. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. THE SKULL OF TAPINOCEPHALUS AND ITS NEAR RELATIVES 65 anterior teeth, and that in posterior direction the teeth evenly decrease in size. If this dentary is thus correctly referred to the Tapinocephalidae then in one genus of the family at least a full set of regularly placed teeth is present. Genotype. Pelosuchus priscus, Broom 1905. Specific diagnosis as for the Fig. 14. Keratocephalus moloch. Dorsal view of skull. X \. 11294. Holotype. 918. A dentary, with part of a scapula, c
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. THE SKULL OF TAPINOCEPHALUS AND ITS NEAR RELATIVES 65 anterior teeth, and that in posterior direction the teeth evenly decrease in size. If this dentary is thus correctly referred to the Tapinocephalidae then in one genus of the family at least a full set of regularly placed teeth is present. Genotype. Pelosuchus priscus, Broom 1905. Specific diagnosis as for the Fig. 14. Keratocephalus moloch. Dorsal view of skull. X \. 11294. Holotype. 918. A dentary, with part of a scapula, coracoid, a fairly good femur and a distorted tibia. Bokfontein, Prince Albert. Middle ? Tapino- cephalus zone. Coll. du Plessis. Discussion As I am nearing the completion of my study of the cranial structure in the other groups of the South African Tapinocephalia and hope to have a com- parative account ready in the near future, only some points in the structure of the skull of the Tapinocephalidae call for discussion at this 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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