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The genera Saurichthys, Hybodus, and Gyrolepis are found in both these breccias, and one of the species, Saurichthys Mongeoti, is common to both bone-beds, as is also a remarkable reptile called Nothosaurus mirabilis. The saurian called Belodon by H. von Meyer, of the Thecodont family, is another Triassic form, associated at Diegerloch with Microlestes.
These fish belong to the genera Acrodus, Hybodus, Gyrolepis, and Saurichthys. Hybodus plicatilis, Agassiz. Teeth. Saurichthys apicalis, Agassiz. Tooth; natural size and magnified. Gyrolepis tenuistriatus, Agassiz. Scale; natural size and magnified. Remains of saurians, Plesiosaurus among others, have also been found in the bone-bed, and plates of an Encrinus.
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