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
mm.
Median length of skull 26
Width across squamosal enlargement 30
Width across base of horns 25
Length from muzzle to tip of horn 40
Length of horn 10
Width of horn at base 4
Length of orbit 4
Width of orbit 3
Interorbital span 6
Nos. 4472 and 4473, U. S. National Museum, from Linton, Ohio, Coal
Measures.
mm.
Median length of skull 16
Maximum width of skull 20
Length of horn from base 7
Length of orbit 3
Interorbital width 3.5
Length of vertebral column to sacrum 33
Length of femur 5.5
Length of tibia and fibula 3
Length of second digit (incomplete) 7
Length of metatarsal 1.5
Length of clavicle 6
Width of clavicle 3.5
[Illustration: Fig. 25. Restoration of skeleton of _Eoserpeton tenuicorne_
Cope. × 1 .5.
Skull: _pmx_, premaxilla; _n_, nasal; _fr_, frontal; _par_, parietal;
_pf_, prefrontal; _mx_, maxilla; _pof_, postfrontal; _po_,
postorbital; pp, postparietal; _j_, jugal; _qj_, quadratojugal;
_spt_, supratemporal; _sq_, squamosal; _tab_, tabulare.
Skeleton: _ic_, interclavicle; _cl_, clavicle; _sc_, scapula; _h_,
humerus; _r_, radius; _u_, ulna; _c_, carpus; _sr_, sacral rib
(uncertain?); _il_, ilium; _f_, femur; _fb_, fibula; _t_, tibia;
_ts_, tarsus.
]
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