ANOMALOUS REPTILES 
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huge Anomodonts from Sourth Africa, both belonging to the same 
family, the teeth of which indicate carnivorous habits. An 
Fig. 29. — Skull of Cyamodus laticeps, upper view (a) and palatal view (b), from 
the Muschelkalk of Baireuth, Germany ; | natural size. 
imperfect skull, several entire limb-bones, and vertebrae are pre- 
served in the national collection at South Kensington. 
Galesaurus,^ of which the head is shown in Pig. 30, belongs to 
a remarkable group of Anomodonts, first described by Sir R. Owen, 
Fig. 30. — Skull and mandible of an Anomodont, Galesaurus planice^s. 
Length 6 inches. Karoo strata, South Africa, (After Owen.) 
and called by him Theriodonts,^ because the form and order of 
arrangement of their teeth bear a striking resemblance to those 
1 Greek — gale, weasel ; sauros, lizard. 
2 Greek — therion, wild beast ; and odous, odontos, tooth : because the teeth 
resemble those of savage carnivorous creatures, such as lions or wolves. 
