Theriodontia — Gcdesauridce. 
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Tajoinocephalu.s is represented by an imperfect portion of Wall-case, 
skull, also several entire limb-bones and vertebras. 
No. 7. 
Tapinoce- 
phalus. 
Fig . 77. — Left lateral aspect of skull of Galesaunos planiceps (Owen), from the Karoo 
beds (Triassic), South Africa (j- nat. size), a, an upper cheek-tooth, and b, an incisive 
tooth. 
dentition of the Mammalia than any other group of the class 
Reptilia, for, as in the carnivorous mammals, the incisors are 
separated from the molars by well-developed canines ; and the 
canines of the lower jaw crossed those of the upper in front. In 
Fig. 76. — Anterior and right lateral aspects of a lumbar vertebra of Tapinoceplmlus 
Atherstonei (Owen); from the Karoo Beds, South Africa. 
Family GALESAURIDJL — Nearly the whole of the typical Table-case, 
Theriodontia are included in this family. They form a remark- No - 19 - 
able group of carnivorous reptiles, first described and thus named 
by Sir Richard Owen* in reference to the form and order of G-alesaurus. 
arrangement of the teeth bearing a greater resemblance to the 
* “ Catalogue of the Foss. Rept. of South Africa,” 4to, bond. 187G. 
