EOTHEEIUM ^GYPTIACUM. 



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posterior angle of the squamosal (sq.) is shut off from contact with the supraoccipital 

 by a narrow posterior prolongation of the parietal which is wedged in between the 

 two bones, somewhat as in Moeritherium. Beneath this point there is a large fossa 

 lying between the exoccipital behind and the squamosal in front ; this is occupied 



'SQc. 



Skull of Eotherium cegyptiacum (?) : A, from below ; B, worn* surface of crown of first incisor ; 



0, from behind ; D, from above. 



' (d., alisphenoid ; a.o.f., antorbital foramen; a.p.f., anterior palatine foramen; hoc, basioccipital ; 

 5sj>., basispheuoid; c, canine ; cone?./., condylar foramen ; giro., exoccipital; /.m., foramen magnum ; 

 fr., frontals ; gl., glenoid articulation; i. 1-3, incisors ; i.n., internal nares ; ju., jugal ; m. 1-3, molars ; 

 mx., maxilla ; mn., nasals ; nar., external nares ; pa., parietals ; per., periotic ; pi., palatine ; pm. 1-4, 

 premolars; pmx., premaxillae; p.p., paroccipital process; pt., pterygoid; soc, supraoccipital; 

 sq., squamosal ; Uj., tympanic ; zyg., zygomatic process of squamosal. About 5 nat. size (except B, 

 which is natural size). 



