_The Malars_ form none of the face. They are long, slender, curved
downwards and backwards, and but little outwards. They are longer,
straighter, and less curved outwards than in either _Loxolophodon_ or
_Dinoceras_; they do not present the sharp angle in the lower margin
shown in the latter genus, nor are they so extensively overlapped
by the zygomatic processes of the squamosal. Posterior to the molar
series, the malars are greatly compressed and very slender, but at
the junction with the maxillaries they become much wider and thicker.
There is no trace of a postorbital process; and the projections from
the under surface of the bone at their junction with the squamosals,
so prominent in Dinoceras, are here rudimentary or absent. As a
whole, the zygomatic arch is very long, slender, simple, curved
upwards and very slightly outwards, so slightly that it is completely
overhung by the superciliary ridge and frontal crest.
_The Lachrymals_ are unusually large, and form the anterior part of
the orbit; they encroach considerably upon the face, and articulate
with the superciliary ridges above. The lachrymal foramen is very
large.
_The Maxillaries_ are of great length, being nearly as long as the
nasals. They extend somewhat beyond the last molar; but the suture
between them and the pterygoids is very obscure. There is a very long
diastema between the canine and molar series, and the lower margin
is arched upwards; above this, between the orbit and the socket of
the canine, there is a large, deep fossa, but we can discover no
infraorbital foramina. The sockets of the canines are very large
and prominent, they curve upwards and backwards to the base of the
median cranial projections, but these are not excavated to receive
them, as is the case in _Dinoceras_. The most peculiar feature of the
maxillary bones is the pair of large horn-like projections, to which,
in conjunction with the nasals, they give rise. These have already
been described, and it only remains to add that they correspond in
position to those of _Dinoceras_, and are therefore much further
forward than those of _Loxolophodon_.
The palatine plates of the maxillaries are long and very narrow; they
are concave transversely, and are separated from each other by a high
median ridge. The posterior palatine foramina are small.
The _Palatines_ are very short, narrow, and concave, and are
separated by a ridge. They are considerably excavated on the
posterior border, in this respect differing from _Loxolophodon_.
The _Pterygoids_ and the pterygoid plates of the alisphenoid are
compressed; the former join the alveolar borders of the maxillary,
which are produced somewhat beyond the last molars. The alisphenoid
canal is very large, but rather short.
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