. Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Fishes, Fossil. 100 ACTIIfOPTERYGII. antero-superior process. Scales large and smooth, those of the anterior portion of the flank with few large denticulations at least in their lower half; dorsal ridge-scales with slender acumination. Pigs. Fig. 19.—Lepidotus macrocheirus; anterior half ^of right mandibular ramus from the outer and oral (a) aspects.—Oxford Clay; Peterborough. [No. P. 6839.]—d., dentary; spl., splenial. Pig. 20.—Lepidotus leedsi; left operculum (op.) and suboperculum (), outer aspect.—Oxf
. Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) ... Fishes, Fossil. 100 ACTIIfOPTERYGII. antero-superior process. Scales large and smooth, those of the anterior portion of the flank with few large denticulations at least in their lower half; dorsal ridge-scales with slender acumination. Pigs. Fig. 19.—Lepidotus macrocheirus; anterior half ^of right mandibular ramus from the outer and oral (a) aspects.—Oxford Clay; Peterborough. [No. P. 6839.]—d., dentary; spl., splenial. Pig. 20.—Lepidotus leedsi; left operculum (op.) and suboperculum (), outer aspect.—Oxford Clay; Peterborough. [No. P. 6837.] Fig. 20 a.—Ditto; imperfect right mandibular ramus, outer aspect, of same specimen, showing angular (ag.) and dentary (d.). Fig. 21.—Ditto ; left dentary, outer aspect, and lateral view "of tooth (a).— Kimmeridge Clay ; Weymouth. [No. 41964 c] All these figures two-thirds nat. size. In this species the operculum is much larger in proportion to the mandible than in L. macrocheirus. Form. Sf Loc. Oxfordian: Huntingdonshire. Kimmeridgian ; Dorsetshire. P. 6837. Type specimen, comprising the associated imperfect right mandibular ramus, squamosals, other cranial bones, epi- hyal, ceratohyals, left operculum and interoperculum,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Geology; Woodward, Arthur Smith, 1864-1944. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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