GONIOPHOLIDID^l. 87 



R. 608. Several imperfect vertebrae and the nearly entire left femur ; 

 from the Wealden of Ecclesbourne, Sussex. 



Dawson Collection. Purchased, 1884. 



The following specimen indicates a larger form, luhich may belong to 

 the next section. 



R. 1090. The imperfect right scapula andcoracoid ; from the "Weal- 

 den, locality unknown. The coracoid differs from that of 

 Goniopholis (No. 43598, p. 82) by the flattening of its 

 posterior surface below the glenoid cavity. No history. 



b. LONGIROSTRINE SECTION. 



Cranium elongated into a rostrum, with its alveolar borders 

 straight and nasals not reaching the nares ; mandibular symphysis 

 long, with a large splenial element. Teeth numerous, and but 

 slightly differentiated. Dorsal scutes without peg-and-socket arti- 

 culation. 



Genus PHOLIDOS AURUS, Meyer \ 



Syn. Macrorhynchus, Dunker 2 . 



Orbit apparently slightly smaller than supratemporal fossa ; nasals 

 reaching preniaxillse ; vomer appearing on the palate. For the iden- 

 tity of Macrorhynchus with this genus see Koken, ' Pal. Abhandl.' 

 vol. iii. pt. 5 (1887). 



Pholidosaurus schaumburgensis, Meyer \ 



Syn. Macrorhynchus schaumburghensis, Koken 4 . 



The type species. Fully as large as Garialis gangeticus, with the 

 bar dividing the supratemporal fossae flattened. 

 Hob. Europe (Germany). 



40643. Casts of the impressions of the dorsal scutes and vertebra?. 

 The originals, which are the types, were obtained from 

 the Wealden (Hastings Sand) of Harrels, Biickeburg, 

 Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany, and are preserved in the 



1 Neues Jahrb. 1841, p. 443. 



2 Program, hoch. Gewerbscbule in Cassel, p. 44 (1844). Preoccupied by 

 Lacepede (1800) for a genus of Pisces. s Loc. cit. 



4 Pal. Abhandl. vol. iii. pt. 5, p. 335 (1887). 



