ANOMALOUS REPTILES 



since been carried on by the late Professor H. G. Seeley, F.E.S., 

 who had contributed a series of elaborate papers to the Royal 

 Society. 1 



So far we have only spoken of Anomodonts that are imperfectly 

 known ; it therefore now remains, before we part company with 

 this wonderful extinct order, to describe one of which the skeleton 

 is practically complete. This is the remarkable Pareiasaurus, 2 

 for the discovery and description of which palaeontologists are 



FIG. 32. Skull of Tritylodon longavus, a palatal view, b upper view. From 

 Triassic strata, Basutoland. 



indebted to a distinguished English geologist, the late Professor 

 H. G. Seeley, F.R.S. 3 Visitors to the Natural History Museum 

 will see the unique specimen brought home by Professor Seeley at 

 the end of the fossil reptile gallery, in a glass case by itself (see 

 Fig. 34). The story of its discovery, as given in the journals above 



1 Philosophical Transactions, vols. 179, 183, etc. 



2 Greek pareia, the cheek-piece of a helmet ; and sauros, lizard. So named 

 because the cheek-bones descend so as partly to cover the back of the lower jaw. 



3 Philosophical Transactions, vol. 183 B (1892), and Journal of South 

 African Philosophical Society, vol. vi. p. 5 (1889-90). 



