. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 1:34 Annals of the South African Museum. 1890. Lydekker. Cat. Foss. Rept. & Ampliib. iv, p. 20. 1913. Broom. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., xxxii, p. 445. 1914. Broom. Phil. Trails. B206 ; pi. v, figs. 50, 51. 1915. Broom. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., xxv, 2, p. 129. Founded on a skull with lower jaw. Smaller than D. lacerticeps. Antorbital portion relatively shorter ; canine curves more downwards. In older skulls orbits have distinctly triangular contour. Post- orbitals meet above the parietals. Pi
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 1:34 Annals of the South African Museum. 1890. Lydekker. Cat. Foss. Rept. & Ampliib. iv, p. 20. 1913. Broom. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., xxxii, p. 445. 1914. Broom. Phil. Trails. B206 ; pi. v, figs. 50, 51. 1915. Broom. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., xxv, 2, p. 129. Founded on a skull with lower jaw. Smaller than D. lacerticeps. Antorbital portion relatively shorter ; canine curves more downwards. In older skulls orbits have distinctly triangular contour. Post- orbitals meet above the parietals. Pineal foramen on a level with the middle of the temporal fossa. Ramus of mandible deeper than in D. lacerticeps. Type in British Museum. Locality.—Fort Beaufort, Horizon.—Lower Beaufort Beds. (Endothlodon zone.) DlCYNODON GEACILIS (BrOOlll). 1901. Broom, Oudenodon gracilis. Proc. Zool. Soc., p. 162. The skull which forms the type of this species came from Pearston, It is rather distorted by flattening. It is a small species. FIG. 30.—Dicynodon gracilis (Br.). Type. No. 590. Preparietal region. Natural size. whose skull is relatively long and narrow. The orbits look outwards and are overhung posteriorly by a nasal boss. The cheek is fairly long. The eyes are small and are directed more outwards than upwards. The postorbital bar is halfway along the skull. The inter- orbital width is 25 mm., the Intel-temporal 18 mm. The frontal. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum; South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc. , South African Museum, etc. ]
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