. The biology of the amphibia. Amphibians. D Fig. 2.—Skull of an osteolepid fish and an embolomerous amphibian compared. Side view: A. Osteolepis macrolepidotus. B. Palaeogyrinus decorus. Palate view: C. Baphetes. D. Eusthenopteron. , basioccipital; , basisphenoid; , ectopterygoid; , epipterygoid; Ju., jugal; L., lacrimal; Mx., maxilla; Pal., palatine; , premaxilla; , postorbital; Pr., prefrontal; , pro- otic; Pt., pterygoid; , prevomer; , quadratojugal; Sq., squamosal. (After Watson, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London, 1926.) terrestrial. The long sacral
. The biology of the amphibia. Amphibians. D Fig. 2.—Skull of an osteolepid fish and an embolomerous amphibian compared. Side view: A. Osteolepis macrolepidotus. B. Palaeogyrinus decorus. Palate view: C. Baphetes. D. Eusthenopteron. , basioccipital; , basisphenoid; , ectopterygoid; , epipterygoid; Ju., jugal; L., lacrimal; Mx., maxilla; Pal., palatine; , premaxilla; , postorbital; Pr., prefrontal; , pro- otic; Pt., pterygoid; , prevomer; , quadratojugal; Sq., squamosal. (After Watson, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London, 1926.) terrestrial. The long sacral ribs lay below an elongated ilium, indicating that the latter element was attached to them by muscles, exactly as the scapula is attached to the pectoral ribs. The limbs were small but as far as known more like those of later Amphibia than like the fins of the osteolepoid fishes. Fin- gers and toes were present and the limbs assumed a normal. 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 Noble, Gladwyn Kingsley, 1894-1940. New York : McGraw-Hill
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