The Coal Measures Amphibia of North AmericaMoodie, Roy Lee
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The Coal Measures Amphibia of North America
Moodie, Roy Lee
Amphibians, Fossil -- North America; Paleontology -- Carboniferous; Paleontology -- North America
D. Outline of skull and cranial elements of _Erpetosaurus
acutirostris_ Moodie, from the Coal Measures of Linton, Ohio.
Original in American Museum of Natural History. × 1. _ex_,
exoccipital; _fr_, frontal; _j_, jugal; _mx_, maxilla; _n_,
nasal; _or_, orbit; _po_, postorbital; _par_, parietal; _pp_,
postparietal; _pf_, postfrontal; _sq_, squamosal; _spt_,
supratemporal; _tab_, tabulare.
E. Outline of larger part of skeleton of _Odonterpeton triangularis_
Moodie, from the Coal Measures of Linton, Ohio. Original in U. S.
National Museum. × 4. _h_, humerus; _il_, ilium?; _v_, vertebræ,
all of which are not represented.
F. Right mandible of _Erpetosaurus tabulatus_ Cope, from the Linton,
Ohio, Coal Measures. Original in American Museum of Natural
History. × 2. _art_, articular; _cor_, coronoid; _d_, dentary;
_ang_, angular; _sa_, surangular.
G. Skull elements and lateral-line canals of _Erpetosaurus
tabulatus_ Cope, from the Coal Measures of Linton, Ohio. × 1.5.
_fr_, frontal; _j_, jugal; _jl_, jugal lateral-line canal;
_mx_, maxilla: _n_, nasal; _or_, orbit; _par_, parietal; _po_,
postorbital; _pf_, lacrimal or prefrontal; _so_, suborbital
lateral-line canal; _pp_, postparietal; _pmx_, premaxilla; _qj_,
quadratojugal; _spo_, supraorbital lateral-line canal; _sq_,
squamosal; _spt_, supratemporal; _tm_, temporal lateral-line
canal; _tab_, tabulare; _so_, supraoccipital cross-commissure of
lateral-line canal.
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_Dendrerpeton_ is not well enough known for an exact comparison with
_Erpetosaurus obtusus_, but Cope separated the latter from _Dendrerpeton_
on the position of the orbits and the broadly rounded muzzle. This species
differs from the other species of the genus in the form of the cranium, as
well as in the characters which separate it from _Dendrerpeton_.
Measurements of the Type of Erpetosaurus obtusus Cope.
mm.
Median length of the skull 48
Width of skull at posterior border 56
Width across orbits 37
Length of orbit 12.5
Width of orbit 7
Interorbital space 15
Diameter of nostril 1.5
Diameter of pineal foramen 1.75
Two other specimens, Nos. 8602 G and 8608 G of the American Museum, are
associated in this species.
=Erpetosaurus tabulatus Cope.=
Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., XVI, p. 577 (Tuditanus tabulatus).
Moodie, Jour. Geol., 17, p. 52, figs. 8, 9, 1909.
Moodie, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXVI, pp. 347, 351, pl. 59, fig.
2; pl. 62, fig. 2, 1909.
Type: Specimen in the Zoological Collection of Columbia University.
Horizon and locality: Linton, Ohio, Coal Measures. (Plate 25, fig. 2.)
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