. Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural history) ... By Richard Lydekker ... Reptiles, Fossil; Amphibians, Fossil. MASTODOXSAURID^. 153 like those of Cajjitosaurus. Each cranial bone strongly pitted at the centre, and radiately grooved at the periphery. Median plate (interelavicle) of thoracic buckler with a rounded posterior extre- mity and distinct lateral wings ; lateral plates (clavicles) meeting in a long suture in advance of the median plate \ Dentition weak ; teeth strongly fluted externally, especially at the base, with but slight internal folding
. Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural history) ... By Richard Lydekker ... Reptiles, Fossil; Amphibians, Fossil. MASTODOXSAURID^. 153 like those of Cajjitosaurus. Each cranial bone strongly pitted at the centre, and radiately grooved at the periphery. Median plate (interelavicle) of thoracic buckler with a rounded posterior extre- mity and distinct lateral wings ; lateral plates (clavicles) meeting in a long suture in advance of the median plate \ Dentition weak ; teeth strongly fluted externally, especially at the base, with but slight internal foldings2. Metoposaurus diagnosticus (Meyer 3). Syn. Metojnas diagnosticus (Meyer4). Labyrinthodon diagnosticus, Owen 5. The type and only described species. Skull attaining a length of 0,450. Hah. Europe (Germany). 37938. The imperfect cranium; from the Middle Keuper (Upper Trias) near Stuttgart, TTiirtemberg. The occiput is im- perfect, and the extremity of the muzzle is wanting. Both the frontal and palatal aspects are shown. This specimen, which is mentioned in the ' Bep. Brit. Assoc' for 1S7-J:, p. 157, is considerably smaller than the entire skull figured by Eraas in the ' Pakeontographica,' vol. xxxvi. pis. xii., xiii. The vomers are very clearly shown, and have the teeth arranged as in Capitosaurus. HdberJein Collection. Purcliased, 1862. Ge^us non clet. The Eabyrinthodont represented by the undermentioned species appears to be allied to Jletojjosaiirus and Cajritosaurus; the asso- ciated teeth represented in fig. 36 are, however, larger than those of Eis. Labyrinthodont Jaiv.—From the Maleri stage of the Gondwanas of Central India. \. (From the ' Palajontologia Indiea.') 1 See E. Fraas, Palseontograpkica, vol. xxxvi. pi. xv. 2 Ibid. p. 148. 3 Neuer Jahrb. 1S42, p. 302.—Netopia*. i Loc. cit. 5 Palaeontology, 2nd ed. p. 210 (1861).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration an
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