. A description of the fossil fish remains of the Cretaceous, Eocene and Miocene formations of New Jersey. Fishes, Fossil; Paleontology; Geology. 120 CRETACEOUS AND TERTIARY FISH. Mandibular moderately long, long axis strongly curved, and outer side concave in vertical as well as transverse section. Inner face also concave, with narrow symphyseal plane along inner border. Inner border of beak with same abrupt descent as outer. Dentinal areas moderate, inner undivided, both narrowed an- teriorly and terminating on same transverse line. Anterior outer. Fig. 70.—Edaphodon fecundus (Cope). (Type,
. A description of the fossil fish remains of the Cretaceous, Eocene and Miocene formations of New Jersey. Fishes, Fossil; Paleontology; Geology. 120 CRETACEOUS AND TERTIARY FISH. Mandibular moderately long, long axis strongly curved, and outer side concave in vertical as well as transverse section. Inner face also concave, with narrow symphyseal plane along inner border. Inner border of beak with same abrupt descent as outer. Dentinal areas moderate, inner undivided, both narrowed an- teriorly and terminating on same transverse line. Anterior outer. Fig. 70.—Edaphodon fecundus (Cope). (Type, from Hussakof.) rather small and wide, horizontal, so that apex rises abruptly above outer border of beak. Posterior outer area rather small, while inner large and extending to inner edge of upper face of mandible. Apical column an oblique lamina. Length 135 mm. (From Cope.) According to Cope this species is second in size in the genus to E. tripartitus or about twice the size of E. smockii. Palatals nar-. 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 Fowler, Henry Weed, 1878-1965; Kümmel, Henry Barnard, 1867-. Trenton, N. J. : MacCrellish & Quigley, state printers
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