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 182 marrow, while their cylindrical form tended also to combine this lightness with strength.

The form of the teeth shows the Megalosaurus to have been in a high degree carnivorous: it probably fed on smaller reptiles, such as Crocodiles and Tortoises, whose remains abound in the same strata with its bones. It may also have taken to the water in pursuit of Plesiosauri and fishes.

The most important part of the Megalosaurus yet found, consists of a fragment of the lower jaw, containing many