. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. ]2 Annals of the South African Museum. shadowing of the peculiar Anomodont type. In the arrangement of the frontals, postfrontals, postorbitals, preparietal, and parietals we have almost the Anomodont condition. The palate of course differs markedly. Still the pterygoid with its very short anterior part meet- ing the palatine instead of the prevomer and the peculiar condition of the transpalatine are just what we should expect in the Anomodont ancestor. The relations of the stapes, basioccipital, and
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. ]2 Annals of the South African Museum. shadowing of the peculiar Anomodont type. In the arrangement of the frontals, postfrontals, postorbitals, preparietal, and parietals we have almost the Anomodont condition. The palate of course differs markedly. Still the pterygoid with its very short anterior part meet- ing the palatine instead of the prevomer and the peculiar condition of the transpalatine are just what we should expect in the Anomodont ancestor. The relations of the stapes, basioccipital, and basi- sphenoid are almost exactly as in the Anomodonts. Though the relationships to the Cynodonts are not quite so evident, still this type comes nearer to the Cynodont than does Scylacosaurus. If the palatine bones curved over and made a secondary palate and the maxillae also joined over, the whole palate would be not unlike that of the Cynodont. The occiput would resemble that of the Cynodont if the opisthotic were shown on the posterior surface, but this is not a very important character when we consider how variable it is in mammals. It seems necessary to revive Seeley's Gorgonopsia as a distinct sub-order of the Therapsida for reptiles of the Gorgonops type. The relationships of the various sub-orders of the Therapsida may be expressed as follows :—. For the new skull I suggest the name Scylacops capensis, g. et sp. 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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