﻿78 CHIMJ5R0IDEI. 



1S44. Chima-ra, G: A. Mantell, Medals of Creation, p. 621. 



L875. Chimera agassizii, H. B. Geinitz, Palaeontogr. vol. xx. pt. ii. 



p. 206, pi. xxxix. figs. 8-10. 

 1878. Edaplwdon ayasshii, E. T. Newton, Chimseroid Fishes Brit. 



Cret. Rocks (Mem. Geol. Surv., Monogr. i\\), p. 12, pi. iii. 



Type. Imperfect mandibular tooth ; British Museum. 



Mandibular tooth comparatively short and robust, and the beak 

 only slightly produced ; symphysial facette occupying less than one 

 third of the inner aspect ; beak-tritor composed of a series of laminae, 

 the other tritors consisting of a number of tubules : median tritor 

 very broad, occupying the greater portion of the oral surface, and 

 apparently exposed superiorly throughout its length. [Palatine and 

 vomerine teeth unknown.] 



Form. <$f Loc. Cenomanian and Turonian : Sussex, Kent, and 

 Surrey. Cenomanian : Saxony. 



28387. Type specimen, figured by Agassiz, torn. cit. pi. xl. a. figs. 3, 

 4, and by Newton, op. cit. pi. iii. figs. 1, 2 ; Chalk Marl, 

 Hamsey, Sussex. Mantell Coll. 



49723. Left mandibular tooth ; Lower Chalk, Southeram, near 

 Lewes. C apron Coll. 



P. 5406. More imperfect example ; Lewes. 



Presented by P. E. Coombe, Esq., 1888. 



28386. Pair of mandibular teeth, associated with dorsal fin-spine, 

 noticed by Mantell (op. cit.), and figured by Newton, 

 op. cit. pi. iii. fig. 3 ; Lower Chalk, Burham, Kent. 



Mantell Coll. 



P. 1154. Imperfect small right mandibular tooth, the symphysis 

 either broken or unusually narrow ; Lower Chalk, Kent. 



Egerton Coll. 



41681. Imperfect left mandibular tooth, equally small; Dorking, 

 Surrej*. Toulmin-Smith Coll. 



4283. Imperfect small left palatine tooth, assigned to this species 

 by Agassiz (torn. cit. pi. xl. a. fig. 5), but stated by Newton 

 (op. cit. p. 13) to be too imperfect for determination; 

 Lewes. Mantell Coll. 



Edaphodon crassus, Newton. 



1878. Edaphodon crassus,~E. T. Newton, Chimaeroid Fishes Brit. Cret. 

 Rocks (Mem. Geol. Surv., Monogr. iv.), p. 21, pi. vii. 



Type. Associated dentition ; Museum of Practical Geology. 



A species of small size. Mandibular tooth short and robust, and 





