Additional evidence as to the dentition and structure of the skull in the South African fossil reptile genus Diademodon / by H.G. Seeley.

  • Harry Govier Seeley
Date:
1908
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Credit: Additional evidence as to the dentition and structure of the skull in the South African fossil reptile genus Diademodon / by H.G. Seeley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    and laterally, and a small central tubercle in front. The second indicates two lateral external tubercles. None of the crowns show the slightest trace of wear by the apposition of the mandibular teeth, in this respect being in striking contrast to Gomphognalhus, in which the crowns of all the molar teeth are always .worn so that nothing remains of tuberculate structure except the external cusp. The fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth crowns are preserved on both sides. Text-fig. 130. Restoration of the skull of Diademodon cntomoplionus. About The fifth and sixth crowns are transversely ovate, less than 1% inch wide and ] inch from front to back. They have a strong