RANID^E. 



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33064 a. Slab of lignite showing the impression of the skeleton ; 



{Fig.) from the Lower Miocene of Eott, near Bonn, Siebenge- 

 birge. Described and figured by Meyer in the ' Palaeonto- 

 graphica,' vol. vii. p. 130, pi. xvi. fig. 2. The impression 

 is of the ventral aspect of the skeleton. This specimen may 

 be regarded as one of the types. Purchased. About 1860. 



41086. A split slab of lignite showing the impression of the nearly- 

 entire skeleton ; from Eott. This specimen is slightly 

 larger than the preceding. Purchased, 1868. 



R. 60. A split slab of lignite with the impression and some of the 

 bones of the imperfect skeleton ; from Eott. The skull is 

 very incomplete. 

 Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, 1880. 



35657. Slab of lignite with the impression and some of the bones of 

 a rather smaller skeleton ; from Eott. One humerus is 

 entire. This specimen agrees very closely in size with 

 the skeleton figured by Meyer, op. cit. pi. xvi. fig. 3. The 

 contour of the soft parts is exhibited. Purchased, 1859. 



33084. A split slab of lignite showing the impression and some of 

 the bones of a nearly entire skeleton, together with the 

 contour of the soft parts ; from Eott. This specimen 

 agrees in size with the preceding. 



Purchased. About 1860. 



30267. Slab of lignite, showing the impression of the nearly entire 

 skeleton of a somewhat smaller frog not improbably 

 belonging to this species. The sacrum is not shown. 

 The contour of the soft parts of the hind limbs is 

 preserved. Purchased, 1855. 



Rana noeggerathi, Meyer K 



A small species, of less than half the size of R. temporaria. Body 

 slender, the hind limbs very long, and the skull longer than broad. 

 Humerus scarcely more than half the length of the femur. 



The form of the sacral processes and the terminal phalangeals 

 distinguishes this species from Hyla; while the shortness of the 

 humerus at once shows its distinctness from Palceobatrachus, apart 

 from the characters of the sacrum. 



Hab. Europe (Germany). 



1 Neues Jahrb. 1852, p. 466. 



