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5. On the Skeleton of a New Pareiasaurian (Pareiasuchus 

 peringueyi, g. et sp. nov.). By E. BROOM, M.D., D.Sc., and 

 S. H. HAUGHTON, B.A. 



THE almost complete skeleton described in this paper was found 

 early in the year 1912 at the drift across the Zak Eiver on the 

 main Beaufort road on the farm Dunedin, in the division of Beaufort 

 West. The skeleton was found in sitil on the side of a kopje, 

 embedded in a comparatively hard mudstone. On extraction it 

 was found that the limb bones of the left side were not present, and 

 some of these were discovered at the foot of the kopje in a slightly 

 weathered condition. Further, it was discovered that the whole 

 of the right hind-limb was missing. On development, the animal 

 showed signs of crushing, especially in the anterior region. 



The skull is almost complete, and, with the exception of the atlas, 

 there is a complete vertebral column from the axis to the llth caudal 

 vertebra. The shoulder girdle is complete, and only portions of the 

 right innominate are missing from the pelvis. The right fore-limb 

 is almost complete, the carpus and manus being fragmentary, and 

 the left ulna was found weathered out together with the left femur 

 and tibia. A large number of ribs were preserved, and the skeleton 

 was covered along the back, ribs, and pelvis, by dermal ossicles, 

 ranging in length from 15 mm. to 70 mm. 



SKULL. 



The skull, though practically complete, is much crushed, and the 

 bone so friable that perfect development is impracticable. And thus 

 though it is possible to describe the general features we must wait 

 for other specimens before we can give a full description of the 

 Pareiasaurian skull in detail. 



Though typically Pareiasaurian, this skull differs considerably 

 from any of the known South African Pareiasaurus skulls, and it 

 also differs from the very imperfectly known skull of Propappus 

 omocratus. 



The snout is broad and flat, and though the flattening is partly 

 due to crushing, one need have no hesitation in saying that the snout 



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