A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas — John Shaqi
A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of KansasEaton, Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth)
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A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas
Eaton, Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth)
Amphibians, Fossil; Paleontology -- Pennsylvanian
[Illustration: FIG. 8. _Hesperoherpeton garnettense_ Peabody. Type
specimen redrawn. Right scapulocoracoid in external view (at left), and
internal view (at right). KU 9976, × 4.]
[Illustration: FIG. 9. _Hesperoherpeton garnettense_ Peabody. Right
scapulocoracoid in external view, showing part of interclavicle, and
position occupied by clavicle. The specimen is flattened and lies
entirely in one plane. KU 10295, × 4.]
[Illustration: FIG. 10. _Hesperoherpeton garnettense_ Peabody. Right
clavicle in external view. Anterior edge to right. KU 10295, × 4.]
The right clavicle is complete, and resembles a spoon having a slender
handle. The dorsal tip of the handle is L-shaped. The expanded ventral
part is convex externally, and rested upon the anteroventral surface of
the scapulocoracoid. The lateral edge next to the "stem" is distinctly
concave, abruptly becoming similar in contour to the opposite edge, and
giving the impression of an unsymmetrical spoon. The left clavicle is
present in scattered fragments, its dorsal hooklike end being intact.
The posterior end of the interclavicle lies in contact with the right
scapulocoracoid. There are short lateral processes at the point where
the interclavicle was overlapped by the clavicles, but we cannot be
sure of the extent of this bone anteriorly or posteriorly.
The presumed left cleithrum, a long rectangle, is approximately equal
in length to the rodlike stem of the clavicle, and is about as wide as
the dorsal L-shaped tip of the clavicle. The posterior end of the
cleithrum presumably met the tip of the clavicle, while the rest of it
was directed anteriorly and a little dorsally. There seems to be a
small articular surface near the anterior extremity which suggests the
presence of a supracleithrum. The upper border of the cleithrum is
slightly convex and the lower concave.
FORELIMB (Fig. 11)
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