. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. IDENTIFIABLE FOSSIL FISH MATERIAL FROM SOUTHERN AFRICA 403 Atherstonia scutata Woodward, 1889 Fig. 9 1856-(?) Palaeoniscus sculptus Egerton: 227, pi. 28 (figs 28-30, 32, 35-36, 39-42). 1856—(?) Palaeoniscus bainii Egerton: 227, pi. 28 (figs 26-27, 31, 33-34, 37-38). 1876—(?) Hypterus bainii Owen: 9. 1889a—Atherstonia scutata Woodward: 242, figs 1-3. 1891 — (?) Palaeoniscus sculptus Egerton. Woodward: 485. (?) Palaeoniscus bainii Egerton. Woodward: 485. Atherstonia scutata Woodward. Woodward: 514. 191
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. IDENTIFIABLE FOSSIL FISH MATERIAL FROM SOUTHERN AFRICA 403 Atherstonia scutata Woodward, 1889 Fig. 9 1856-(?) Palaeoniscus sculptus Egerton: 227, pi. 28 (figs 28-30, 32, 35-36, 39-42). 1856—(?) Palaeoniscus bainii Egerton: 227, pi. 28 (figs 26-27, 31, 33-34, 37-38). 1876—(?) Hypterus bainii Owen: 9. 1889a—Atherstonia scutata Woodward: 242, figs 1-3. 1891 — (?) Palaeoniscus sculptus Egerton. Woodward: 485. (?) Palaeoniscus bainii Egerton. Woodward: 485. Atherstonia scutata Woodward. Woodward: 514. 1913a—Atherstonia cairncrossi Broom: 3, pi. 1 (fig. 2). 1913c—Amblypterus capensis Broom: 392, pi. 28. 1923— Atherstonia scutata Woodward. Giirich: 32, 53, figs 12, 13a-b. (?) Palaeoniscus bainii Egerton. Giirich: 32. (?) Palaeoniscus sculptus Egerton. Giirich: 32. 1926—(?) Palaeoniscus sculptus Egerton. Deeke: 122. (?) Palaeoniscus bainii Egerton. Deeke: 122. 1928—Broometta cairncrossi Chabakov: 1281. 1937—(?) Palaeoniscus sculptus Egerton. Aldinger: 96. (?) Palaeoniscus bainii Egerton. Aldinger: 96. 1946—(?) Palaeoniscus sculptus Egerton. Bond: 128, pi. 10. 1962—(?) Namaichthys sculptus (Egerton). Gardiner: 14. Locality The type specimen of Atherstonia scutata Woodward is one of four speci- mens which came from Colesberg, and which was sent to the British Museum (Natural History) by Dr W. Guyborn Atherstone of Grahamstown. The fossil site lies within the Daptocephalus Zone (Kitching 1972) of the Beaufort Fig. 9. Atherstonia scutata Woodward. Illustration of type specimen in the British Museum (Natural History). Total length approximately 25 cm. Holotype An almost complete specimen BM(NH) in the British Museum (Natural History), London. Other material Specimens AM 260, AM 261 and AM 262 in the Albany Museum, Grahams- town, which came from the type locality, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page ima
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