MOODIt 



PLATE 2 



Orbits blackened by - 

 pigment 



Interrlavieii- 



Spines of vertebra? 



Centra of vertebst 



Femur - 



JLi Scapula and clavicle 



KJjL... Humerus 



l-__Kibs 



.... Ventral scutellie 



Tibia _____ 



Impression of the fleshy and 



membranous parts of 



the tail. 



f . 



;. '**?}, ___Jl_ Banded color markings 



- on tail 



|, Impressions of cartilagi- 

 nous vertebra 



L- -. Dorsal lateral line 



. Median lateral line 



Drawing X 3.5. of type specimen of Uticrerpeton caudatum Moodie, from 

 the Coal Measures of Mazon Creek, Illinois, showing skeletal elements, 

 form of head and tail, the lateral-line sense organs, banded color- 

 markings, and ventral scutellse. On the edges of the tail impression 

 are indications that in life the tail had a thin fold of skin above 

 and below the fleshy portion, much as in the larva; of .hulilyatniHa at 

 the present day. 



