116 ANOMODONTIA. 



R. 1714. The imperfect anterior portion of the skull ; from the 

 {Fig.) Karoo system of Vers Fontein, in the Cape Colony. 

 The type; figured by Owen in his 'Catalogue of the 

 Fossil Eeptilia of S. Africa/ pi. viii. fig. 3, pi. ix. ; and 

 noticed by Seeley in the ' Phil. Trans.' for 1888, pp. 70, 

 75 (as No. 43525). The nearly entire left ramus of the 

 mandible, with its teeth, is preserved ; and the outer 

 aspect of the dental series of the upper jaw is also shown. 

 Presented by W. G. Atherstone, Esq., M.D., 1872. 



49426. The nearly entire skeleton; from the Karoo system of 

 {Fig.) Palimeet 1 Fontein in the Fraserburg district. This spe- 

 cimen, which is provisionally referred to the present 

 species, is described and figured by Seeley in the ' Phil. 

 Trans.' for 1888, pp. 59-109, pis. xii.-xv. and xvii.-xx. 

 The axial skeleton is fairly well preserved as far back as 

 the hinder part of the caudal region, but the whole of the 

 bones of the limbs are wanting. The frontal aspect of 

 the skull is imperfect, many of the bones being broken ; 

 but there seems to be no evidence in support of the exis- 

 tence of the so-called " intranasal " bone introduced in 

 pi. xiii. of the memoir cited between the maxilla and the 

 premaxilla. In the pectoral girdle a considerable portion 

 of the large interclavicle and clavicles is preserved ; and 

 parts of the left scapula and coracoid remain, although not 

 sufficiently well preserved as to show whether the pre- 

 coracoid was a separate bone. In the pelvic girdle a 

 considerable portion of the left innominate remains, which 

 shows that the ilium was almost identical in general 

 contour with that of the undermentioned specimen No. 

 36251 (p. 117), having the same prominence in advance 

 of the acetabulum. In the restoration of a cervical ver- 

 tebra given in pi. xvii. of the memoir, both the upper and 

 lower facets are represented as situated on the centrum, 

 considerably behind its anterior border ; but there does 

 not appear to be any means of determining whether the 

 upper costal facet was really so placed, and it is clear that 

 the lower one was situated on the anterior border of the 

 centrum. The prominent (parapophysial) rib-facets of 

 the dorsal vertebrae are very clearly shown. There is no 



1 Incorrectly given by Owen as Palinut. 



