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certain]} 7 in front. The palate, as shown by Watson, is of the 

 Therocephalian type seen in Scylacosaurus, there being a pair of 

 prevomers and large suborbital vacuities. 



Text-figure 6. 



Scymnosaurus watsoni. 



A. Upper view of skull. B. Side view of skull, J- nat. size. 

 B.M. It. 4100. 



It is difficult to make out the sutures in the preorbital region. 

 In front of the orbit there is a marked depression. The post- 

 orbital bone forms a distinct crest along part of the anterior 

 temporal border, but only passes a very short distance back on 

 the parietal crest. 



The parietal forms a deep and high narrow crest which extends 

 back a considerable distance behind the pineal foramen, a.nd then 



