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Laelaps falculus Cope 1876
No full textLaelaps falculus, Cope, loc. cit.Published as part of Cope, E. D., 1876, On some extinct reptiles and batrachia from the Judith River and Fox Hills beds of Montana, pp. 340-359 in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28 on page 344, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.336836
Stephanie Mathson interviews poet and author Judith Kerman
No full textPoet and author Judith Kerman talks about her experience as a Fulbright scholar in the Dominican Republic, her work translating poems by Cuban poet Dulce Mar\ueda Loynaz, learning Spanish, translating poems from Spanish, and her book "Retrofitting Blade Runner". Kerman is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson of the Michigan State University Libraries. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Zapsalis Cope 1876
No full textZAPSALIS Cope. The teeth of this genus are intermediate in form between those of Laelaps and Paronychodon. They have one flat and one convex side, whose junctions form the anterior and posterior edges of the crown as in the latter genus; and like the latter, there is, no anterior cutting edge, but instead, a solid angle. But the posterior edge is denticulate as in Laelaps, and the plicae or keels of Paronyclrodon are here only recognizable in low angles. Some light may be cast 0 n the affinities of the latter genus by the discovery of Zapsalis.Published as part of Cope, E. D., 1876, On some extinct reptiles and batrachia from the Judith River and Fox Hills beds of Montana, pp. 340-359 in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28 on page 344, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.336836
Laelaps cristatus Cope 1876
No full textLaelaps cristatus, Cope, sp. nov. Another small species well distinguished by the form and coarse denticulation of the teeth, approaching the genus Troodon. The crowns of the teeth are short, stout, compressed, and curved. Both sides are convex, and neither is iheetted. The dentieles are large, those of the posterior cutting edge the largest, and measuring M..0005. A characteristic feature is the full development of the (lenticnlate anterior cutting edge of the crown. This extends to the base, becoming more prominent as it descends. Surface smooth.Published as part of Cope, E. D., 1876, On some extinct reptiles and batrachia from the Judith River and Fox Hills beds of Montana, pp. 340-359 in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28 on page 344, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.336836
Uronautes Cope
No full textURONAUTES Cope. Genus novum Sauropterygiarum. Cervical vertebrae, like the dorsals and caudals, short and transverse. and distinct from each other. Neural arches and transverse processes coössified at maturity. Transverse processes of the cervicals simple and depressed. Extremities plesiosauroid. This genus might be referred to Polycotylus, Cope, were it not for the distinctness and greater abbreviation of the cervical vertebrae. From Cimoliasaurus, Leidy, it differs in the eoössificntion of the caudal diapophyses and the much greater abbreviation of the cervical vertebrae. The centra are amphiplatyan in Cimoliasaurus, biconcave in Uronautes. From Pliosaurus, Owen, which resembles the present form in the shortness of the cervical vertebrae, the coössified transverse processes of the cervicals separate it. The present is pre-eminently a short-necked genus of the order. The remains on which it reposes are the cervical, dorsal, and caudal vertebrae, with portions of limb and rib bones.Published as part of Cope, E. D., 1876, On some extinct reptiles and batrachia from the Judith River and Fox Hills beds of Montana, pp. 340-359 in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28 on page 345, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.336836
Hemitrypus , Cope.
