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SELACHII. 
Genus SCYLLIUM, Cuvier. 
[Begne Animal, vol. ii. 1817, p. 124.] 
Sjn. Thyellina, L. Agassiz, Poiss. Foss. vol. iii. 1843, p. 378. 
Scylliodus , L. Agassiz, tom. cit. p. 377 (in part). 
First dorsal fin above or behind the pelvics ; origin of anal always 
in advance of that of the second dorsal. Upper edge of the caudal 
fin not serrated. Teeth small, delicate, with a middle longer cusp, 
and generally one or two small lateral cusps, arranged in numerous 
series. 
Scyllium angustum (Agassiz). 
1843. Thyellina anyusta , L. Agassiz, Poiss. Foss. vol. iii. p. 378, pi. xxxix. 
fig. 3. 
1873. Thyellina anyusta , W. von der March, Palaeontogr. vol. xxii. p. 64, 
pi. ii. figs. 6, 7. 
1882. Scyllium catulus , C. Hasse ( non Linn.), Natiirl. Syst. Elasmobr., 
Besond, Theil, p. 252. 
Type. Fish, wanting head; Woodwardian Museum, Cambridge, 
and Munich Museum. 
Pectoral fins large; pelvic fins truncated behind, slightly in 
advance of the opposing first dorsal. Second dorsal fin larger than 
the first dorsal, and also much larger than the anal, to which it is 
almost completely opposed. [Teeth unknown.] 
This species, the type of Thyellina , is referred to Scyllium by 
Hasse and identified by him with S. catulus ( = $. canicula); the 
fossil form, however, is readily distinguished specifically by the 
character of the fins. 
Form. Sf Loc. Upper Cretaceous (Senonian): Westphalia. 
Scyllium antiquum (Agassiz). 
1843. Scylliodus antiquus, L. Agassiz, Poiss. Foss. vol. iii. p. 378, 
pi. xxxviii. figs. 1, 3 ( non fig. 2). 
Type. Imperfect head, &c.; British Museum. 
Teeth with a very slender coronal eminence, and a single pair of 
widely separated short lateral denticles. Posterior coronal face in 
most of the teeth, and both faces of the crown in those placed at 
the back of the jaw, vertically striated. 
Form. Sy Loc. Turonian: Kent. 
P. 472, P. 5889. Type specimen, preserved in counterpart, exhibit¬ 
ing remains of the head, with a few scattered teeth and 
imperfect vertebrae ; Lower Chalk, Burham, Kent. A few 
