Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) .. . 2, pi. xl. d. figs. 5-8, Edaphodon, Sir P. Egerton, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. iii. p. 351, pi. xiii. figs. 2, Edaphodon leptognathus, P. Dixon, Foss. Sussex, p. Ill, pi. x. figs. 20, 21. Type. Theoretically associated mandibular and palatine teeth;British Museum (in part). A species closely related to E. bucklandi, but readily distinguishedby the much greater slenderness of all the teeth. Form. 6f Loc. Middle Eocene (Bagshot and Bracklesham Beds) :Middlesex, Surrey, and Sussex. Upper Eocene (Bar
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) .. . 2, pi. xl. d. figs. 5-8, Edaphodon, Sir P. Egerton, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. iii. p. 351, pi. xiii. figs. 2, Edaphodon leptognathus, P. Dixon, Foss. Sussex, p. Ill, pi. x. figs. 20, 21. Type. Theoretically associated mandibular and palatine teeth;British Museum (in part). A species closely related to E. bucklandi, but readily distinguishedby the much greater slenderness of all the teeth. Form. 6f Loc. Middle Eocene (Bagshot and Bracklesham Beds) :Middlesex, Surrey, and Sussex. Upper Eocene (Barton Clay):Hampshire. 25699, 25723, 25725, 25730. Eight mandibular tooth figured byDixon, op. cit. pi. x. fig. 21, and three other mandibularteeth; Bracklesham. Dixon Coll. PART II. & 82 24844. Left mandibular tooth; Bracklesham. Purchased, 1850. 28081 a. Similar specimen, wanting the extremity of the beak, anda right mandibular tooth ; Bracklesham. Presented by F. E. Edwards, Esq., 1852. 38873. Left mandibular tooth; Bracklesham. Bowerbank Coll. Fig. Left mandibular tooth, inner aspect, of Edaphodon leptognathus, Ag.;Bracklesham Beds. P. 1148. Two left mandibular teeth ; Bracklesham. Egerton Coll. P. 3077. Two small left mandibular teeth, and one of the rightside ; Bracklesham. EnnisTcillen Coll. P. 5437. Small right mandibular tooth ; Bracklesham. Presented by P. E. Coombe, Esq., 1888. 38871. Bight palatine tooth, figured as one of the type specimens by Agassiz, torn. cit. pi. xl. d. figs. 13-18 ; GoldsworthyHill, Surrey. Bowerbank Coll. 25698, 25720, 25722, 25730 a. Bight palatine tooth figured byDixon, op. cit. pi. x. fig. 20, and three other palatineteeth ; Bracklesham. Dixon Coll. 38872. Right palatine tooth ; Bracklesham. Bowerbank Coll. 41299. Three imperfect palatine teeth; Bracklesham. Purchased, 1869. P. 1150 a. Left palatine tooth; Bracklesham. Egerton Coll. P. 3078. Fragmentary similar tooth, and two smaller right palatineteeth ; Bracklesham. Ennis
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