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ACTIXOPTERYGII. 
Genus GLOBULODUS, Munster. 
[Beitr. Petrefakt. pt. v. 1842, p. 47.] 
Syn. Eurysomus, J. Young-, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. xxii. 1866, 
p. 311. 
Form and proportions of trunk, fins, and squamation as in J leso- 
lepis. A single series of large, rounded, and flattened pedunculated 
teeth on the margin of the upper and lower jaws, and smaller tri- 
toral teeth within. 
Globulodus macrurus (Agassiz). 
1829. u Fossil Fish,” xA Sedgwick, Trans. Geol. Soc. [2] vol. iii. p. 118, 
pi. xii. figs. 1, 2. 
1835. Platysomus macrurus, L. Agassiz, Poiss. Foss. vol. ii. pt. i. pp. 6,. 
95,170, pi. xviii. figs. 1, 2 (includes JJropteryx undulatus , Ag. MS.). 
1842. Platysomus fuldai, G. von Munster, Beitr. Petrefakt. pt. v. p. 45, 
pi. vi. fig. 1. [Palaeontological Museum, Munich.] 
1842. Globulodus eleyans, G. von Munster, ibid. p. 47, pi. xv. fig. 7. 
[Jaw ; Palaeontological Museum, Munich.] 
1849. Platysomus macrurus , Sir P. Egerton, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 
vol. v. p. 329, woodc. fig. 1. 
1850. Platysomus macrurus, Sir P. Egerton, in King’s Permian Foss. 
(Palaeont. Soc.), p. 227, pi. xxvi. fig. 1. 
1861. Platysomus macrurus , PI. B. Geinitz, Dyas, p. 10, pi. iv. fig. 2. 
1866. Eurysomus macrurus , J. Young, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. 
xxii. p. 311. 
1879. Eurysomus macrurus , R. H. Traquair, Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 
vol. xxix. p. 359, pi. iv. figs. 10, 11. 
1889. Globulodus macrurus, R. IPowse, Guide Coll. Local Foss. Mus. 
Nat. Hist. Soc., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, p. 24. 
Type. Imperfect fish ; unknown. 
The type species, attaining a maximum length of not less than 
0*35. Greatest depth of trunk slightly less than its length from the 
pectoral arch to the base of the caudal fin ; caudal pedicle very 
robust, nearly one quarter as deep as the trunk. Dorsal and anal 
fins deep and robust, the latter two-thirds as long as the former: 
caudal fin very robust and widely spread, its depth at least equalling 
that of the trunk ; fin-rays ornamented with tran sverse striations. 
Scales coarsely striated. 
dorm. § Loc. Upper Permian (Kupferschiefer): Germany. Upper 
Permian (Marl Slate) : Durham. 
P. 3495. Fragmentary remains of head and trunk; Marl Slate, 
Midderidge. Enniskillen Coll. 
