On some extinct reptiles and batrachia from the Judith River and Fox Hills beds of MontanaAuthorCope, E. D.textProceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia18761876-12-3128340359journal article10.5281/zenodo.33683636de1cdbb-5c8e-4f58-b9e0-1790503ef0a53368363Scapherpeton
favosum
,
sp.
nov
.
The vertebra which I select
as
typical of this species is more distinct in character from those of the three species above described, than they are from each other. Although the Centrum presents a strong inferior keel, its border is not horizontal or convex, but concave, and the articular cups
are
proportionally little elongated downwards. The diapophyses have at their bases a relatively small vertical diameter, and the longitudinal perforation enters below and before the base and not behind it. The
longitudinal
ridge from the inferior part
of
the latter is
very
prominent and horizontal, bridging
over
the vertical perforation, which enters the superior lateral fossa. lt is separated below from the posterior perforation by
a
. short
oblique
bridge. The neural arch
is lost
from this specimen.
There
are
other vertebrae which display
a slightly developed
inferior keel, and articular cups little produced
downwards
, but
the
fossae are less developed than in the one described.
Measurements
.
M.
antero-posterior Diameter of
centrum
{vertical transverse
.006. 004.003
The
typical individual
was
about as large as the
Menopoma
.