. A dictionary of the fossils of Pennsylvania and neighboring states named in the reports and catalogues of the survey ... Paleontology. ^ ^ f^ ^ }i ^ Dctwson. AccLd. Geol. 1858. p. 378. f. 146. Found by Prof. Wyman in LyelPs specimons from the Joggins' section of Coal Measures ; a slender lizard, 4 or 5 inches long; possibly the young of IlyL aciedentatus^ but not of Hyl. lyelli; feeding on insects and grubs, in the coal swamps, and itself eaten by the larger reptiles; for, ''quantities of its tiny bones occur in coprolitic masses [fossil dung] prob- ably attributed to Dendrerpeton?^ Dawson.—


. A dictionary of the fossils of Pennsylvania and neighboring states named in the reports and catalogues of the survey ... Paleontology. ^ ^ f^ ^ }i ^ Dctwson. AccLd. Geol. 1858. p. 378. f. 146. Found by Prof. Wyman in LyelPs specimons from the Joggins' section of Coal Measures ; a slender lizard, 4 or 5 inches long; possibly the young of IlyL aciedentatus^ but not of Hyl. lyelli; feeding on insects and grubs, in the coal swamps, and itself eaten by the larger reptiles; for, ''quantities of its tiny bones occur in coprolitic masses [fossil dung] prob- ably attributed to Dendrerpeton?^ Dawson.—XIII? adnascens. See Rhacophyllum adnas- cens. XIII Hymenophyllites capillaris. Lesq. Geol. Pa. Vol. 2, p. 863, plate 9, , looks like a Sphenophyllum branch, but is a true Hymenophyllites in nervation and outline. Perhaps only a variety of H. Hildreti^ with which it was found at the Salines of the Kenawha river, W. Va., in the lowest coal leds JS52 V />/5>. ^j^g^^ exposed.—XZZ7. Hymenophyllites expansus. See Rhacophyllum expan- sum, found in Mansfield's Kittanning coal at Cannelton,. Beaver Co., Pa. Lesq. Coal Flora.—XIII. 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 Lesley, J. P. (J. Peter), 1819-1903; Pennsylvania. Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey. Harrisburg, Board of Commissioners for the Geological Survey


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