No full textHEMITRYPUS, Cope. Represented by a vertebra of the general character of those of the genus Scapherpeton, but which laeks the foramen chordae dorsalis of the posterior half of the centrum, and is not carinate on the inferior surface. The diapophysis is directed backwards just below the posterior zygapophysis, inclosing with it a notch into which the anterior zygapophysis is received. Anterior zygapophyses connected by a prolongation of the neural arch. I had suspected that this vertebra might be one of those of the cervical region of a species of Scapherpeton, hut the position of the foramen chordae dorsalis renders this highly improbable. The only position to which it could he assigned in the column of this genus would be that of the axis. But the foramen is present in the posterior half of the atlas and thus probably in the axis in Scapherpeton, as in vertebrae from all other regions of the column, so that such an exception as is presented by the present centrum is not to be locked for. The absence of the carina, and the cylindric form of the centrum, add to the belief that the species does not belong to Scapherpeton.Published as part of Cope, E. D., 1876, On some extinct reptiles and batrachia from the Judith River and Fox Hills beds of Montana, pp. 340-359 in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28 on page 358, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.336836
Zapsalis abradens Cope 1876
No full textZapsalis abradens, sp. nov. This reptile was apparently about the size of the Laelaps laevifrons. The best preserved tooth is that of a probably adult animal, as it displays considerable attrition, especially on the fiat side. Here three worn lines indicate the former existence of as many low longitudinal angles of the surface, of which the median is basal and short. The convex side exhibits four low angles of nearly equal length, all stopping short of the apex. The facets between them, excepting the anterior two, are slightly concave. The denticles are of moderate coarseness, measuring M. 00033.Published as part of Cope, E. D., 1876, On some extinct reptiles and batrachia from the Judith River and Fox Hills beds of Montana, pp. 340-359 in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28 on page 345, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.336836
Poet and author Judith Kerman reads her selected works at the Michigan Writers Series
No full textPoet and author Judith Kerman reads selected poems, including the English translation of poems by Cuban poet Dulce Mar\ueda Loynaz, and answers questions from audience. Kerman is introduced by Michigan State University Librarian Jeanne Drewes. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the Main Library
Hemitrypus jordanianus Cope, 1876, sp. nov.
No full textHemitrypus jordanianus, Cope, sp. nov. No emargination between the anterior zygapophyses; neural spine directed upwards and backwards. The diapophyses vertically compressed, directed downwards, inwards, and backwards, and not giving origin to a strong ridge on the side of tlıe centrum, as is seen in the species of Scapherpeton. Neither is there any fossa on the side of the centrum as in that genus. There is a small longitudinal foramen which enters the inner base of the inferior half of the diapoplrysis. There is a low ridge on each side of the neural arch, which extends backwards and inwards. The anterior articular face is a wide oval somewhat contracted below, and is pierced by a foramen at a point within the superior third of the vertical diameter. It is not so deeply excavated as in the species of Scapherpeton. The posterior articular face is a regular vertical oval, is concave, but not excavated, as is seen in the centra of the genus just mentioned. The inferior face of the Centrum is rounded, with some feeble lateral ridges. [table omitted] About the size of the Menopoma allegheniense. This batrachian is dedicated to Prof. D. S. Jordan, of the Northwestern Christian University, author of the Manual of the Vertebrata of the Eastern United States.Published as part of Cope, E. D., 1876, On some extinct reptiles and batrachia from the Judith River and Fox Hills beds of Montana, pp. 340-359 in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28 on pages 358-359, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.336836
Champsosaurus annectens Cope ED 1876, sp. nov
No full textChamposaurus annectens, Cope, sp. nov. The greater number of vertebrae obtained belong to this saurian, which may therefore be looked upon as the type of the genus. The cervical which bears the hypapophysial facet presents a carina below, which is only prominent between the articular faces. One such cervical in the collection is rounded below, aud may be anterior in the series, or may belong to another species. The inferior keel is strong on the other cervicais, hut soon disappears on the anterior dorsals. The remaining centra are rounded below . The parapophyses where present are knob-like, aud the corresponding part of the transverse process is similar in the anterior dorsal vertebrae. The base of the neural arch is nearer the anterior than the posterior articular face. These faces are nearly round in the anterior caudal central, but soon become vertical ovals, with the compressed form. There is a fossa below and in front of the parapophysis, which continues to beyond the anterior dorsals. The dense layer of the surface of the centrum is smooth, except some delicate striations near the articular borders. These are most marked along the median interior face of the caudal vertebrae, which is flat, grooved, and distally acute. I cannot certainly connect the vertebrae of a series as those of a single individual. [table omitted] [table omitted] A vertebra not distinguishable from the corresponding one of this species was found near Amell's Creek, on a bank of deposit of the Fox Hills group (No. 5), with the bones of the Uronautes cetiformis, supra. l cannot account for this circumstances, as it is the most abundant fossil of the Judith River beds (No. 6).Published as part of Cope, E. D., 1876, On some extinct reptiles and batrachia from the Judith River and Fox Hills beds of Montana, pp. 340-359 in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28 on pages 351-352, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.336836
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