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259 W. B. Dwight—Fossile of the Wappinger Valley. 
sutures are especially incomplete. While they in many re- 
spects strongly resemble Bathyurus, they do not appear in all 
ints to conform to that type. or the present, however, 
they will be provisionally classed under that genus. 
Bathyurus taurifrons, n. sp. 
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gs. 1, la, 2, 2a, 26 and 3. 
lines joining the outer ends of each pair would divide the sur- 
face nearly into quarters. With the above exceptions the — 
anterior edge of the cephalic shield. In the specimens de- — 
scribed this summit elevation is 75". From the anterior dor- — 
segments not Known 
. 
Pygidium, anterior margin a gentle curve, posterior and lat- — 
eral margin semicircular. The axial lobe well defined, in front 
one-third of entire width of pygidium, tapering considerably — 
to the rounded posterior termination which does not quite a 
tain the junction posteriorly of the lateral lobes; its length 15 
two-thirds that of the entire pygidium. It is quite conve™ — 
7 m front to — 
rear. Its surface is without furrows and quite smooth, except : 
ing a slight angularity along the median line of its summit, 4 
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