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of swimming ; the body rather long than otherwise, 
and narrowing from the chest downwards ; one of 
the legs cut away at the hip-joint, and the other, as if 
to preserve the balance, placed directly under the 
Fig. 29.—PERMIAN GAaNoID FiIsH. 
a, Platysomus striatus. 
b, Celacanthus granulosus. 
c, Paleoniscus comptus. 
at a glance, is the appearance of the fossil. The 
body was of very considerable depth . . . the under 
part was flat; the upper rose towards the centre 
into a roof-like ridge, and both under and upper 
were covered with a strong armour of bony plates.” 
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