The Coal Measures Amphibia of North America

Name: The Coal Measures Amphibia of North America
Author: Moodie, Roy Lee

Moodie, Roy Lee

Amphibians, Fossil -- North America; Paleontology -- Carboniferous; Paleontology -- North America

Class Batrachia.
    Order Anura. (Anura, Duméril; Salientia, Merrem, Gray.)
      Raniformia. (Raniformia, Cope, Nat. Hist. Rev., V, 114, 1865.)
        Families: _Ranidæ_, _Colostheidæ_.
      Firmisternia. (Bufonoid Raniformia, Cope, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci.,
        Philadelphia, n.s., VI, 190, 1867.)
        Families: _Dendrobatidæ_, _Phryniscidæ_, _Engystomidæ_,
          _Breviceptidæ_.
      Gastrechmia. (Gastrechmia, Cope, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci.,
        Philadelphia, n.s., VI, 198, 1867.)
        Family: Hemisidæ.
      Bufoniformia. (Bufoniformia, Duméril et Bibron, _partim_; Cope,
        _partim_.)
        Families: _Rhinophrynidæ_, _Bufonidæ_, _Batrachophrynidæ_.
      Aglossa.
        Family: _Pipidæ._
      Odontaglossa.
        Family: _Dactylethridæ._
      Arcifera. (Arcifera, Cope, N. H. Rev., V, 104, 1865.)
        Families: _Cystignathidæ_, _Hemiphractidæ_, _Hylidæ_,
          _Scaphiopidæ_, _Pelodytidæ_, _Asterophrydidæ_, _Discoglossidæ_.
    Order Stegocephali. (Stegocephali Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.,
      Philadelphia, 1868, 209.)
      Labyrinthodontia.
        Families: _Baphetidæ_ Cope, _Anthracosauridæ_ Cope.
      Ganocephala.
        Family: _Colosteidæ_ Cope.
      Microsauria.
        Families: _Phlegethontiidæ_ Cope, _Molgophidæ_ Cope, _Ptyoniidæ_
          Cope, _Tuditanidæ_ Cope,
      _Peliontidæ_ Cope.
    Order Gymnophiona. (Gymnophiona Müller.)
        Family: _Cœciliidæ_ Gray, 1850.
    Order Urodela.
        Families: _Pleurodelidæ_ Gray, 1858; _Salamandridæ_: Gray, 1858;
          _Hynobiidæ_ Cope, 1866; _Desmognathidæ_ Cope, 1866; Thoriidæ
          Cope, 1869; _Plethodontidæ_ Cope, 1866; _Amblystomidæ_ Cope,
          1866; _Menopomidæ_ (_Protonopsidæ_ Gray, 1850), _Amphiumidæ_
          Cope, 1866; _Cocytinidæ_ Cope.
    Order Proteida.
        Family: _Proteidæ_ Gray, 1850.
    Order Trachystomata.
        Family: _Sirenidæ_ Gray, 1850.

In 1885 Cope proposed 2 new orders, which he arranges with the other
orders already known, as follows:

              { Order   I. Rachitomi.      Order   V. Urodela.
  Batrachia.  { Order  II. Embolomeri.     Order  VI. Trachystomata.
              { Order III. Stegocephali.   Order VII. Anura.
              { Order  IV. Proteida.

The new order Rachitomi was to include forms like Eryops and the new order
Embolomeri was to include forms like Cricotus; the other orders were as
they had been given before.

Zittel in 1888 proposed (642) the next classification of any note in his
"Handbuch der Paleontologie," where it stands as follows:

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The Coal Measures Amphibia of North America

Moodie, Roy Lee

Amphibians, Fossil -- North America; Paleontology -- Carboniferous; Paleontology -- North America

Class Batrachia.
    Order Anura. (Anura, Duméril; Salientia, Merrem, Gray.)
      Raniformia. (Raniformia, Cope, Nat. Hist. Rev., V, 114, 1865.)
        Families: _Ranidæ_, _Colostheidæ_.
      Firmisternia. (Bufonoid Raniformia, Cope, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci.,
        Philadelphia, n.s., VI, 190, 1867.)
        Families: _Dendrobatidæ_, _Phryniscidæ_, _Engystomidæ_,
          _Breviceptidæ_.
      Gastrechmia. (Gastrechmia, Cope, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci.,
        Philadelphia, n.s., VI, 198, 1867.)
        Family: Hemisidæ.
      Bufoniformia. (Bufoniformia, Duméril et Bibron, _partim_; Cope,
        _partim_.)
        Families: _Rhinophrynidæ_, _Bufonidæ_, _Batrachophrynidæ_.
      Aglossa.
        Family: _Pipidæ._
      Odontaglossa.
        Family: _Dactylethridæ._
      Arcifera. (Arcifera, Cope, N. H. Rev., V, 104, 1865.)
        Families: _Cystignathidæ_, _Hemiphractidæ_, _Hylidæ_,
          _Scaphiopidæ_, _Pelodytidæ_, _Asterophrydidæ_, _Discoglossidæ_.
    Order Stegocephali. (Stegocephali Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.,
      Philadelphia, 1868, 209.)
      Labyrinthodontia.
        Families: _Baphetidæ_ Cope, _Anthracosauridæ_ Cope.
      Ganocephala.
        Family: _Colosteidæ_ Cope.
      Microsauria.
        Families: _Phlegethontiidæ_ Cope, _Molgophidæ_ Cope, _Ptyoniidæ_
          Cope, _Tuditanidæ_ Cope,
      _Peliontidæ_ Cope.
    Order Gymnophiona. (Gymnophiona Müller.)
        Family: _Cœciliidæ_ Gray, 1850.
    Order Urodela.
        Families: _Pleurodelidæ_ Gray, 1858; _Salamandridæ_: Gray, 1858;
          _Hynobiidæ_ Cope, 1866; _Desmognathidæ_ Cope, 1866; Thoriidæ
          Cope, 1869; _Plethodontidæ_ Cope, 1866; _Amblystomidæ_ Cope,
          1866; _Menopomidæ_ (_Protonopsidæ_ Gray, 1850), _Amphiumidæ_
          Cope, 1866; _Cocytinidæ_ Cope.
    Order Proteida.
        Family: _Proteidæ_ Gray, 1850.
    Order Trachystomata.
        Family: _Sirenidæ_ Gray, 1850.

In 1885 Cope proposed 2 new orders, which he arranges with the other
orders already known, as follows:

              { Order   I. Rachitomi.      Order   V. Urodela.
  Batrachia.  { Order  II. Embolomeri.     Order  VI. Trachystomata.
              { Order III. Stegocephali.   Order VII. Anura.
              { Order  IV. Proteida.

The new order Rachitomi was to include forms like Eryops and the new order
Embolomeri was to include forms like Cricotus; the other orders were as
they had been given before.

Zittel in 1888 proposed (642) the next classification of any note in his
"Handbuch der Paleontologie," where it stands as follows:

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The Coal Measures Amphibia of North America

The Coal Measures Amphibia of North America

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