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
There are found associated with the remains of the genus _Sauropleura_
a number of heavy scutes or scales. There are three of them on the same
block as the specimen of _S. longidentata_ and are provisionally referred
to the genus. There are a number of scutes preserved separately, but they
agree in their characters with those discovered on the specimens. The
scutes are elongate and usually acuminate at one end and having a broad
base at the other. The acuminate end is slightly bent to one side so as
to present the appearance of a hook. Others are shield-shaped and are
quite large, while the majority of the hook-shaped ones are small. The
shield-shaped elements have a rounded boss near the center of the plate
and the edges are imbricated. Their nature and their proper location on
the animal are a puzzle. They may not belong to the genus, but have been
noticed with the remains of at least 3 species.
Measurements (in Millimeters) of Scutes Associated with the Specimens of
Sauropleura.
No. 4513 U. S. National Museum:
Length 27
Width, maximum 14
Width, minimum 3
Scutes associated with the specimen of _Sauropleura longidentata_:
Width across base 3
Width across tip 1
Additional specimens are: Nos. 3, 8673 G and 8470 G, American Museum of
Natural History.
=Sauropleura longidentata Moodie.=
Moodie, Jour. Geol., 17, No. I, pp. 74-76, figs. 18, 19, 1909.
Type: Specimen No. 8619 G, American Museum of Natural History.
Horizon and locality: Linton, Ohio, Coal Measures.
[Illustration: MOODIE PLATE 22
1. Type of _Leptophractus lineolatus_ Cope, from the Coal Measures
of Linton, Ohio. Portions of maxilla and mandible of left side
with teeth. × 1. Original in American Museum of Natural History.
2. Type of _Proterpeton gurleyi_ Moodie, from the Coal Measures
of Illinois, near Danville. Cervical of an otherwise unknown
vertebrate. Neural spine to the right. Original in Walker Museum,
University of Chicago × 2.
3. Amphibian phalanx from the Coal Measures near Breeze, Illinois,
of an unknown species. The probable form of the element is
represented. × 3.
4. Large rib of a stereospondylous stegocephalan otherwise unknown.
The rib may represent a species of _Macrerpeton_ or may even
belong with _Macrerpeton deani_ Moodie, but exact identification
will have to wait for future discoveries. From the Coal Measures
of Linton, Ohio. Original in U. S. National Museum. × 1.
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