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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (13205800975).jpg 224 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Jan 6 <br> a great valley of elevation the line of the volcanos being its anti- <br> clinal line <br> Mr Malcolmson and others have established the age of certain <br> beds connected with the eastern margin of the trap Dr Leith's dis- <br> covery bids fair to determine the age on the western margin of the <br> beds above the regular trap and below the basalt capping <br> Professor Orlebar is of opinion that he has discovered a sort of in- <br> tercalary volcano below this basalt in Salsette <br> I have collected a great number of specimens and I hope during <br> the next eight months when I shall be under canvas to add to them <br> and so far to arrange them as to render them worth the acceptance of <br> the Society when perhaps some competent geologist may be induced <br> to take the matter up <br> 4 On the Batracholites indicative of a small species of Frog <br> Rana pusilla Ow Addendum to the Communication from G T <br> Clark Esq Bombay By Professor Ow en F G S <br> The portions of shale transmitted by Mr Clark contain delicate but <br> for the most part distinct traces of the generally entire skeleton of <br> small anourous Batrachia ; the osseous substance is black as if <br> charred <br> The number of vertebrae atlas and sacrum inclusive is nine the <br> caudal vertebrae are fused into a long slender cylindrical style as in <br> most anourous Batrachia <br> Fig 1 Fig 2 <br> In the specimen fig 1 which lies on its back the posterior <br> convexity of the vertebral bodies is shown <br> The short subcylindrical and very slightly expanded lateral or trans- <br> verse processes of the sacrum and the absence of ribs or their rudi- <br> ments in the dorsal vertebrae with the proportional expanse of the <br> skull and length of the hind-legs show the specimens to belong to <br> the family of Frogs Ranidce <br> There are seven abdominal vertebrae with long and subequal trans- <br> verse processes that of the second third vertebra including the atlas <br> being the longest The humerus is cylindrical not expanded as in 36932961 113687 51125 Page 224 Text v 3 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36932961 1847 Geological Society of London NameFound Batrachia NameConfirmed Batrachia EOLID 12111331 NameBankID 5952690 NameFound Rana pusilla NameConfirmed Rana pusilla NameBankID 6723109 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 3 1847 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36932961 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36932961 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-03-17 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/13205800975 2015-08-26 12 56 40 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1847 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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