The anterior caudals possess wide diapophyses. Their articular faces are a vertical oval, a little contracted above, sometimes a straight outline. They present a peculiarly elongate form.
| Length of axis (alone) | 60 mm | 100 |
| Vertical diameter of ball | 27 | 45 |
| Transverse diameter of ball | 27 | 45 |
| Length of the mandible | 720 | 100 |
| Depth at coronoid process | 150 | 20.9 |
MEASUREMENTS OF CLIDASTES WESTII.
| | Length of dentary | 400 millim. |
| | Depth opposite the first tooth | 20 |
| | Depth opposite last tooth | 62 |
| | Entire extent of mandible | 630 |
| | Greatest depth at coronoid process | 95 |
| 2. | Length of axis with odontoid process | 80 |
| | Length of axis without odontoid process | 70 |
| | Vertical diameter of ball | 24 |
| | Transverse diameter of ball | 33 |
| 4. | Length of fourth cervical vertebra to rim of ball | 49 |
| | Expanse of diapophyses | 82 |
| 5. | Length of fifth cervical to rim of ball | 49 |
| | Transverse diameter of ball | 35 |
| | Vertical diameter of ball | 28 |
| | Expanse of diapophyses | 90 |
| 8. | Length of eighth vertebra to rim of ball | 53 |
| | Expanse of diapophyses | 90 |
| 14. | Length to rim of ball | 54 |
| | Transverse diameter of ball | 40 |
| | Vertical diameter of ball | 33 |
| | Expanse of diapophyses | 100 |
| 18. | Length to rim of ball | 50 |
| | Transverse diameter of ball | 40 |
| | Vertical diameter of ball | 36 |
| | Expanse of diapophyses | 100
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| 23. | Length to rim of ball | 50 |
| | Transverse diameter of ball | 41 |
| | Expanse of diapophyses | 100 |
| 25. | Length to rim of ball | 52 |
| | Transverse diameter of ball | 43 |
| | Vertical diameter of ball | 43 |
| | Expanse of diapophyses | 100 |
| 30. | Length to rim of ball | 54 |
| | Transverse diameter of ball | 46 |
This species is named in memory of Judge E. P. West, lately deceased, to whom our Museum owes so much for his long, diligent and faithful labors in the collection and preparation of the geological material.
[Erratum]: P. 17, line 15, for “Edestosaurus,” read Clidastes, and in next line, strike out “Proc. Acad.” etc.