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The two skulls here figured (Figs. 46 and 47) are of 

 very different forms, and must have belonged to animals 

 about the size of wolves ; but there were many others of 

 various shapes and sizes, some even equalling that of a large 

 crocodile. 



But at the same epoch, apparently, Europe and North 



Fig. 46. — Dicykodon lacerticeps (Order — Anomodontia). 

 From Karoo formation (Trias), South Africa. One-third nat. size. 



(B.M. Guide.) 



America were equally well supplied with these strange 

 reptiles. In Europe till recently only a few isolated bones 



Fig. 47. — sElusaurus fblinus (Order — Anomodontia). 

 From Trias (South Africa). Two-thirds nat. size. (B.M. Guide.) 



or fragments of skulls had been discovered, but about five 

 or six years ago a rich deposit was found on the banks 

 of the river Dwina in Northern Russia. In a large fissure of 

 the rocks quantities of nodules of very hard rock had been 

 found, and being easy to obtain, were broken up for mending 

 roads ; till Professor Amalitzky from Warsaw, visiting the 



