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Kannemeveria is the latest of the Dicynodoniia found in South Africa. 

 The skull is large, with a broad frontal région and a narrow high pariétal 

 crest. The temporal fossae are large. The nostril is large and has a heavy 

 overhanging bony roof. The présence of a preparietal bone is doubtful. 



Aulhor's abslrad. 



Haughton, S. H., A New Thecodont from the Stormberg Beds. Ann. S. 

 Afric. Mus., vol. XII — 1915 — pp. 98-105, 3 text figs. Cape Town, 1915. 



An interesting Pseudosuchian from the Red Beds (Triassic) of South 

 Africa is described as Sphenosuchus acutus. The type consists of a skull 

 and lower jaw, shoulder girdle, humeri and some vertebrse. The skull has a 

 fair-sized antorbital vacuity, and the nasal reaches to the front of the snout 

 — the nostrils appa-rently having been terminal. Fairly full détails of the 

 external features are given, as well as an account of the scapula, coracoid 

 (wrongly called «clavicle » in the paper), interclavicle, and humérus. 



Author's abstract. 



Haughton, S. H., Some New Carnivorous Therapsida, with Notes upon 

 THE Brain-Case in Certain Species. Ann. S. Afric. Mus., vol. XII — 

 1918 — pp. 175-215, 15 text figs. Cape Town, 1918. 



The following new forms of mammallike reptiles are described : 



Macroscelesaurus Janseni, Alopecognathus minor, Whaitsia platyceps, 

 Akidnognathus parvus, Cynosuchus Whaitsi. 



Macroscelesaurus is a somewhat imperfectly known form, considered to 

 be a Dromasaurian specialised in the development of the limbs for swift 

 movement and akin to the Therocephalia in the speciahsation of the teeth. 

 Alopecognathus is a typical Therocephahan, the détails of whose brain and 

 basis cranii are more clearly seen than is usual. Whaitsia is a most interesting 

 aberrant Gorgonopsid with a narrow pariétal crest, broad snout and frontal 

 région, and incipient secondary palate, and whose dentition is reduced to 

 the formula 14clm0. It is made the type of a new family, the Whaitsidse. 

 Akidnognathus is an advanced Therocephahan allied to Scaloposaurus. 

 Cynognathus may be looked upon as a very early member of the Cynodonti . 



The second part of the paper deals with the évidence of affinities between 

 the varions orders of Therapsida afïorded by a study of the brain-case. It 

 is concluded that the Theroçepha ia and Cynodontia are more closely allied 

 than are the latter and the Gorgonopsia The Dinocephelia are considered 

 as having affinities with the Gorgonopsia. 



Author's abstract. 



Haughton, S. H., Descriptive Catalogue of the Anomodontia, with 



ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE EXAMPLES IN THE SoUTH AfRICAN MuSEUM 



(Part 1). Ann. S. Afric. Mus., vol. XII — 1917 — pp. 127-174, 3 Plates 

 and 20 text figs. Cape Town, 1917. 



Deals with forms assigned to the genus Dicynodon and to other gênera 

 without molar teeth allied to it, with the exception of Lystrosaurus. The new 



