124 CROCODILIA. 



Genus PHYTOSAURUS, Jager l . 



Syn. Belodon, Meyer 2 . 



No ventral buckler. The nasals reaching the premaxillse and 

 completely surrounding the nares ; premaxilhe and extremity of 



Phytosaurus cylindricodon. — Skull ; from the Keuper of Wiirtemberg. About 

 }. pmx, prernaxilla ; mx, maxilla ; na, nasal ; nar, nares ; or, orbit ; 

 p.or, preorbital vacuity. 



mandible much deflected, and more or less expanded ; orbits some- 

 what irregular, and directed partly laterally, and partly frontally. 

 Teeth sharp and pointed, with serrated carinae ; anteriorly subcir- 

 cular in section, but posteriorly much compressed laterally. Sculpture 

 of scutes radiate. 



Forms referred to this genus have been obtained from the Lower 

 Mesozoic of Europe, N. America, and India 3 . 



Phytosaurus cylindricodon, Jager 4 . 



Syn. Phytosaurus cubicodon, Jager 5 . 

 Belodon kapffi, Meyer 6 . 



The type species ; of very large size, with the cranial rostrum of 

 great vertical depth, the mandible broad and considerably expanded 

 at the extremity, and the teeth stout. Number of teeth ^. 



Hab. Europe (Germany). 



1 Foss. Eept. Wiirtemberg, p. 22 (1828). 



2 Neues Jahrb. 1842, p. 302. 



3 See * Palseontologia Indica' (Mem. Geol. Surv. Ind.), ser. 4, vol. i. pt. 5, 

 p. 21 (1885). 



4 Op. tit. p. 23 (1828). 5 Ibid. p. 33. 

 6 ' Pakeontographica,' vol. vii. art. 5, p. 256.(1861). 



