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separable from the neural arches throughout the abdominal 
region, a few behind the head being excessively thickened, 
while those beyond are still comparatively stout and with 
a slight sigmoidal bend. There is an undigested fish 
between the ribs. Lewis Coll. 
47354, P. 4750, P. 4782. Two slabs with various remains, and 
another slab with one small distorted fish associated with 
other genera and species. Leivis Coll. 
P. 9157. Imperfect specimen. EnnisTcillen Coll. 
P. 1877* Two imperfect small specimens. Egerton Coll. 
46509. Head with anterior abdominal region. A bone which seems 
to be the premaxilla is relatively small, and apparently 
extends slightly beneath the anterior end of the maxilla. 
The right ramus of the mandible is shown to bear one 
large slender conical tooth at the symphysial end, and a 
similar though smaller tooth further back. The anterior 
suborbital cheek-plate is relatively large and marked by 
radiating branches from the slime-canal which traverses 
it. Lewis Coll. 
47350. Small trunk with fins, Leiuis Coll. 
P. 9190. Mandible, hyoid arch, and branchiostegal apparatus of 
Spaniodon, probably referable to S. blondeli. The jaw is 
exposed from beneath and displays a relatively small gular 
plate. Lewis ColL 
Spaniodon elongatus, Pictet. 
[Plate yil. fig. 3.] 
1850. SjKiniodon elongatus, F. J. Pictet, Poiss. Foss. Mt. Liban, 
p. 35, pi. vi. figs. 1, 2. 
1866. Spaniodon elongatus., Pictet & Humbert, Nouv. Rech. Poiss, 
Foss. Mt. Liban, p. 85, pL xii. figs. 1, 2. 
1887. Spaniodon elongatus, J. W. Davis, Trans. Roy. Dublin Soc. [2] 
vol. iii. p. 588. 
Type. Imperfect fish ; Geneva Museum. 
A slender species, attaining a length of 0‘25, Length of head 
with opercular apparatus twice as great as the maximum depth of 
the trunk, and equalling nearly half the length of the trunk from 
the pectoral arch to the base of the caudal fin. Vertebrae about 
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