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11. Investigations in South African Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia 

 (Parts 5-9). By S. H. HAUGHTON, B.A., F.G.S., Assistant 

 Director. 



5. On the Genus Khinesuchus, Broom, with Notes on the described 



Species. 



THE genus Hhinesuchus was first described by Broom in the Annals 

 of the South African Museum (vol. iv., p. 376, 1908) from some frag- 

 mentary remains of the skull of a presumably temnospondylous 

 Labyrinthodont found near Prince Albert, Cape Colony, to which 

 the specific name R. whaitsi was given. The genus was said then 

 to include also the species named by Lydekker Eryops africanus and 

 the European species called Macromerion Giimbcli by von Ammon. 

 At first the genus was thought to have no affinities with Eryops, but 

 later (1910, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., xxviii.) Broom modified 

 this view, concluding that the two genera were apparently closely 

 allied. In 1911 van Hoepen (Ann. Transvaal Museum, iii., 2) 

 described part of a skull of a large Labyrinthodont from Senekal, 

 O.F.S., as Myriodon senekalensis, while in 1912 Broom described 

 part of another skull from the same place as Rhinesuchus major. 

 Recently, thanks to the courtesy of the authorities of the Bloem- 

 fontein Museum, I was enabled to examine the beautiful Labyrintho- 

 dont skeleton which they obtained from Senekal. In addition to 

 that specimen I have also examined a skull from Beaufort West, 

 a crushed skull from the Nieuweveld (both collected by the Rev. J. H. 

 Whaits), and a portion of lower jaw from Senekal. These three 

 latter specimens are in the collection of the South African Museum. 



The original description of the genus Ehinesuchus as given by 

 Broom is as follows : 



" Skull probably like that of Capitosaiirus in general shape ; 

 maxillaries and dentaries each bearing a row of uniform teeth ; 

 inside of maxillary teeth are large numbers of very small teeth, 

 probably borne by palatines, and covering much of the pterygoids 

 and continued across the back part of the parasphenoid : similar 

 small teeth are found inside of the teeth borne by the dentary ; they 



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