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III.—On Some Remains of Siluroid Fishes from British Eocene Formations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

A. Smith Woodward
A. Smith Woodward
Affiliation:
British Museum (Natural History).
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Among the early Tertiary Fishes in the British Museum, there are a number of detached spines and cranial fragments from the Middle and Upper Eocene beds of Bracklesham and Barton, which are undoubtedly referable to extinct members of the family of Siluridæ. With the exception, however, of three specimens figured and briefly noticed by Dixon in his work on the fossils of Sussex, all have remained hitherto undescribed; nor is it an easy task to base any satisfactory identifications upon such fragmentary materials.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 4 , Issue 7 , July 1887 , pp. 303 - 307
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1887

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