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
Two skulls are provisionally associated with this species. One of these
skulls is figured by Cope (123) on plate XXXIII, fig. 1. It is there
referred to _S. scutellata_. That it can not, however, be referred to
that species is manifest when the teeth are observed. In the type of
_S. scutellata_ the teeth are very small, sharp denticles, while in the
skull under discussion the teeth are well developed and their bases are
longitudinally grooved. The teeth are elongate in the anterior part of
the skull and are shorter posteriorly. They are, however, all strong. The
skull is acuminate and the orbit is located about midway of its length.
The jaw is slightly longer than the cranium. The structure of the cranium
can not be determined in either skull, and in one only the position of the
orbits and the teeth.
[Illustration: Fig. 34.
A. Interclavicle of Sauropleura pauciradiata Cope. × 1. (After Cope.)
B. Left clavicle of Sauropleura pauciradiata Cope. × 1. (After Cope.)
]
Measurements of the Specimens of Sauropleura pauciradiata Cope.
mm.
Length of clavicle, left 43
Width of clavicle 25
Space between ridges 2
_Large specimen No. 8657 G and obverse (13) described us Colosteus
scutellatus Newb._
mm.
Length of specimen, as preserved 117
Width of specimen, maximum 61
Length of forearm 9
Length of hand 10
Length of metacarpus 5
Length of clavicle 4
Width of clavicle 18
Length of interclavicle 40
Width of interclavicle 23
Width of a ventral scute 1.5
Length of scute from angle to end 35
_Skull No. 8666 C, plate xxiii, fig. 1 (Cope, 123), Colosteus scutellatus._
mm.
Length of skull, as preserved 65
Width of skull 40
Diameter of orbit 6
Length of mandible 7
Width of mandible, maximum 10
Length of longest tooth 5
Width of tooth at base 1.5
_Skull Nos. 8602 G and 8608 G._
mm.
Length of skull, as preserved 50
Width of skull 60
Diameter of orbit 15
Length of mandibular tooth 4.5
Other specimens associated with this species: Nos. 8668 G, 86746, 85540,
8661 G. All specimens in the American Museum and all from Linton, Ohio.
Scutes of Sauropleura.
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