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SBLACHII. 
Rhinobatus morinicus (SauTage). 
1873. Spathobatis moi'inicus, H. E. Sauvage, Bull. Soc. AcadSmiilue 
Boulogne-sur-Mer, p. 94. 
Type. Complete skeleton. 
Described by Sauvage as difiering from B. bugesiacus m the less 
tapering form of the snout, the disk passing more graduaUy into tne 
tail, and other characters. 
Form. ^ hoc. Lower Portlandian : Mont Lambert, Boulogne-sur 
Mcr, France. 
Rhinobatus maronita, Pictet and Humbert. 
1860. Rhinobatus maronita, F. J. Pictet & A. Humbert, Nouv. Bech. 
Poiss. Foss. M. Liban, p. 113, pi. xix. a „ r21 
1887. Rhinobatus grandk, J. W. Davis, Trans. Boy. Dublin bo . L J 
vol. iii. p. 482, pi. xvi. fig. 1. 
Type. Middle portion of skeleton, with paired fins; GenevaMuseum^ 
Snout acute, but slightly produced ; the distance from e 
tremity to the nasal capsules being not quite equal to tho roa 
at the latter position. Cleft of mouth straight. Disk mu 
elongated ; pectoral fin gently rounded, its length equalling “ 
three times the breadth at its point of insertion ; pelvic fin 
and elongate. Body covered with fine, dense shagreen, apparen y 
without larger tubercles. r t n nn 
Form. Loc. U. Cretaceous (Turonian) : Hakol, Mt. Le an , 
Syria. 
39233. Anterior portion of disk, wanting extremity. 
Tristram Coll- 
39234. Middle portion of trunk, with right pectoral and both 
Tristram CoU- 
fins. 
47319. Portion of cranial cartilage. „ . _ 
Presented by Sir Bithard Owen, K.V. 
49554. Disk, incomplete in advance of the mouth, and wanting one 
of tho pelvic fins. The remaining pelvic fin 
preserved, and is shown, of tho natural size, in • _ 
fig. 4. There are twelve pairs of ribs in advance ° ® 
pelvic girdle, and four or five behind. Purchased, i 
49511. Portion of disk, showing pectoral fin and obscure traces of 
branchial arches and cranium. There are indications o a 
slender anteriorly-directed process from the outer ang e o 
