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CLASS AMPHIBIA. 



Labyrinthodont Footprints. — In the Bunter, or Lower Trias 

 of Germany, and also in the Keuper, or upper division of the same 



system in Cheshire and Warwickshire, 

 there are frequently found long series 

 of the impressions of the feet of five- 

 toed animals, which have generally been 

 regarded as those of Labyrinthodonts, 

 although it has been suggested by Pro- 

 fessor Miall that some of them may be 

 Dinosaurian. These footprints were 

 described under the name of Chirothe- 

 rium, on the supposition that they were 

 of Mammalian origin ; but in case this 

 should prove incorrect the alternative 

 name Chirosaurus was proposed, and 

 since they are certainly Saurian, the 



Fig. 970 bis. — Footprints of Chirosaurus Barthi, from the Bunter sandstone of Hessberg, 

 near Hildburghausen, Germany. Reduced. 



latter name should be adopted. These impressions (fig. 970 bis) 

 were made by Saurians in which the hind foot was much larger 



