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Annals of the South African Museum. 



1890. Lydekker. Cat. Foss. Rept. & Ampliib. iv, p. 20. 



1913. Broom. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., xxxii, p. 445. 



1914. Broom. Phil. Trails. B206 ; pi. v, figs. 50, 51. 



1915. Broom. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., xxv, 2, p. 129. 



Founded on a skull with lower jaw. Smaller than D. lacerticeps. 

 Antorbital portion relatively shorter ; canine curves more downwards. 

 In older skulls orbits have distinctly triangular contour. Post- 

 orbitals meet above the parietals. Pineal foramen on a level with the 

 middle of the temporal fossa. Ramus of mandible deeper than in 

 D. lacerticeps. 



Type in British Museum. 



Locality. Fort Beaufort, C.P. 



Horizon. Lower Beaufort Beds. (Endothlodon zone.) 



DlCYNODON GEACILIS (BrOOlll). 



1901. Broom, Oudenodon gracilis. Proc. Zool. Soc., p. 162. 



The skull which forms the type of this species came from Pearston, 

 C.P. It is rather distorted by flattening. It is a small species 



FIG. 30. Dicynodon gracilis (Br.). Type. No. 590. Preparietal region. 



Natural size. 



whose skull is relatively long and narrow. The orbits look outwards 

 and are overhung posteriorly by a nasal boss. The cheek is fairly 

 long. The eyes are small and are directed more outwards than 

 upwards. The postorbital bar is halfway along the skull. The inter- 

 orbital width is 25 mm., the Intel-temporal 18 mm. The frontal 



