作者: Owen
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.JGS.1847.003.01-02.24
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摘要: The portions of shale transmitted by Mr. Clark contain delicate, but for the most part distinct, traces the, generally, entire skeleton small anourous Batrachia , osseous substance is black, as if charred. number vertebrae, atlas and sacrum inclusive, nine: caudal vertebrae are fused into a long, slender cylindrical style, in . In specimen (fig. 1) which lies on its back, posterior convexity vertebral bodies shown. short, subcylindrical very slightly expanded lateral or transverse processes sacrum, absence ribs their rudiments dorsal with proportional expanse skull length hind-legs, show specimens to belong family Frogs ( Ranidœ ). There seven abdominal long subequal processes, that second (third vertebra including atlas) being longest. humerus cylindrical, not Cystignathus head little larger relatively than Rana temporaria R. esculenta Hyla viridis ; still larger, therefore, Toads Natterjacks Bufonidœ ), Pipa : expansion removes genus Bombinatores from present fossils. following admeasurements more perfect specimens:— All individuals had completed metamorphosis, they similar one another size; may have belonged either quite full-grown brood