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  Dictyopyge 
  superstes 
  (Egerton). 
  

  

  1858. 
  Palceoniscus 
  superstes, 
  Sir 
  P. 
  Egerton, 
  Quart. 
  Journ. 
  Geol. 
  Soc. 
  

  

  vol. 
  xiv. 
  p. 
  164, 
  pi. 
  xi. 
  tigs. 
  1-3. 
  

   1887. 
  Dictyopyge 
  superstes, 
  K. 
  A. 
  von 
  Zittel, 
  Handb. 
  Palaeont. 
  vol. 
  iii. 
  

  

  p. 
  203. 
  

  

  Type. 
  Imperfect 
  trunk 
  ; 
  collection 
  of 
  Rev. 
  P. 
  B. 
  Brodie. 
  

  

  A 
  'small 
  species, 
  attaining 
  a 
  length 
  of 
  about 
  0*065. 
  Proportions 
  

   uncertain, 
  but 
  probably 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  species, 
  

   the 
  caudal 
  pedicle 
  only 
  being 
  relatively 
  longer. 
  The 
  dorsal 
  and 
  

   anal 
  fins 
  arising 
  directly 
  opposite 
  to 
  each 
  other, 
  and 
  apparently 
  

   nearly 
  equal 
  in 
  size. 
  Scales 
  smooth, 
  not 
  serrated. 
  

  

  Form. 
  Sf 
  Loc. 
  Upper 
  Keuper 
  : 
  Warwickshire. 
  

  

  Not 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  Collection. 
  

  

  Dictyopyge 
  rhenana, 
  Deecke. 
  

  

  1889. 
  Dictyopyge 
  rhenana, 
  W. 
  Deecke, 
  Palseontogr. 
  vol. 
  xxxv. 
  p. 
  107, 
  

   pi. 
  vi. 
  fig. 
  11. 
  

  

  Type. 
  Imperfect 
  fish 
  ; 
  Basle 
  Museum. 
  

  

  A 
  species 
  attaining 
  a 
  length 
  of 
  about 
  0*13. 
  Proportions 
  uncer- 
  

   tain, 
  but 
  probably 
  very 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  species, 
  the 
  fin- 
  

   rays 
  differing 
  in 
  being 
  more 
  delicate. 
  Dorsal 
  fin 
  arising 
  slightly 
  in 
  

   advance 
  of 
  the 
  anal 
  fin. 
  Scales 
  smooth 
  or 
  marked 
  mesially 
  with 
  a 
  

   low 
  longitudinal 
  rib. 
  (Deecke.) 
  

  

  Form. 
  <$f 
  Log. 
  Bunter 
  Sandstone: 
  Degerfelden, 
  near 
  Basle, 
  Switzer- 
  

   land. 
  

  

  Not 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  Collection. 
  

  

  Dictyopyge 
  symmetrica, 
  A. 
  S. 
  Woodward. 
  

  

  1890. 
  Dictyopyge 
  symmetrica, 
  A. 
  S. 
  Woodward, 
  Mem. 
  Geol. 
  Surv. 
  

   N. 
  S. 
  Wales, 
  Palasont. 
  no. 
  4, 
  p. 
  17, 
  pi. 
  iv. 
  figs. 
  5, 
  6. 
  

  

  Type. 
  Nearly 
  complete 
  fish 
  ; 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  New 
  South 
  

   Wales, 
  Sydney. 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  species, 
  attaining 
  a 
  length 
  of 
  about 
  0*08. 
  Length 
  of 
  

   head 
  with 
  opercular 
  apparatus 
  about 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  maximum 
  depth 
  

   of 
  the 
  trunk 
  and 
  comprised 
  more 
  than 
  four 
  times 
  in 
  the 
  total 
  length 
  

   of 
  the 
  fish 
  ; 
  depth 
  of 
  caudal 
  pedicle 
  scarcely 
  more 
  than 
  one-third 
  

   that 
  of 
  the 
  abdominal 
  region. 
  Cranial 
  bones 
  externally 
  rugose. 
  

   Pelvic 
  fins 
  arising 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  anal 
  fin 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  pectoral 
  arch 
  ; 
  

   dorsal 
  fin 
  as 
  deep 
  as 
  long 
  and 
  directly 
  opposed 
  to 
  the 
  anal, 
  which 
  

   is 
  equally 
  elevated 
  and 
  only 
  slightly 
  more 
  extended. 
  Scales 
  orna- 
  

   mented 
  with 
  faint 
  oblique 
  ridges 
  or 
  grooves. 
  

  

  