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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 141 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COPE ,1 by combining the modifications of the quadrate and supporting bones with the characters used by See also:

Huxley, further See also:developed See also:Owen's See also:classification, separating the Cope. Pythonomorpha and See also:Rhynchocephalia as distinct orders from the Lacertilia. He eventually2 elaborated the following classification, based entirely on osteological characters: I. The quadrate See also:bone immovably fixed to the adjacent elements by suture. A. Scapular See also:arch See also:external to ribs; temporal region with a complex bony roof ; no See also:longitudinal postorbital bars. A See also:tabular and supramastoid bones and a presternum; limbs See also:ambulatory; vertebrae amphicoelous. See also:Order 1, COTYLOSAURIA. ,SA. Scapular arch See also:internal to ribs; temporal region with complex roof and no longitudinal bars. A presternum; limbs ambulatory. Order 2, CHELYDO SAU RIA.

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