ANOMALOUS REPTILES 
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since been carried on by the late Professor H. G. Seeley, F.E.S., 
who had contributed a series of elaborate papers to the Royal 
Society^ 
So far we have only spoken of Anomodonts that are imperfectly 
known ; it therefore now remains, before we part company with 
this wonderful extinct order, to describe one of which the skeleton 
is practically complete. This is the remarkable Pareiasaurus,^ 
for the discovery and description of which palseontologists are 
Fig. 32. — Skull of Tritylodon longcuvusy a palatal view, h upper view. From 
Triassic strata, Basutoland. 
indebted to a distinguished English geologist, the late Professor 
H. G. Seeley, E.E.S.^ Visitors to the Natural History Museum 
will see the unique specimen brought home by Professor Seeley at 
the end of the fossil reptile gallery, in a glass case by itself (see 
Fig. 34). The story of its discovery, as given in the journals above 
^ Philosophical Transactions, vols. 179, 183, etc. 
2 Greek — pareia, the cheek-piece of a helmet ; and sauros, lizard. So named 
because the cheek-bones descend so as partly to cover the back of the lower jaw. 
^ Philosophical Transactions, vol. 183 B (1892), and Journal of South 
African Philosophical Society, vol. vi. p. 5 (1889-90). 
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