, incisor ; b, condyle ; c, coronoid process ; m, molar ; r, root of incisor ; s, symphyseal surface. Figures 2, 3, 5 and 6, are four times natural size, and Figures 4, 7, 8 and 9, are three times natural size.
Title: American Jurassic Mammals plate VII
Credit: Marsh, O. C. (1887). I.— American Jurassic Mammals. Geological Magazine (Decade III), 4(07), 289-299.
Author: Othniel Charles Marsh
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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