New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-26
FIERCE FOSSIL FISHES.


ox rue RELATIONS OF SOME or OUR FOSSIL FISHES
10 LIVING FORMs-BY PROF. j. D. Nh"bEiu'i
OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE NETWORK.
Prof. Newberry exhibited drawings and gave
de.tntions which illustrated Of the fossil fishes
discovered by him in Ohio or these the largest and
most remarkable he had called Diniehhys or Terrible
Fish" This was a Plae0dern or armorplateu hSn oi
which the principal dorsa shield was one mas,i bone
more than Two feet diameter. The Nentiai shu was
comnoscd OF five pieces and was about thIre ieet III
length. The jaws were bony ana ~ . in on i
lies Terminating above In sharp emitting cage ON when
the ma Hillary bone played az the blades o shears on oS
another. OF this great hsh ne,ry ,no rl,no I'LL
structure had been obtained Its denon was peculiar
unlike that Of any Other snoW Ss ~ Is,Sds,p
now found living in Africa This iish was nst neseiDeu
aphibon. but Is now considered h M anu doe
the older Dpno From thc act tat II nlS aT IN az,
respiratory apparatus and from some DINER points III Us
structure, ii has been considered the highest 1i Inc GAS, d
Of fishes by the discovery OF ING reSc, IN s
almost complete identity OF the dentliion OF Dethhys
aud Lcpd0sirc 1t was dcInoisised ut,t hep'"os'u"
Sp' an gS lent lat shos s'n"o OF Witch tho ' relation
10 hyng forms has sb hen Of bis flSiSrs i. aImo
precisely Identical with that OF Goecose"s PM was per
haps hundred times rs large; ihe gre", aiJaa I
H,erusies; II thus serves to link together several OF me
great extinct Iacodesms and bring them into relation
Another Species Of DnehRgs Of which drawings were
eshted is eye i Of aggr i'1 n w, He In lis
species The maxiarics and mandibes, instead OF having
eins Both these great fishes were from the Huron
shhle of the upper Devonan in Ohio -, -, ,,, ,,,.,.
Newbciry also exhibited dr1wings OF me d" '
aud teeth of another line of GonOd h-hes. when M
clndes DpicHs oi the DevOnian ie"0dns OF me Gar
bmderous, and Coraods Of the ITias Ia These nshes
the dental apparatus consisted Of broad rounded or Tn
angular palate bones, set with radaths ruFes Oh hhes
of uheicles. 4 lh ing representative OF inns group hS
recently been found in Australia and Is ily d~ciDoI
Inv Dr. ;;nufbrr Tits j. also u Dpnpdn FISH, and j. called
teraiodits FOrscri, and like LeiddoS"en ~ poVed 10
he hting i Sm NJ eeIpnrni in ancient
been until recently unknown in Amerci, but Prof. N.
~ CcDoius from the carhcniicrUus rocks of Ohio, and
species of DEterus from the Caiskih OF fehhSyI-
wanna.
DISCUSSION on PROF. NEwBERRy'S PAPER.
Prof Gin culosizcd tho discoveries made By Prof New
berry and remarked that we in lebol TO him for hay
ing first brought together material for the eucdaiion OF
many oocl questions ana that he had had the satisfhc
lion Of examining some that material recently in his
collection at New York While The whole lac was dis
po,cd 10 agree with Dr. Ncwbcrry in his views IcSpccs
the relations OF the pTU!cmalica IoTS no iot oDH-cu
He recalled The geographical distribution and geologi;
cal range Of The most prominent types OF the D"Io' ana
he the h0molpcs OF some portions OI Inc shel-
etOn ana especially the jaws aud tceih.
He contcndcd thai The four dcntSerOus plates men
had armed OF the mouth Of DiHhhDS were not
ous simply with the two the ROOF IN Lep,os,
and lis relatives, hut were rather hnouSous WI Il
the palatinr we'll ne pieces In other words.
that the onr rntigcrOus plates of DnieyS were homo
pgous with tire four (two large ana Two sialp OF Lep"o-
siren
cuncd The ans ser would d pend much upon What We
mean iv high but if thereby generaized, the
DiD0nns could not be considered high, nasmuch as
they among the most gonci aired 81 Issues. .
Finally, the speaker remarked that II we wished 10
the place OF the fossil lishcs when nave ps1,
considered in comparison with the otnr mum9ets Oh te
class would probably BE- nearest the truth n we con
derr them as continents OF distinct ordcr lirae0
dcrBS. of the peculiar slbordcr DDn2t winch ltseli
belongs to (GaHOidS) of the two subsscs OF shcs