Note 668 — Chapter XVII
Reading edition
For a notice of the geological structure of this region, see Mr. Bain’s paper in Geol. Trans. 2d ser. vol. vii. pp. 53, &c.; and the abstract of a later Memoir by Mr. Bain, in the Literary Gazette, Dec. 18, 1852 (No. 1874).
[669] Namely, Dicynodon lacerticeps (lizard-head), D. testudiceps (turtle-bead), and D. strigiceps (owl-head), the trivial names of which have reference to the general form of the head; and D. Bainii, the largest, but unfortunately as yet the least known species, which takes the name of the intelligent and energetic discoverer and collector of the whole.