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
The ventral scutellation is present in a small patch (plate 16, fig. 1)
near the horn of the skull. The scutæ are oat-shaped and take the usual
form. The ribs are not long, are rather stout, and beyond the proximal
curve are nearly straight to the obtuse tips. The heads of the ribs are so
obscure that it is impossible to determine whether they were two-headed
or not. They are expanded proximally and there is a slight tendency to a
division of the head.
Portions of both fore limbs are preserved. The right limb possesses the
humerus, separate radius and ulna, and 2 metacarpals. The other possesses
only the radius, 3 metacarpals, and a portion of a phalanx. The humerus is
a very stout bone and at once recalls that of _Amblyrhynchus_. The ends
are expanded and there are roughnesses on the bone for the attachment of
muscles. The radius and ulna are subequal in size. They are both expanded
more proximally than distally. The carpus was cartilaginous. An additional
specimen of this species is figured on plate 16, fig. 5. This adds to our
knowledge of the pelvis especially.
Measurements of the Type.
mm.
Length of entire specimen 80
Length of tabulate horn of skull 20
Width at base 4
Width at tip 2.5
Length of right humerus 16
Width at middle of shaft 3
Width at proximal end 5
Width at distal end 5.5
Length of radius 9
Length of ulna 9
Width of radius at proximal end 2.5
Width at middle 1.5
Width at distal end 2
Width of various portions of
ulna same as radius.
Length of the only phalanx preserved 5
Length of vertebra 5
Width of vertebra 4
Length of longest rib 17
Width of rib at widest part 1.5
Width of clavicle 18
Length of clavicle 20
Length of interclavicle 25
Width of interclavicle 16
Length of single side of chevron scute 7
Width of same .25
The specimen (No. 2566, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.) on which Cope based his
_Tuditanus mordax_ is composed of two plates of the above-described
species.
=Diceratosaurus lævis Moodie.=
Moodie, Jour. Geol., XVII, No. 1, p. 63, figs. 13, 14, 1909.
Type: Specimen No. 102 (8680 G), American Museum of Natural History, where
it forms part of the Newberry collection.
Horizon and locality: Linton, Ohio, Coal Measures.
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