. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 98) 9. .1 New Thccodont from the Storinbcnj Beds. SPHENOSUCHUS ACUTUS, g. et sp. nov. (Text-figs. 15-17.) This exceedingly interesting new form is described from a specimen collected by Dr. A. L. du Toit from the Bed Beds of Paballon, Mount Fletcher. It consists of an incomplete and some- what crushed skull, with the cervical vertebrae attached, the two. FIG. 15.—Side view of skull of Sphenosuclms acutut. x £. (Slightly restored.) scapulae, two clavicles, an interclavicle, two humeri, and some other f
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 98) 9. .1 New Thccodont from the Storinbcnj Beds. SPHENOSUCHUS ACUTUS, g. et sp. nov. (Text-figs. 15-17.) This exceedingly interesting new form is described from a specimen collected by Dr. A. L. du Toit from the Bed Beds of Paballon, Mount Fletcher. It consists of an incomplete and some- what crushed skull, with the cervical vertebrae attached, the two. FIG. 15.—Side view of skull of Sphenosuclms acutut. x £. (Slightly restored.) scapulae, two clavicles, an interclavicle, two humeri, and some other fragmentary bones—all in one slab of rock ; and a complete tibia and the distal third of a fibula which in all probability belong to the same animal. The skull is somewhat crushed but nearly whole, and shows all the external details. It is larger than that of Euparlceria, and is comparatively more pointed, longer, and narrower. The orbits are rounded, and wholly in the posterior half of the skull. The supratemporal fossa is elongate, oval in shape, and larger than that of Euparkeria or Ornitliosuclnis. The shape of the infrateniporal fossa is characteristic in that its anterior border, formed by the. 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; South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc. , South African Museum, etc. ]
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