Notice of Some Vertebrate Remains from 
the Kansas Permian. 
Be Wi WHR SS Ns 
Some months ago numerous fragments of bones, obtained from 
an excavation of a well in Cowley county, were sent me for exami- 
nation by Mr. C. N. Gould. The horizon whence the bones came 
is clearly lower Permian, not far from its base, as accepted by 
Professor Prosser, the recognized authority on the Kansas Permian 
Stratigraphy. 
Not knowing whether additional material will be obtainable I 
give here a description of some of these bones, which will be more 
fully illustrated in the future, should no better specimens be 
secured. 
An intercentrum clearly belongs to the genus Cricofus, and is 
closely allied to the typical species described by Cope from the 
Permian of Illinois.* His description applies so well to the spec- 
imen in hand that I use his language, amended: 
“The caudal intercentrum best preserved is short, discoidal in 
form and deeper than wide. The articular faces are deeply con- 
cave, the posterior more strongly so, and the middle is occupied by 
a foramen, whose diameter is about equal to one-half that of the 
intercentrum on either side. The lateral borders of the posterior 
articular face are less rounded than the anterior ones. The chev- 
rons are slender and directed very obliquely backward, their bases 
are firmly co-ossified with the intercentrum. On the superior sur- 
face two shallow pits occupy considerable space. They are sepa- 
rated by an obtuse ridge, and are bordered by a raised ridge from 
the polished layer of the lateral surface.” 
“Several phalanges of short, wide proportions show much resem- 
blance to those of certain dinosaurs.” 
Diameter of intercentum, vertroala. 00s... c uw Ns TOE 
Diameter of intercentrum, transverse:.............. 17 
Diameter of intercentrum, longitudinal.............. 11 
*Proc, Phil, Acad. Nat. Sci , 1875, p. 405. 
(53) KAN. UNIV, QUAR,, VOL, VI., JAN, 1897, SERIES A, 
