. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Natural history; Science. BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 35 At a first glance these mandibles look rather peculiar, and Eastman (Bull. Museum Compar. Zool., xxxi, 31) thought that "their afl&nities are probably with Dinichthys minor.'' This was before the mandible of the latter had been described. But as was shown by Hussakof,^^ the minor mandible is markedly different from that of Dinichthys, so much in fact, that it represents a distinct genus, which he named Brachygnathus (subsequently renamed Hussakofia. Fig. 6. Dinichthy
. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Natural history; Science. BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 35 At a first glance these mandibles look rather peculiar, and Eastman (Bull. Museum Compar. Zool., xxxi, 31) thought that "their afl&nities are probably with Dinichthys minor.'' This was before the mandible of the latter had been described. But as was shown by Hussakof,^^ the minor mandible is markedly different from that of Dinichthys, so much in fact, that it represents a distinct genus, which he named Brachygnathus (subsequently renamed Hussakofia. Fig. 6. Dinichthys intermedium ? Newberry. Pair of Mandibles. X |. E2033 by M. Cossman).^* The present mandibles are not of this type but undoubtedly belong to Dinichthys. If we compare the mandibles in detail with those of various species of Dinichthys, we find that they agree fairly weU in proportions with those of D. intermedius Newberry, and perhaps represent an immature I'Hussakof, L.: The systematic relationships of certain American Arthrodires. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., xxvi, 263-272, with pi. xlv. 1909. " Cossman, M., in Rev. Critique de Paleo, 1910, p. 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 Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Buffalo, N. Y. : Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences
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