. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 102 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM In the left premaxilla the roots of five functioning incisors are preserved. Lingual to No. 5 there is a large replacing root lying in the same alveolus as the functioning root which has been partly resorbed. In No. 4 a functioning root lies loosely in its alveolus and lingual to it in a separate alveolus, a section across the replacing root is present. Lingual of No. 3 there is an empty alveolus and lingual of No. 2 there lies a root of its replacing incisor. I
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 102 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM In the left premaxilla the roots of five functioning incisors are preserved. Lingual to No. 5 there is a large replacing root lying in the same alveolus as the functioning root which has been partly resorbed. In No. 4 a functioning root lies loosely in its alveolus and lingual to it in a separate alveolus, a section across the replacing root is present. Lingual of No. 3 there is an empty alveolus and lingual of No. 2 there lies a root of its replacing incisor. In the right maxilla replacing roots are preserved lying lingual to maxillary teeth Nos. 2 and 10. In the left maxilla the roots of the first two maxillary teeth are seen in section; Nos. 3 and 4 are represented by a large confluent alveolus; of No. 5 the small tip of a root is embedded in the bone. No. 6 is represented by an empty alveolus. No. 7 is again a root-tip embedded in the bone. No. 8 is represented by a small root-tip lying loosely in an alveolus confluent with the. Fig. 36. Tapinocephalus sp. 12139. X £. Ventral view of the anterior part of the palate showing tooth replacement. Fig. 38. Struthiocephalus sp. 12050. x£. A frontal section through the anterior end of the upper jaws to show the tooth 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. Cape Town : The Museum
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