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generally rapacious appearance form a striking contrast to the thick, short, oval 
body of the specimen now delineated. The contour of the head has a much 
closer resemblance to that of Eurypholis than to Spaniodon; but the presence of 
long, sharply-pointed teeth, though there is no evidence of the great laniary teeth 
possessed by the latter genus, indicates some relationship. This character 
separates it from Clupea, which, if possessed of teeth, are rudimentary and 
deciduous. 
Formation and Locality.—Upper Cretaceous: Sahel Alma, Mount Lebanon. 
Fz coll.—Lewis Collection; R. Damon, Esq., Weymouth. 
Genus. Eurypholis. Picrer. 
The characters of this genus are indicated in terms of which the following 
is a translation :—‘‘ Body probably as broad as high, much attenuated towards 
the posterior extremity ; head large, the surface of the bones ornamented with 
granules. Mouth occupies half the length of the head; gape wide; teeth 
numerous, pointed, unequal in size. Spinal column composed of osseous vertebra, 
all the anterior vertebra bearing obliquely radiating apophyses. Dorsal fin 
median, short ; anal fin about same length as dorsal, situated posteriorly ; caudal 
fin homocercal, and remarkable for the large rays of the outer extremities of the 
two lobes. Scales bony, apparently disposed in three rows, of which one is dorsal 
and two are lateral extending from the head to the tail. The scales of the dorsal 
row are oval, very granulose, the most anterior being the largest; the scales of 
the lateral rows are more or less pointed and angular.” (Pictet, ‘‘ Nouv. rech. sur 
les poissons fossiles du Mont Liban.,” p. 99.) 
Eurypholis boissiert, Picter. 
E. boissieri. Picret, J. F., 1850. ‘‘ Desc. de quelques poissons fossiles du Mont 
Liban.,” p. 30, pl. 1v., figs. 2, 3, 4. 
E. sulcidens. Picrer, J. F., 1850. d¢d., p. 31, pl. 1v., fig. 1. 
E. boissieri. Picrer et Humprrt, 1866. ‘‘ Nouv. rech. sur les poissons fossiles 
du Mont Liban.,” p. 102, pls. xv. and xvu. 
An admirable and exhaustive description of this species is given by the authors 
cited above. The species is abundant, and large numbers of specimens have been 
found in the hard chalk. The second species of the genus described by Pictet 
from Sahel Alma is, for reasons to be stated hereafter, transferred wholly or in 
part to another genus. 
Formation and Locality.—Hard chalk: Hakel, Mount Lebanon. 
Lz coll.—Museum at Geneva ; abundant. 
