EKDOTHIODONTJD^E. 65 



Endothiodon bathystoma, Owen 1 . 



The type species ; of large dimensions. Three longitudinal rows 

 of palatal and mandibular teeth in the adult. 

 Hab. South Africa. 



"R. 1646. The imperfect skull, wanting the whole of the occipital 



{Fig.) region ; from the Beaufort beds of the Karoo system of 



the Sneewberg range 2 . The type ; figured by Owen in 



his ' Catalogue of the Fossil Eeptilia of S. Africa/ pis. lxvi., 



lxvii., and noticed by the same writer in the ' Quart. 



Journ. Geol. Soc' vol. xxxv. p. 557. The cranium has 



been laterally crushed, and the oral surfaces have been 



- cut and polished in order to exhibit the dentition ; and 



the right ramus of the mandible has also been vertically 



and transversely cut. Presented by the Directors of 



the Museum at Albany, Cape Colony. 



49415. The imperfect anterior portion of the mandible ; from the 

 {Fig.) Beaufort beds in the Gouph district near Beaufort West, 

 on the southern flank of the Nieuwveldt range. Figured 

 by Owen in the ' Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc' vol. xxxv. 

 pi. xxvi. fig. 1. The upper surface of the right ramus 

 has been cut and polished, in order to exhibit the denti- 

 tion, which is the portion figured by Owen. 



Purchased from T. Bain, Esq., 1878. 



Endothiodon microps (Owen 3 ). 



Syu. Theriognathus microps, Owen 4 . 

 Endothiodon imiseries, Owen 5 . 



Smaller than the preceding, with very small orbits and but one 

 row of palatal teeth ; mandibular symphysis probably less deep. It 

 is assumed that the undermentioned specimens indicate adult indi- 

 viduals. 



Hab. South Africa. 



47065. The imperfect skull ; from the Beaufort beds of the Karoo 

 {Fig.) system at Styl-Krantz, on the flanks of the Sneewberg 



1 Cat. Foss. Kept. S. Africa, p. 66 (1876). 



2 This is the locality given in Owen's ' Catalogue,' but in the passage cited 

 from the ' Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc.' the specimen is stated to be from the 

 Gouph district. 



3 Cat. Foss. Kept. S. Africa, p. 62 (1876).— Theriognathus. 



4 Loc. cit. 



5 Quart. Journ. Geol Soc. vol. xxxv. p. 557 (1879). 



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