| Measurements of the Type of Tuditanus punctulatus Cope. | |
| mm. | |
| Length of entire specimen | 94 |
| Median length of skull | 22 |
| Width of skull at occiput | 19 |
| Depth of mandibular ramus | 4 |
| Length of the 23 vertebræ | 61 |
| Length of interclavicle | 6.5 |
| Width of interclavicle | 4.5 |
| Width of the three pectoral plates | 10 |
| Length of humerus | 8 |
| Width of humerus at proximal end | 2.5 |
| Length of ulna | 6 |
| Width of ulna at proximal end | 2 |
| Length of phalanx (metacarpal?) | 2 |
| Expanse of longest ribs | 16 |
| Length of rib | 10.5 |
| Width of rib | .5 |
| Length of a vertebra | 2.5 |
Tuditanus brevirostris Cope.
Cope, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., XV, p. 272, 1874.
Cope, Geol. Surv. Ohio, II, pt. II, p. 393, pl. xxvi, figs. 3, 4, 1875.
Moodie, Bull. Amer. Museum Natl. Hist., XXVI, art. XXV, pl. lxiv, fig. 4, 1909.
Type: Specimen No. 8609 G, American Museum of Natural History.
Horizon and locality: Linton, Ohio, Coal Measures.
This species was associated by Cope with the type T. punctulatus in the description of the genus. Represented by a portion of the skeleton of one individual, the skull is preserved on one block, with a considerable part of the anterior ribs, pectoral girdle, and vertebral column, although this last is not clearly represented, but as in so many of the coal specimens the bones are covered with a thin layer of carbonaceous matter which makes it impossible to definitely determine the form.
The cranium is large in proportion to the size of the body. The skull is in the form of a wide oval and is wider than it is long. The elements of the skull were ornamented with a coarse sculpturing which partakes of the nature of incomplete radiations on the squamosal region. The different elements of the cranium can not be distinguished, although I think the outlines of the parietal are indicated. The position of the nostrils is well forward and they are slightly elongate transversely. The pineal foramen can not be determined. The orbits are oval in shape and their width is about equal to two-thirds of their length. The interorbital space is greater than the length of the orbit. Cope's figure of this specimen is not accurate, since he has the orbits drawn too far to the side. They are located near the central line of the skull and resemble in some respect those of the preceding species. Cope has described teeth in the maxillary region, but I am unable to detect them. There are portions of two pectoral elements which may represent a clavicle and a portion of the interclavicle.
The clavicle has much the same shape and practically the same ornamentations as has the clavicle in Tuditanus minimus. The clavicle preserved shows a somewhat triangular shape and is slightly acuminate at the anterior end, as preserved, and obtuse at the posterior end. The nature of the interclavicle can not be determined.