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
"The only specimen of the species exhibits an inferior view of a
portion of the skeleton; and the obverse, on which the thoracic
and abdominal armor could have been preserved, has not come under
my observation. The specimen, however, does not exhibit any ribs,
although the vertebræ are well preserved. As observed by Professor
Wyman, the genus presents some points of similarity to the Anura
(Salientia). The prolongation of the angles of the mandible is of this
character, as well as the general form of the head. The bones of the
forearm may be united as in the frogs, and the length and curvature of
the femur are seen among these animals rather than the Salamanders.
The form of the femur is different from that of _Amphibamus
grandiceps_ Cope, which also differs in the presence of dermal scales
and ventral scutellæ." (123.)
[Illustration: MOODIE PLATE 7
_Hylerpeton dawsoni_ Owen. Above: Mandible, teeth, rib, and
bones of extremity. Below: Bones of pelvis and posterior limb and bony
scales. Nearly natural size. Erect tree, Coal formation, South Joggins,
Nova Scotia. Photograph by Dawson, published through the courtesy of
Dr. Arthur Willey. Original specimens in Peter Redpath Museum of McGill
University.]
=Pelion lyelli Wyman.=
Wyman, Am. Jour. Sci. (2), XXV, p. 160, 1858.
Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1868, p. 211.
Cope, Geol. Surv. Ohio, II, pt. II, p. 390, pl. XXVI, fig. 1, 1875.
Moodie, Pop. Sci. Monthly, LXXII, p. 562, fig. 1, 1908.
Type: Specimen No. 7909 G, American Museum of Natural History.
Horizon and locality: Linton, Ohio, Coal Measures. (Plate 24, fig. 1.)
This was the first species described from the Linton, Ohio, deposits.
It was made known by Dr. Wyman in 1857 at the meeting of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science for that year. The species was
subsequently studied by Cope. He merely confirmed Wyman's observations.
The following description is based on the descriptions of Cope and Wyman
and on my own study of the type specimen.
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