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Rhadinichthys elegantulus (Eastman) 



(PI. 66; text-fig. 64) 



Elonichthys elegantulus Eastman, Rept. Geol. Surv. Iowa, xviii, 274. 1908. 

 Elonichthys elegantulus L. M. Lambe, Contrib. to Canadian Pal., iii, Mem. 3, p. 

 30. 1910. 



In 1908 Eastman gave the name Elonichthys elegantulus to a small 

 palaeoniscid found associated with Rhadinichthys alberti in the Lower 

 Carboniferous of Albert County, New Brunswick. In 1910, Lambe 



Fig. 64. Rhadinichthys elegantulus (Ea&tman). Pectoral Fin, Enlarged. E 2094 



discussed some of the characters of the species and expressed doubt as 

 to its validity. He writes : 



' 'Its small size, in conjunction with its generally imperfect state of 

 preservation, leads one to suspect that it may be the young of one of 

 the species already known from this locality, possibly of R. alberti. 

 Of the many scores of specimens in our collections, nearly all lack 

 proper definition of outline, and the head is, as a rule, very imperfectly 

 preserved.'"*^ 



In the Buffalo museum there are a number of specimens of this 



w Loc. cit,. p. 30. 



