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falOdlfortn6: l1gonodinUur1llS ~nd prlontdinl for..... TheloKogn.th1for....r .. a.y_trlc.lconodon t .....1thalongand ,.lend@rr@dln..dcusp tll&t 1,. shsTp-edged and laterally carlnat@, Th@ (>Osterlor proeus 1.9 long, highly arched and dlet..lly flexed Inward. [t is sunaounudby laterally corapressed. bually fu"'Old and sharp-edged dentlcle8 thin Increase In al1;e ..nd In lncHnatlon towards a great denclcle at the arch cres!. Sequ..nt tothll1 the dentlcles are nearlyperpendlculsr to the proc@uandofdecreaslng"t1;e. Th.. aharp anterior @dgeof the cuspext"ndadovnandln....rd ..... shnrtbl..d....ith about slxpeg-!ike dentides that are direeted up...ard into the plane of 'the cusp. The anterior and poato.rlor procf!"""" fono an inner angle of about 13) d@lIr"ea. An outer-Iatenl cusp carina continues do..n and J>0sterlorly as a short process..,lth lin angle of about 40 degrees to theposterlorprocl!ss. This PTOCe$S is broken In all spec1o>en" but is df!nttcutated "lmllar to rhe anterior process. Ashcathbetlleen theOuter-la[eral and poster!or processes enclose" a generally triangular basal ca...ity that beco....s In..... rted poster10rly. ~.Th.. r"1!I31nlng .. l .."",nuoftheapparatu5ar"'id",ntlca]to corresponding ele.....nts in the P. aculeatus morphotype "t apparatus Kalerlal. 2871oxognathtfor""". ?Family PI::KIOIJON1:l0AELindstrOIll. " 1970 Genus SPINODllS Dd.... 1976 Type Sped"'. CordylodUllsplnatus Kaddlng, 19l) ~.OdI

having eLe_nts ...ith .t~ongly elong.te poste~ior proce...e...nd long den· tide" circular In cro•• aactlon. Only th.. type .. p",~iea ..... brought into S. spinatu.e)thibitllally.....etrytr.n.ltionfro.cordylodHorOls through ligonodintfo",s' to tdchonodeUlforms. Dz~k (1976) "'sodue" lhls klndofapparatu.....tthprillitlve prlonlodids and consequently nslgns th"g"nu;Splnodu.. to~.The..,rphOlogyofth"el"menuof Splnodus, hO'Jev,,~, sugg"st. a close.. affinity to the lo,",er Llanvirnlan specie.. Cordylodus horrldua (Barne..."dPqpl...."kt, l(73), and the older sp",cies eordylodus .ngulatu'" Ltke C. angulatu.. , S. spinalus has eh,mcnts w1thslightdtfferent"-.. lntheba,,alpart.~andS ...plnatus similarly aha" in"ard and outward splaying "f denticl"". Nonetheless·, the appa~atus"sofC.angulatus.fld~cofltainOnlyt"odiff"r"nt kinds of for';"; and are thus distinctly different froll the apparatus of ~~.ThhPoint"aS·brOUght4lutbYLind8trom(1970).DZlk(t976) points out thestruclural similarities between Splnodusand th"hyaline ~,hU..ever,th"morphOlogical ..iml1.r1tiesofthefo",,,is lacking. The SY""-"try tranldtlon exhibited by Splnodus 15 IDOSt similar toth"'flrBt[t.n~ltion8ertesof~andcOlls"quentlyth"t ...omay possibiy be related. The observ8tlon~ of this study can do nO IDQre than ~uggestthatthet..obelonginthefallily~. ·SPINODOS SPINATO.S (Madding, 1913) Pl. 12, flg8. h-3b; Fig. l,2A-C HADDINC 1913, p. 32, pI. I, Hg. 8; 1p. 31, pI. t, ltg. 6.

falOdlfortn6: l1gonodinUur1llS ~nd prlontdinl for.....<br />

TheloKogn.th1for....r .. a.y_trlc.lconodon t .....1thalongand<br />

,.lend@rr@dln..dcusp tll&t 1,. shsTp-edged and laterally carlnat@, Th@<br />

(>Osterlor proeus 1.9 long, highly arched and dlet..lly flexed Inward. [t<br />

is sunaounudby laterally corapressed. bually fu"'Old and sharp-edged dentlcle8<br />

thin Increase In al1;e ..nd In lncHnatlon towards a great denclcle<br />

at the arch cres!. Sequ..nt tothll1 the dentlcles are nearlyperpendlculsr<br />

to the proc@uandofdecreaslng"t1;e. Th.. aharp anterior @dgeof the<br />

cuspext"ndadovnandln....rd ..... shnrtbl..d....ith about slxpeg-!ike<br />

dentides that are direeted up...ard into the plane of 'the cusp. The anterior<br />

and poato.rlor procf!"""" fono an inner angle of about 13) d@lIr"ea. An<br />

outer-Iatenl cusp carina continues do..n and J>0sterlorly as a short process..,lth<br />

lin angle of about 40 degrees to theposterlorprocl!ss. This<br />

PTOCe$S is broken In all spec1o>en" but is df!nttcutated "lmllar to rhe<br />

anterior process. Ashcathbetlleen theOuter-la[eral and poster!or processes<br />

enclose" a generally triangular basal ca...ity that beco....s In..... rted<br />

poster10rly.<br />

~.Th..<br />

r"1!I31nlng .. l .."",nuoftheapparatu5ar"'id",ntlca]to<br />

corresponding ele.....nts in the P. aculeatus morphotype "t apparatus<br />

Kalerlal.<br />

2871oxognathtfor""".<br />

?Family PI::KIOIJON1:l0AELindstrOIll. "<br />

1970<br />

Genus SPINODllS Dd.... 1976<br />

Type Sped"'. CordylodUllsplnatus Kaddlng, 19l)<br />

~.OdI

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