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IV.—Alphabetical Catalogue of Type Specimens of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum1
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 May 2009
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The fine series of Fossil Fishes in the National collection is exhibited in and constitutes the principal feature of Boom II. in the Northern Geological Gallery. The arrangement adopted is in accordance with the classification of Prof. L. Agassiz, as indicated in his great work, “Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles,” but with such modifications as the subsequent investigations of ichthyologists have rendered necessary. These modifications occur chiefly among the fishes of the older formations.
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Having already published in the pages of this Magazine, lists of the types of Fossil Fishes in two of the grandest private collections in this country, namely, that of Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P., F.R.S. (see Geol. Mag. 1869. Vol. VI pp. 408–413), and that of the Earl of Enniskillen, F.R.S. (see same volume, pp. 556–561), it seemed desirable to complete as far as possible these valuable synopses of Fossil Fishes by the publication of the types in the British Museum. I therefore requested Mr. W. Davies, who has for many years made careful notes of the typical and figured specimens of the Fossil Vertebrates in the collection, to do me the favour to draw up for this Journal the accompanying particulars of our grand National collection, which I feel sure cannot but be most acceptable to palæontologists.—H.W.
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page 209 note 1 The fishes are described by Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., F.R.S.