MEGALODON. 
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II, Family. — MegalodontiDtB, Zittel, 1881. 
1. Genus. — Megalodon, Sowerby, 1827. 
1. Megalodon abbeeviatus, Schlotheim, sp. 
1820. BucAEDiTES ABBEETiATTJS, ScTilotJieim . Petrefact., p. 207. 
1821. _ _ — Nacht. Petref., p. 63, pi. xii, fig. 4. 
1827. Megalodok CTjctriyiiATtrs, Sowerby. Min, Conch., vol. vi, p. 132, pi. dlxviii. 
1830. HiPPOPODiTJM ABBEETIATTJM, Soninghaus. Jahrb. f. Min., p. 237. 
1834-40. Megalodtjs ctjcullatus, Goldfuss. Petref. Germ., vol. ii, p. 183, pi. cxxxii, 
figs. 8 a — d. 
1837. — — Bronn. Lethsea Geogn., p. 91, pi. ii, figs. 4 « — d. 
1841. Megalodon cticullatum, PMUips. Pal. Poss., p. 37, pi. xvii, fig. 60. 
1843. — EiONGATTJS, F. A. Bomer. Verst. Harzgeb., p. 24, pi. vi, 
fig. 16. 
1848. — ctrcuLLATus, Bronn. Handbuch, pt. 3, p. 709. 
1854. — — Morris. Catal. Brit. Poss., p. 209. 
1855. — — Bidet. Paleont., vol. iii, p. 518, pi. Ixxix, fig. 3. 
1857. — — Keferstein. Zeitsch. Deutecli. Geol. GeselL, 
vol. ix, p. 160. 
1862. EuMEGALODOiir CTJCTOLATUS, Oumbel. Sitz.'Math. JSTat. Class, Akademie, 
Wien, Band xlv, pt. 1, p. 361. 
1867. Megalodon cucullattjs, Quenstedt. Handb. Petref., ed. 2, p. 663, pi. Iv, 
figs. 30, 31. 
1876. — — F. Bomer. LethsBa Pal., pi. xxxii, figs. 1 a, b. 
1879. — — Nicholson. Manual Palaeont., vol. i, p. 502, 
fig. 368 a. 
1881. — — Zittel. Handb. Palteozool., Band ii, p. 69, 
fig. 100. 
1884. — — Tryon. Struct. Conch., vol. iii, p. 207, pi. cxxii, 
fig. 41. 
1885. — ctjcttllatum, Fhillips. Manual of Geology, pt. 2, pi. ix, fig. 9. 
1887. — cucTTLLATUS, Fisclier. Manuel Couch., p. 1168, fig. 829 ; 
pi. xviii, fig. 19. 
1888. — — Brestwich. Geology, vol. ii, p. 78, pi. v, fig. 9. 
1888. — — Etheridge. Poss. Brit., vol. i. Pal., p. 161. 
1891. — — Boehm. Bericht. Naturf. GeselL, vol. vi, pt. 2, 
p. 33, figs. 1—4. 
BemarJcs. — I have met with no example of this species from the locahties now 
under notice. It is, however, described both by Sowerby and by Phillips from 
" Bradley," which probably means that it was obtained by them from the 
Wolborougli Quarry. 
