﻿Varanosaurus 
  acutirostris, 
  Broill. 
  

  

  301 
  

  

  Interparietal. 
  

  

  The 
  interparietal 
  is 
  an 
  almost 
  flat 
  bone, 
  with 
  a 
  low 
  median 
  

   ridge 
  on 
  its 
  posterior 
  surface; 
  it 
  covers 
  the 
  hinder 
  ends 
  of 
  

   the 
  parietals 
  above, 
  and. 
  its 
  hnver 
  border 
  overlaps 
  the 
  supra- 
  

   occipital, 
  whilst 
  its 
  lateral 
  borders 
  are 
  in 
  contact 
  with 
  the 
  

   tabulares. 
  In 
  the 
  specimen 
  it 
  is 
  traversed 
  by 
  a 
  vertical 
  

   crack 
  which 
  looks 
  like 
  a 
  median 
  snture 
  ; 
  as, 
  however, 
  it 
  

   turns 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  line 
  towards 
  the 
  hottoin, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  

   structure 
  seems 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  bone 
  is 
  single, 
  I 
  liave 
  

   disregarded 
  it. 
  

  

  Tabular. 
  

  

  The 
  tabular 
  is 
  a 
  thin 
  bone 
  lying 
  entirely 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   surface 
  and 
  covering 
  the 
  parietal, 
  supratimporal, 
  squamosal, 
  

   and 
  supraoccipital. 
  Owing 
  to 
  crushing, 
  the 
  suture 
  with 
  the 
  

   supraoccipital 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  clear 
  on 
  either 
  side, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  

   possible 
  to 
  say 
  whether 
  the 
  bone 
  reached 
  down 
  outside 
  the 
  

   post-temporal 
  fossa 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  o£ 
  the 
  paroccipital. 
  

  

  PrfOc 
  

  

  Yanmosnnrus 
  acutirostris, 
  Broili. 
  Type 
  specimen, 
  k 
  1, 
  Skull 
  viewed 
  

   from 
  behind, 
  witli 
  the 
  vertebra 
  column 
  which 
  covers 
  the 
  unshtukd 
  

   area 
  supposed 
  removed. 
  

  

  Reference-letters 
  as 
  befoie. 
  

  

  Occiput. 
  

  

  The 
  occipital 
  and 
  otic 
  bones 
  cannot 
  be 
  separately 
  recog^ 
  

   nizcd. 
  The 
  foramen 
  magnum 
  is 
  of 
  fair 
  size, 
  and 
  above 
  it 
  

  

  