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of the footprints. The stride is considerably greater than the breadth 

 of the body. The toes are somewhat turned inward. The figure is 

 reduced to one-sixth, so that the animal must have been rather larger 

 than Dendrerpeton Acadianum, with shorter toes and broader body." 



Fig. 140. — Footprints of Sauropus Sydnensis {reduced). 



These footprints are quite different in form from those previously 

 found by Sir TV. E. Logan, Dr Harding, and the writer. They more 

 nearly resemble those figured by Dr King and Mr Lea from the 

 Carboniferous of Pennsylvania ; and may have been produced by an 

 animal generically related to that which has left the traces named 

 Sauropus primcevus by the latter author. For this reason, until Ave 

 shall obtain some knowledge of the animal from more definite remains, 

 I propose for it the name of Sauropus Sydnensis. The specimen was 

 found by Mr Brown in the Coal formation at North Sydney. 



These footprints add a ninth species to the reptilian fauna of the 

 Coal formation of Nova Scotia, and are the first traces of this kind 

 discovered in the Cape Breton Coal-field. 



The footprint already mentioned as having been found by Mr 

 Jones of Halifax at Parrsboro', is almost precisely of the same size 

 and form with the preceding, and may possibly have belonged to the 

 same species. It has five distinctly marked toes. 



