. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. 168 Prof. H. G. Seeley on the the base, but both are broken and lost from the positions where they leave the maxillary bones. The transverse width between them on the palate is 1^ inch. The roots of the tusks, as usual, are nearly parallel to each other, but converge slightly as they descend below the vomerine level of the palate. Seen laterally their contour is parallel to the lower part of the anterior outline of the nearly vertical face. Fier. 1. postfrontal. frontal. epipt
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. 168 Prof. H. G. Seeley on the the base, but both are broken and lost from the positions where they leave the maxillary bones. The transverse width between them on the palate is 1^ inch. The roots of the tusks, as usual, are nearly parallel to each other, but converge slightly as they descend below the vomerine level of the palate. Seen laterally their contour is parallel to the lower part of the anterior outline of the nearly vertical face. Fier. 1. postfrontal. frontal. epipterygoid. prefrontal. 1 lachrymal. -intermaxillary. Right side of the skull of Mochlorhinus platyceps. | nat. The imperfections of the skull are:—loss of the anterior biting border of the intermaxillary bone between the tusks ; the hinder part of the palate is missing, including the basi- sphenoid, together with all the bones which are about the foramen magnum; the squamosal and quadrate bones are lost with the malar arches which define the temporal vacuities, together with the descending postfrontal arches. 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 London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd
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