. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 8 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM smaller than, and do not show the peculiarly narrow elongated dorsal spine so characteristic of, the vertebrae described by Haughton from locality B19, west of Kingori. These vertebrae prove the presence in Tanganyika of Pareiasaurs probably closely related to the medium-sized types of the South African Karoo. These now bear the South African Museum Cat. No. 11743. 4. Therapsid Cranial Material Among the mass of weathered fragments from the Ngaka-Kingori Hill area
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 8 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM smaller than, and do not show the peculiarly narrow elongated dorsal spine so characteristic of, the vertebrae described by Haughton from locality B19, west of Kingori. These vertebrae prove the presence in Tanganyika of Pareiasaurs probably closely related to the medium-sized types of the South African Karoo. These now bear the South African Museum Cat. No. 11743. 4. Therapsid Cranial Material Among the mass of weathered fragments from the Ngaka-Kingori Hill area there are two incomplete snouts much weathered, and one fairly complete but. Fig. 2.—Tangagorgon tenuirostris n. g. et n. sp. Cat. No. 11744. Lateral view of skull ( X -|). somewhat distorted and weathered skull. The more complete skull is of a Gorgonopsian and the two snouts appear to be Therocephalian. (a) The more complete specimen (figs. 2 and 3) has the outer surface con- siderably eroded, so that it is difficult to determine the sutures. The skull is of medium size. The chief measurements are: Maximum length 190 mm. Basioccipital—Premaxilla 184 Premaxilla—Pineal foramen 145 Premaxilla—Orbit . 104 Width across squamosals 95 Interorbital width 49 Intertemporal width 53 Width across canines 40 Height from Mx. edge—median suture .... 50 Height of mentum ?40 Length of molar series: Left (4 teeth) .... 17 Right (3 teeth) .... 17 Length of incisor series 25 Dental formula: Right, i5, co+i, 1x13. Left, i5, ci + i, 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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