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white hair on symphysis - bladder very
soft - two marks ) ( on top of sweet
Folds on throat are 40 mil. wide, between
fins 35 mil. wide + at end on belly 50 mil. wide.
femora are 30 mil. deep. - and barnacle
near on right hip - This whole contained
petries no 35-a ♀
Skull Length = 610 Jaw length straight = 595
Breadth = 297 " curved = 645
There are 16 ossified chevrons - the usual first
chevron is not present, + is represented by
a nodele of cartilage on each side, only
there is no sigification whatever in it -
The first chevron of the series is large &
not joined distally; the two laminæ forming
this chevron are not opposite each other -
the one on the right side is half its lengths
behind the one on its left -
The 2nd chevron has a well marked spine; &
th 3rd + 4th are the same height as they lie in
position, + the highest of set series. also th
spines of the 4th is no longer than that of
the 3rd, it is much broader ant. posterily.
Only 14 pairs of ribs were present - six-
around both sides most closely when I
described this, so that there is no possibility
of mistake - the last pair were long, the
usual short terminal pair being the ones
which were missing
Cy D14 T15. Ca 28 = 64 (sur)