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V.—On the Cretaceous Selachian Genus Synechodus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

A. Smith Woodward
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More than forty years ago the detached teeth of Hybodont Sharks were recognized by Reuss in the Cretaceous rocks of Bohemia, and these were referred to the genus Hybodus under no less than eight specific names. About twenty years later, evidence of a somewhat similar Selachian was discovered by Mr. William Davies and Mr. S. J. Mackie, in the Lower Chalk of Kent; and the cartilages of the jaw, with a few teeth, were briefly described by the last-named geologist under the name of Hybodus dubrisiensis. In 1886, the present writer pointed out, from more recently discovered specimens, that the English Cretaceous species was more specialized in every respect than any of the typical forms of Hybodus; and quite lately it has been proposed to regard this fossil as generically distinct, with the new name of Synechodus.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 5 , Issue 11 , November 1888 , pp. 496 - 499
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1888

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page 496 note 5 See figures in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1886, pl. xx.

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