. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Natural history; Science. BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 137 E 2482 Portion of the body of a large shark with the ventral fins, in counterpart (fig. 48). One of these is exquisitely pre- served, and exhibits for the first time in this species the narrow posterior prolongation of the web. The base of the ventral measures 16 cm. (including the web to its posterior end); its greatest height is 9 cm.; the span across the ventrals is 34 cm. Our identification of the species as C. kepleri, is based on the large size of the shark and on the
. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Natural history; Science. BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 137 E 2482 Portion of the body of a large shark with the ventral fins, in counterpart (fig. 48). One of these is exquisitely pre- served, and exhibits for the first time in this species the narrow posterior prolongation of the web. The base of the ventral measures 16 cm. (including the web to its posterior end); its greatest height is 9 cm.; the span across the ventrals is 34 cm. Our identification of the species as C. kepleri, is based on the large size of the shark and on the robustness of the fin-rays. There are 13 pri- mary rays, 5 secondaries, but no 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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