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Miss M. Courtenay-Latimer 



Miss Latimer's sketch and notes 



A Coelacanth fossil, which dates back 170 milHon years, found by Dr. 

 E. Nielsen in Greenland. Above is the nodule enclosing the fossil, 

 7 inches long. When tapped by an expert at the point marked X 

 the nodule spHt into the two halves shown here, disclosing the fossil. 

 Note the amazing resemblance to Malania in Plate 2. 



Plate I 



