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more concave than the ventral surface. The transverse processes 

 are large, pointing slightly upwards, thicker distally than proximally. 

 The neural spines are high and flattened laterally. 



The following table gives the measurements of three of the 

 vertebrae, the 1st, 3rd, and 5th of the series : 



1st Vertebra. 3rd Vertebra. 5th Vertebra. 



Length of centrum 30 mm. 



Height of centrum 28 ,, 



Total height 88 ,, 



Width across transverse processes 70 ,, 



Height of spine 35 ,, 



Length of spine 17 ,, 



No intercentra are preserved. 



This type, although undoubtedly a Dinocephalian, presents in its 

 external shape so great a contrast to the other members of the 

 group that I propose to erect for it a new genus, and to name it 

 Moschosaurus longiccps, g. et sp. nov. 



Type. Skull and lower jaw. (S.A. Mus. Cat. No. 3015.) 



Locality. La-de-da, Beaufort West, Cape Colony. 



Horizon. Lower Beaufort Beds. (Upper part of Pareiasaurus 

 zone.) 



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FIG. 9. Skull of Jloschosaurus longiccps. x 



