HIIBBS and WISNER REVISION OF THE SAURIES 



reduction in numbers of vertebrae in those fossils 

 with complete skeletons, 54-58 vs. 64-70 in pres- 

 ent Sco7nbereso.x, and 62-69 in Cololahis. 



Due to the apparent absence of finlets and the 

 discrepancy in lengths of caudal peduncle and 

 anal fin base, and the many fewer vertebrae, it 

 seems justifiable to remove these fossils from the 

 family Scomberesocidae. To retain them therein 

 would require acceptance of development of finlets 

 and drastic modification of the peduncular region 

 since the Miocene period (7-26 million years BP 

 [Before Present]) and a gain of at least six verte- 

 brae; we hold these to be improbable occurrences. 

 In any event, the name Scomberessus appears to 

 have no bearing on the new generic names pro- 

 posed herein. 



Furthermore, we find no sound basis for even 

 the doubtful reference of Praescomberesox paci- 

 ^ci/s David (1946:58-59, pi. 2, fig. 3, and pi. 3, fig. 2) 

 to the Scomberesocidae on the basis of isolated 

 scales found in a core from oil-well drilling at a 

 depth between 3,895 and 3,907 feet (holotype). 



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