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.
Length of skeleton 67
Length of skull 15
Posterior width of skull 15
Depth of tympanic notch 4
Width of tympanic notch 6
Long diameter of the orbit 7
Transverse diameter of the orbit 5.5
Interorbital width 4.5
Diameter of pineal foramen .75
Length of cervical series of vertebræ 9
Length of dorsal series 35
Length of caudal series 13
Length of a centrum of the dorsal series 1.5
Length of dorsal rib 3.5
Length of arm 20
Length of humerus 7
Length of radius and ulna 4
Width of carpal space 3
Length of third digit 5
Length of leg 25
Length of ilium 3
Length of femur 9
Length of tibia and fibula 5
Length of carpal space 4
Length of 1st digit 3
Length of 2d digit 4.5
Length of 4th digit 7
3 ventral scutellæ in 1 mm.
=Amphibamus thoracatus Moodie.=
Moodie, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 40, pp. 431-433, fig. 2, 1911.
Moodie, Kans. Univ. Sci. Bull., VI, No. 2, pp. 347-349, pl. 5, fig. 2,
1912.
Type: Specimen No. 4306, U. S. National Museum.
Horizon and locality: Mazon Creek shales, near Morris, Illinois.
The type is a part of the collection of Mr. R. D. Lacoe, in the U. S.
National Museum. The fossil is very poorly preserved, but the remains are
to be seen on both halves of the nodule, so that considerable can be made
out as to its structure.
The chief diagnostic characters which will at once distinguish the species
are the elongate arm, large interclavicle, shape of the vertebra, and
triangular skull.
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