. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 14 Annals of the South African Museum. median edges of the two pterygoids are firmly joined to each other along the anterior half of the bone; in the case of two forms (Scuto- saurus, Anthodon) the posterior half of the two pterygoids diverge posteriorly to leave a fairly long interpterygoid slit (typical of primi- ExOc. " WH Fig. 2.—Dorsal view of the skull of Bradysaurus seeleyi. x \. , No. 9137, with the roof bones removed. The right half of the brain-cavity is exposed. A. Pter.
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 14 Annals of the South African Museum. median edges of the two pterygoids are firmly joined to each other along the anterior half of the bone; in the case of two forms (Scuto- saurus, Anthodon) the posterior half of the two pterygoids diverge posteriorly to leave a fairly long interpterygoid slit (typical of primi- ExOc. " WH Fig. 2.—Dorsal view of the skull of Bradysaurus seeleyi. x \. , No. 9137, with the roof bones removed. The right half of the brain-cavity is exposed. A. Pter. = anterior ramus of the Pr. Vo. = prevomer. pterygoid. Pr. Ot. = pro-otic. B. Oc. = basioccipital. P. Pter. = posterior ramus of the ptery- B. Sph. = basisphenoid. goid. Ch. = choanae. P. Par. = postparietal. Ex. Oc. = exoccipital. Qu. = quadrate. For. Inc. = foramen incisivum. Qu. Jug. = quadrat ojugal. For. Mag For. Qu. = foramen magnum. = foramen quadrati. Sub. Orb. Vac. J- = suborbital vacuity. Jug. L. Pter. = jugal. =lateral ramus of the Sub. Temp Vac. 1 = subtemporal vacuity. pterygoid. S. Oc. = supraoccipital. Mx. = maxilla. Sq. = squamosal. Pal. = palatine. Tab. = tabular. Par. Oc. = paroccipital (opisthotic). Trans. = transversum (ectopterygoid). P. Sph. = parasphenoidal rostrum. T. St. = tubercle for attachment of Pr. Mx. = premaxilla. the stapes. All illustrations and photographs are, except where otherwise stated, by the author. tive Stegocephalians and Cotylosaurs) through which the para- sphenoidal rostrum is visible; in the other forms the junction of the medial pterygoid edges is carried further back so that the slit is closed and the interpterygoid space has either a shallow concave,. 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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