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1863. Pataoscyttium formosum, A. Wa(fner, Abb. k. bay. Akad. Wiss., 
math.-phys. Cl. vol. ix. p. 280, pi. v. fig. 2. 
1882. ScyUium catulta, C. Has.«e (?/o» lAnn.), Natiirl. Syst. Elasmobr., 
Besond. Theil, p. 2-52, pi. xxxiv. fig. 27. 
1887. Palaoscyllhtm, K. A. von Zittel, Ilandb. Pateont. vol. iii. p. 79. 
Type. Trunk of fish ; Munich Museum. 
The type species attaining a length of about 0'4. Pelvic fins 
completely beneath the first dorsal ; anal fin beneath the hinder 
portion of the second dorsal. 
Form. ^ Loc, Lower Kimmeridgian (Lithographic Stone) : Bavaria. 
Palaeoscyllium minas, sp. nov. 
Type. Nearly complete fish; British Museum. 
Pectoral fins relatively large. Origin of pelvic fins in advance of 
the first dorsal ; anal completely behind the second dorsal. 
Form. ^ Loc. Lower Kimmeridgian (Lithographic Stone) : Bavaria. 
B. 5541. Type specimen, figured, of two thirds the natural size, in 
PI. XVI. fig. 4 ; Eichstadt. The fish is almost complete, 
though in some parts indistinctly preserved. The snout 
appears to be very obtuse, and the cranial cartilage, so 
far as observable, presents no features worth)' of note. 
No teeth can be distinguished, and the cartilages of the 
jaws are crushed and fragmentary. The vertebral column 
is almost complete and consists of about 100 centra. Of 
the paired fins, the pectorals appear to have been very 
large, the length equalling that of the head ; and the 
pelvic fins also attain to considerable proportions, one 
being well shown and exhibiting several stout cartila- 
ginous rays. MTien pressed to the side of the trunk the 
pectorals extend to the base of the pelvic fins ; and oppo- 
site a point immediately behind the origin of the latter 
the first dorsal arises. The dorsal fins are nearly equal in 
size, triangular in form, and separated by an interval only 
half as long as the base-line of either. The anal, so far as 
preserved, is extremely small, and placed completely be- 
hind the second dorsal ; and the caudal fin immediately 
follows, with an indication of an inferiorly notched ex- 
tremity. The body is covered with fine dense shagreen, 
the granules being mostly quadrate, with rounded angles, 
but sometimes distinctly spinous. By exchange, 1888. 
