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are no horns in the species Scincosaurus crassus Fritsch. Cope de- 
scribed three species from the coal deposits of Ohio under Cerater pe- 
ton but none of them belong there. Jaekel has defined one species so 
described, C. punctolineatum Cope, as Diceratosaurus punctolineatus 
Fic. 21.—The impression of the skull of Stegops divaricata Cope. X2. 
Cope and the other species is described here under the new genus 
Eoserpeton. The new genus is characterized from Diceratosaurus of 
Jaekel by the divergent character and shape of the horns, the shape 
and organization of the skull and by the form and position of the 
orbits. : 
The restoration of the species Eoserpeton tenuicorne Cope is based 
