PEIXKS CRETÁCEOS DO CEARÁ E IMAUIIY 
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Familia SEMIONOTID.® 
Ganero LEPIDOTU3 Agassiz 
Lepidoles Agassiz. Neues Jahr- 
buck, 1832, pg. 14õ ; typo Lepidolc.s 
gigcts, Agassiz. 
Lepklotus Agassiz. Poissons 
Fossilcs, II, pt. I, 1833, pgs, 8, 233 
(orthographia alterada). 
Lepidosaurus von Meyer, Pa- 
Ireologica, 1832, pg. 208 ; typo Le- 
pidofus unguiculatus, Agassiz. 
Scrobodus von Münster, Neues 
Jahrb., 1842, pg. 38; typo Scro- 
bodus subovalus, von Miinster. 
Plesiodus Wagner, Al)b. Bay 
Akad. Wiss., LX, 1863, pg. 032; 
typo Plesiodus pustulosus, Wa- 
gner. 
Prolepídotus Michael, Zeitschr. 
Deutsch. Geol. Ges. XIV, 1893, 
pg. 729; typo Prolepídotus Galli- 
neki, Michael. 
Este extenso genero distingue-se 
entre os Semionotidae pelo corpo 
profundamente fusiforme, pela pre- 
sença de dentes afiados na parte 
interior dos maxillares e pelas na- 
dadeiras dorsal e anal relativa- 
mente baixas. Os dentes não foram 
conservados em nenhum exemplar 
das especies brasileiras. 
2. Lepidoles temnurus Agassiz. 
Est. II, figs. 1, 2, 3 e 4. 
Lepidolus temnurus Agassiz, 
Edinl)urgb. Phil. Journ. XXX, 
1841, pg, 83; Serra do Araripe, 
Ceará. 
Family SEMIONOTJD/E 
Genus LEPIDOTUS Agassiz 
Lepidoles Agassiz, Neues Jahr- 
Ijuch, 1832, p. 145; type, Lepidoles 
gigas Agassiz. 
I^epidotus Agassiz, Poissons 
Fossiles, II, pt. I, 1833, pp. 8, 2.33 
(Altered spelling). 
Lepidosaurus von Meyer, Pa- 
Imologica, 1832, pg. 208; type, Le- 
pidolus unguiculalus Agassiz. 
Scrobodus von Münster, Neues 
Jahrl)., 1842, pg. 38; type, Scro- 
bodus subovalus von Münster. 
IHesiodus Wagner, Abh. Bay. 
Akad. Wiss., LX, 1863, pg. 632; 
type, L-^lesiodus pustulosus, Wag- 
ner. 
Prolepidotus Michael, Zeitschr. 
Deutsch. Geol. Ges. XIV, 1893, 
pg. 729; tvpe L^rolepidolus Gcd- 
lineki Michael. 
This large genus is distinguished 
among the Semionotidic by the 
deeply fusiform body, the presence 
ofgrinding teeth on the inner part 
of the jaws, and by the relatively 
low dorsal and anal fins. The teeth 
have not-_been preserved in any 
specimen of the Brazilian species. 
± Lepidoles temnurus Agassiz. 
Pl. II, figs. 1, 2, 3 e 4. 
I.epidólus temnurus Agassiz, 
Edinburgh, Phil. .lourn., XXX, 
1841, pg. 83; Serra do Araripe, 
Ceará. 
