Descriptions of some vertebrate remains from the Fort Union beds of Montana
Author
Cope, E. D.
text
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
1876
28
248
261
journal article
25997
10.5281/zenodo.3371111
87e60a32-5002-431d-b24e-2b0dd43b67fb
3371111
Diclonius calamarius
,
sp. nov.
This species, as
represented by teeth
, is the smallest of the genus, but the adult size is a
point
, however, not easily determined among extinct
reptiles
. The teeth are slender, and
the
front has parallel borders and a median keel. The borders are entire, and, in two of the crowns, twisted slightly round the long axis of the tooth. The keel is
thus
twisted also, and towards the base, when it becomes
quite
low, is nearer one border than the other.
The
back of the tooth
displays
two lateral facets, separated by
a
narrow median facet. The former have a thin, delicately rugose, cement investment, with a minute rugosity; the latter is smooth in the specimens, apparently from friction. The characters of
this
saurian readily distinguish it from its congeners.