VI. A study of the skull of a dicynodon by means of serial sections

Abstract

In this communication we propose to give an account of the first results we have obtained with a new apparatus purchased by a grant from the Government Fund administered by the Royal Society. Our previous work was accomplished by means of a grinding machine already described, but this, though admirably adapted to the examination of small specimens (up to 20 mm. square), is inadequate for larger and more important objects, such as the skulls of fossil reptiles or mammals.