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Genus GLOBULODUS, Minister. 

 [Beitr. Petrefakt. pt. v. 1842, p. 47.] 



Syn. Eurijsomus, J. Young, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. xxii. 1866, 

 p. 811. 



Form and proportions of trunk, fins, and squamation as in Meso- 

 lepis. A single series of large, rounded, and flattened pedunculated 

 teeth on the margin of the upper and lower jaws, and smaller tri- 

 toral teeth within. 



Globulodus macrurus (Agassiz). 



1829. "Fossil Fish," A. Sedgsvick, Trans. Geol. Soc. [2] vol. iii. p. 118, 



pi. xii. figs. 1, 2. 

 1835. Tlatysomus macrurus, L. Agassiz, Poiss. Foss. vol. ii. pt. i. pp. 6, 



95, 170, pi. xviii. figs. 1, 2 (includes Uropteryx undulatus, Ag. MS.). 

 1842. Platysomus fuldai, G. von Miinster, Beitr. Petrefakt. pt. v. p. 45, 



pi. vi. fig. 1. [Palaeontological Museum, Munich.] 

 1842. Globulodus elegans, G. vou Miinster, ibid. p. 47, pi. xv. fig. 7. 



[Jaw ; Paheontological Museum, Munich.] 



1849. Platysomus macrurus, Sir P. Egerton, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 

 vol. v. p. 329, woodc. fig. 1. 



1850. Platysomus macrurus, Sir P. Egerton, in King's Permian Foss. 

 (Palseont. Soc), p. 227, pi. xxvi. fig. 1. 



1861. Platysomus macrurus, H. B. Geinitz, Dyas, p. 10, pi. iv. fig. 2. 

 1866. Eurysomus macrurus, J. Young, Quart. Jouru. Geor. Soc. vol. 



xxii. p. 311. 

 1879. Eurysomus macrurus, R. H. Traquair, Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinh. 



vol. xxix. p. 359, pi. iv. figs. 10, 11. 

 1889. Globulodus macrurus, R. Howse, Guide Coll. Local Foss. Mus. 



Nat. Hist. Soc, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, p. 24. 



Type. Imperfect fish ; unknown. 

 . The type species, attaining a maximum length of not less than 

 0*35. Greatest depth of trunk slightly less than its. length from the 

 pectoral arch to the base of the caudal fin ; caudal pedicle very 

 robust, nearly one quarter as deep as the trunk. Dorsal and anal 

 fins deep and robust, the latter two-thirds as long as the former : 

 caudal fin very robust and widely spread, its depth at least equalling 

 that of the trunk; fin-rays ornamented with transverse striations. 

 Scales coarsely striated. 



}<orm.3f Loc. Upper Permian (Kupferschiefer) : Germany. Upper 

 Permian (Marl Slate) : Durham. 



P. 3495. Fragmentary remains of head and trunk; Marl Slate, 

 Midderidge. EnnisJcillen Coll. 



