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
"To the paleontologist there are few places in the world more
interesting than the Diamond mine, at Linton, since here we get such
a view of the life of the Carboniferous age as is afforded almost
nowhere else, and of the great numbers of species found there, not
more than three or four have been met with elsewhere" (497).
On page 18 is a list of the Amphibia which are thus far described from the
Linton deposits. They all belong, so far as known, to the Microsauria, the
reference of any of the species to other orders being doubtful. The larger
Amphibia seem to be indicated by a large rib which resembles very much
that described by Huxley in 1863 for _Anthracosaurus_.
Amphibia from the Linton Beds (51 SPECIES).
_Brachydectes newberryi_ Cope. Fragment of a skull.
_Cercariomorphus parvisquamis_ Cope. Impression of body.
_Cocytinus gyrinoides_ Cope. A skull and anterior dorsal vertebræ.
_Ctenerpeton alveolatum_ Cope. Large portion of skeleton, no skull.
_Diceratosaurus lævis_ Moodie. Complete skull.
_Diceratosaurus punctolineatus_ Cope. Anterior vertebræ, part of skull,
with ribs and portion of ventral armature.
_Diceratosaurus robustus_ Moodie. Incomplete cranium.
_Eoserpeton (Ceraterpeton) tenuicorne_ Cope. Incomplete skull.
_Erpetosaurus acutirostris_ Moodie. Complete skull.
_Erpetosaurus obtusus_ Cope. Incomplete skull.
_Erpetosaurus radiatus_ Cope. Incomplete skull.
_Erpetosaurus tabulatus_ Cope. Incomplete skull, with clavicles.
_Erpetosaurus tuberculatus_ Moodie. Incomplete skull.
_Eurythorax sublævis_ Cope. A single interclavicle. (Operculum of lung
fish, _Sagenodus_.)
_Hyphasma lævis_ Cope. Incomplete skull and anterior vertebræ.
_Ichthycanthus ohiensis_ Cope. Portion of dorsal region.
_Ichthycanthus platypus_ Cope. Posterior portion of body.
_Leptophractus dentatus_ Moodie. Mandible.
_Leptophractus lineolatus_ Cope. Incomplete skull.
_Leptophractus obsoletus_ Cope. Portions of skull.
_Macrerpeton deani_ Moodie. Mandible and part of skull.
_Macrerpeton huxleyi_ Cope. Part of cranium.
_Molgophis brevicostatus_ Cope. Part of vertebral column with ribs.
_Molgophis macrurus_ Cope. Vertebral column.
_Molgophis wheatleyi_ Cope. Part of skull with 25 vertebræ.
_Odonterpeton triangularis_ Moodie. Skull and anterior part of body.
_Œstocephalus rectidens_ Cope. Part of mandible.
_Œstocephalus remex_ Cope. Skull and anterior part of body.
_Pelion lyelli_ Wyman. Cranium, fore part of body, hind limb.
_Phlegethontia linearis_ Cope. Skull and anterior part of body.
_Phlegethontia serpens_ Cope. Series of 22 dorsal vertebræ.
_Pleuroptyx clavatus_ Cope. Part of vertebral column and limbs.
_Ptyonius marshii_ Cope. Part of skull and anterior vertebræ.
_Ptyonius nummifer_ Cope. Skull and greater part of vertebral column.
_Ptyonius pectinatus_ Cope. Many specimens, some nearly perfect.
_Ptyonius serrula_ Cope. Nearly complete skeleton.
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