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VI.—On a New Species of Holocenturm from the Miocene of Malta; with a List of Fossil Berycidæ hitherto Described

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

A. Smith Woodward
A. Smith Woodward
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British Museum (Natural History).
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Very little information has hitherto been published in regard to the fossil fishes of the well-known Miocene formation of the Maltese Islands. Dr. Leith Adams enumerates seventeen species in his latest contribution to the subject, but these are almost exclusively founded upon detached teeth. It is, therefore, of considerable interest to be able to place on record the discovery of a new and tolerably complete fish, obtained from an excavation made some months ago for new docks in the harbour of Valetta.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 4 , Issue 8 , August 1887 , pp. 355 - 359
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1887

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