﻿546 VCTINOI'TERYGII. 



Platysomus forsteri, Hancock & Atthey. 



1872. Platysomus forsteri, Hancock & Atthey, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 



[4] vol. ix. p. 254, pi. xvii. tig. 3 (reprinted in Nat. Hist. Trans. 



Northumb. & Durham, vol. iv. p. 413, pi. xv. fig. 3). 

 1879. Platysomus forsteri, R. H. Traquair, Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 



vol. xxix. p. 369, pi. vi. fig. 10. 



Type. Imperfect fish ; Newcastle-upon-Tyne Museum. 



A species probably equalling the type in size ; [form and propor- 

 tions of head and trunk unknown]. Striations of scales fine, more 

 or less undulating, usually somewhat oblique to the anterior border 

 even in those of the flank, and tending to become abruptly inter- 

 calated ; peg-and-socket articulation of principal scales relatively 

 large and broad. 



Form. § hoc. Coal-Measures : Yorkshire, Northumberland, and 

 Lanarkshire. 



P. 1185. Scattered remains of a typical fish : Middle Coal-Mea- 

 sures, Tingley, Yorkshire. 



Presented by the Earl of EnnisJcillen, 1882. 



P. 3500. Vertically crushed head and scales ; Carluke, Lanarkshire. 



Enniskillen Coll. 



P. 3501. Group of scales ; Carluke. Enniskillen Coll. 



37322. Imperfect head and abdominal region, with pelvic fins, 

 probably of this species ; Airdrie, Lanarkshire. 



Purchased, 1863. 



Platysomus parvulus, Williamson. 



1844. Platysomus parvulus, L. Agassiz, Poiss. Foss. vol. ii. pt. i. p. 303 



(name only). 

 1849. Platysomus parvulus, W. C. Williamson, Phil. Trans, p. 449, 



pi. xli. figs. 12-14. 

 1866. Platysomus parvulus, J. Young, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. 



xxii. p. 303, pi. xxi. fig. 2. 

 1875. Platysomus parvulus, J. Ward, [Proc] N. Staffs. Nat. Field 



Club, p. 235. 

 1879. Platysomus parvulus, R. H. Traquair, Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 



vol. xxix. p. 369, pi. vi. figs. 3-9, 11. 

 1890. Platysomus parvulus, J. Ward, Trans. N. Staffs. Inst. Mining 



Engin. vol. x. p. 180, pi. viii. figs. 1-4. 

 1890. Platysomus parvulus, R. H. Traquair, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 



vol. xvii. p. 392. 



Type. Scales; unknown. 



