Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . Fig. 1. Anchisaurus capensis (Broom). Type specimen (SAM-990) showing vertebral column(top), pubis, ischia and pes (middle) and ilium, femur and fibula (bottom). 124 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM Summaries of certain aspects of the revision of the family Anchisauridaehave been published earlier (Galton 1971, 1973, in press). The first author(P. M. G.) is responsible for all sections except the description and illustrationof SAM-990, which is the work of the second author (M. A. C). REDESCRIPTION OF ANCHISAURUS CA
Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . Fig. 1. Anchisaurus capensis (Broom). Type specimen (SAM-990) showing vertebral column(top), pubis, ischia and pes (middle) and ilium, femur and fibula (bottom). 124 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM Summaries of certain aspects of the revision of the family Anchisauridaehave been published earlier (Galton 1971, 1973, in press). The first author(P. M. G.) is responsible for all sections except the description and illustrationof SAM-990, which is the work of the second author (M. A. C). REDESCRIPTION OF ANCHISAURUS CAPENSIS (BROOM) The specimen (SAM-990) is preserved in a soft sandstone matrix (Fig. 1).The bone is generally not well preserved and is inclined to crumble duringpreparation. Much of the specimen (including most of the vertebral column) ispreserved as bone impression, and details of certain of these portions wereobtained from silicone rubber positives. Chief portions of the preserved skeletonare 17 vertebrae (including, probably, dorsals, sacrals and caudals), an incom-ple
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