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strongly dentate edge, the first cusp strongest and at the junction of 

 the maxillary with the prsemaxillary ; the broad alveolar surface 

 with two denticulated ridges or series of tubercles, exactly as in 

 T. triserrata. Palatal region but moderately concave, and with a 



Fig. 1. 



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Fig. 2. 



Fig. 3. 



Skull of Testudo microtympanum. ^ nat. size. 



very feeble keel along the anterior two tliirds of the vomer ; this 

 bone is very much elongate, extending posteriorly as far as the pala- 

 tines, and forming a suture with the basisphenoid, thus completely 

 separating the pterygoids from each other. 



