Hylerpeton longidentatum Dawson. Mandible and other bones. Nearly natural size. Erect tree, Coal formation, South Joggins, Nova Scotia. Photograph by Dawson, published through the courtesy of Dr. Arthur Willey. Original specimen in the Peter Redpath Museum of McGill University.
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Smilerpeton aciedentatum Dawson. Mandible, portions of skull, scales, and various bones. Nearly natural size. Erect tree, Coal formation, South Joggins, Nova Scotia, photograph by Dawson, published through the courtesy of Dr. Arthur Willey. Original specimen in the Peter Redpath Museum of McGill University.
Vertebræ short, cylindrical, well-ossified, with well-developed zygapophyses and neural spines; ribs strong and much curved, with well-developed division of the proximal ends; pelvis imperfect, but apparently large, with broad ilium.
Humerus half the length of the mandible; radius half as long as humerus; femur very large and stout, nearly as long as the mandible; leg bones and phalanges correspondingly stout.