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coronal face flat or concave, rarely with vertical wrinkles; root 
short, the branches very divergent, usually hlunt and abbreviated. 
Anterior teeth large, triangular and relatively broad, the crown only 
gently curved outwards at the apex ; coronal edges of the lateral 
teeth gradually curving to the extremities of the base, the apex 
often bent slightly outwards 
Lawley has described 150 teeth of this species, found associated 
with cartilage and vertehne in the Tlioceno of Tuscany ; and the 
synonymy given above is based upon the information thus obtained. 
It is almost impossible to distinguish many of the postero-latcral 
teeth from those of 0. desorii and 0. spdllanzanii. 
Form. Loc. Eocene : Alabama and S. Carolina, TJ.S.A. Mio- 
cene : France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Wiirtemberg, 
Malta, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, Virginia, Maryland, S. Carolina, and 
Victoria. Pliocene : S.E. England, Belgium, S. France, and Italy. 
Oamaru 83'stem : Xew Zealand. Tertiary: Canary and Cape de 
Verde Isles. 
P. 1263 a. Seven small teeth ; Eocene, Clarke’s Co., Alabama, 
U.S.A. Egerton Coll. 
P. 2368. Three teeth ; Alabama. Enniskillen Coll. 
28103. Two small dental crowns ; Eocene, South Carolina, U.S.A. 
Purchased, 1852. 
P. 5739. Three dental crowns ; South Carolina. 
Presented hy Miss Caroluu Birley, 1888. 
P. 5914. Three imperfect teeth ; Lower Tertiary, Las Palmas, Canary 
Isles. Presented by Sir Clmrles hydl, Bart. 
P. 5789. Two imperfect teeth ; Lower Tertiary, San Nicatao, Cape 
de Verde Isles. 
Transferred from Mus. Practiced Oeoloyy, 1880. 
P. 1260 a. Small dental crown ; Eupelian Beds, Boom, near Ant- 
werp. EyeHon Coll. 
28369. Tooth; Miocene, (?) Dax, Bordeaux. Purchased, 1S5‘6. 
' Some rare teeth (one from the “ Calcaire de Veteuil ”), agreeing in every 
respect with this description, but characterized by the presence of a rudimentary 
lateral denticle, are named Otodus apieuleitus, L. Agas.siz, tom. cit. p. 275, 
pi. xxxii. figs. 33-3.5. A rudimentary denticle has already been noted in 
0. manteUi (p. 378, No. P. 1263), thus suggesting that Otodus apiculaius is a 
synonym of Oxyrhina hastalis. 
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