. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 70 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM The first four incisors are strong, whereas the 5th is much shorter and this tooth shows fine serrations on its sharp posterior edge; the robust canine has fine serrations on its sharp posterior edge; only 3 postcanines are preserved and these decrease rapidly in size in posterior direction; the postcanines bear coarser serra- tions on the posterior edge. Referred Specimens 3430 (Fig. 16). Janwillemsf ontein, Prince Albert. Coll. Haughton & Whaits. Thi
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 70 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM The first four incisors are strong, whereas the 5th is much shorter and this tooth shows fine serrations on its sharp posterior edge; the robust canine has fine serrations on its sharp posterior edge; only 3 postcanines are preserved and these decrease rapidly in size in posterior direction; the postcanines bear coarser serra- tions on the posterior edge. Referred Specimens 3430 (Fig. 16). Janwillemsf ontein, Prince Albert. Coll. Haughton & Whaits. This is an imperfect snout in which is preserved the symphysis and the major part of the premaxillaries and maxillaries. In both pre- maxillaries 5 incisors are preserved and here the 5th is only slightly shorter than the anterior 4 incisors. But on the left side there is a stump of what appears to be a small 6th incisor. On the right side a stump of the canine is preserved, as also stumps of the 2nd and 4th postcanines and empty alveoli of the 1st and 3rd. On the left side the canine has dropped out and so has the 1st postcanine, but stumps of the 2nd and 3rd are preserved. The maxilla overlaps the premaxilla right up to the level of the anterior edge of SAtM>32. d. C SAM C. Fig. 1.—a, Scymnosaurus ferox. Tvpe. 632. (x \.) Right side of snout fragment. b, Scymnosaurus ferox. 3430. (x i-) Right side of snout fragment. c, Scymnosaurus ferox. 4341. (x e-) Right side of snout. Lettering of Figures: A.—angular; Art.—articular; —basioc- cipital; —basisphenoid; D.—dentary; Ep. Pt.—epipterygoid; Ex.—exoccipital; F.— frontal; —foramen jugale; fenestra ovalis; —interparietal (postparietal); J.— jugal; L.—lacrimal; Mx.—maxilla; N.—nasal; P.—parietal; Pal.—palatine; —prefrontal; —premaxilla; —postorbital; — paroccipital; —postfrontal; — prootic; —parasphenoid;
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