. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. 158 bulletin: museum of comparative zoology merits, of which little is known. The condyle has ad\'anced far toward the tripartite condition, although the two exoccipital surfaces are close to one another. Except for details of the feet, the postcranial region is nearly com- pletely preserved, and in many features indicates that Cacops was essentially a terrestrial animal; the dissorophids apparently represent a peak in the developihent of land life in the labyrinthodonts. The body was short and stocky, with but 21 pre
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. 158 bulletin: museum of comparative zoology merits, of which little is known. The condyle has ad\'anced far toward the tripartite condition, although the two exoccipital surfaces are close to one another. Except for details of the feet, the postcranial region is nearly com- pletely preserved, and in many features indicates that Cacops was essentially a terrestrial animal; the dissorophids apparently represent a peak in the developihent of land life in the labyrinthodonts. The body was short and stocky, with but 21 presacral vertebrae, two sacrals — a remarkable feature for an amphibian — and a short tail of perhaps 21 or 22 segments. The vertebrae are rhachitomous. An imusual feature is the development of dermal armor in the form of /p4-^ Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. : The Museum
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