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VIII.—Note on a Species of Scymnus from the Upper Tertiary Formation of New Zealand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

James W. Davis
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In a Memoir recently published “On the Fossil Fish Remains of the Tertiary and Cretaceo-Tertiary Formations of New Zealand” (Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, vol. iv. ser. II. p. 11, pl. vi. fig. 22) there is described a small tooth as an immature example of Carcharodon angustidens, Ag. The specimen was included amongst a large number of others forwarded for examination by Sir James Hector, Director-General of the Geological Survey of New Zealand; it is a small tooth, exquisitely preserved, and does not exhibit any signs of abrasion by use, which led to its being provisionally considered as the tooth of a young shark, and its form and minutely serrated margin appeared to indicate that its relationship was with Carcharodon.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 5 , Issue 7 , July 1888 , pp. 315 - 316
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1888

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References

References to Species Previously Descriised

Scymnus triangularis. J. Probst. Würth. Jahresb. v. xxxv. p. 175, pl. iii. figs. 35, 36 (1879). Molasse, Baltringen, Wurtemberg.Google Scholar
S. majori. Lawley, R.. Nuovi Studi sopra ai Pesci, etc., p. 38, pl. i. fig. 17 (1876). Pliocene, Tuscany.Google Scholar
S. trituratus. J. Probst. Würth. Jahresb. v. xxxv. p. 176 (1879).Google Scholar
Noetling, F.. Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin, 1886, p. 17=Corax trituratus.Google Scholar
Winkler, T.C.. Archiv. Mus. Teyler, v. iv. fasc i. p. 27, pl. ii. fig. 13 (1874). Bruxellian, Woluwe St. Lambert, near Brussels.Google Scholar