NEW SUBORDER AND NEW SPECIES OF PHYTOSAURUS 525 



them in singularly good condition. The bones were disturbed when 

 deposited so that only a few of the cervical and of the dorsal 

 vertebrae were found in series. That the bones are those of a 

 single individual is indicated by the fact that they were found 

 in a single mass and that no other bones were found, even after a 

 careful search, within a half-mile of the small patch where they 

 were found, but that there is some room for doubt is indicated by 



Fig. I. — ^Lateral view of the skull of Desniatosuchus spurensis, X\ 



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 Fig. 2. — Upper view of the skull of Desmatosuchns spurensis, Xj 



the fact that it seems impossible to fit two of the isolated cervicals 

 into the series and that there are more dorsals than are usually 

 found in the Parasuchia. These points are significant because the 

 skull and the dorsal armor are so radically different from any form 

 yet found while the vertebrae are typically Parasuchian. If, 

 though it seems impossible at present, the remains are finally shown 

 to belong to more than one individual, the skull must remain the 

 type of the new sub-order and the vertebrae and dorsal armor 

 must be described separately as a new form. 



