Cope, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc., 1868, p. 14.
Cope, Geol. Surv. Ohio, II, pt. II, p. 388, 1875, pl. xxvii, fig. 2.
Type: Brachydectes newberryi Cope.
Cope (Geol. Surv. Ohio, vol. II, pt. II, p. 388, 1875), says:
"This genus is indicated by two rami of a mandible and a portion of a premaxillary only. These, when compared with those of Œstocephalus and Tuditanus, from the same locality, and with others described by authors, are so much stouter, i.e., shorter and more elevated, that they evidently belong to a genus unlike either. The genus further differs from Œstocephalus in having the teeth of equal size to the posterior part of the series; that is, to the base of the elevated coronoid process. The teeth are elongate cylindrical cones, with their acute tips turned a little posteriorly. The fractured ones display a large pulp cavity. The three premaxillaries preserved are similar, but without curvature at the tips. They do not exhibit striæ or any other sculpture.
"So far as the remains known go, the genus is nearer Hylerpeton than any other. According to Dawson, that genus is provided with a large canine-like tooth, at the anterior extremity of the maxillary, on the inner row, which is inserted into a distinct socket. No such tooth appears among those of this genus. The latter does not give any indication of the very elevated coronoid process of Brachydectes, though the external portion of the dentary bone in that region being lost, little can be said about it."
Brachydectes newberryi Cope.
Cope, Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. Sci., p. 214, 1868.
Cope, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc., 1868, p. 14.
Cope, Geol. Surv. Ohio, II, pt. II, p. 388, pl. xxvii, fig. 2, 1875.