CC NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



45 



REPORT 



ON 



THE COLLECTION OF JURASSIC FOSSILS 



IN THE 



CHELTENHAM COLLEGE MUSEUM, 



BY 



S. S. BUCKMAN, F.G.S., 



Hon. Member Yorkshire Philoso;phical Society ; Hon. Sec. 



Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club ; etc. 



Introduction. 



S Cheltenham is situated in an area world- 

 famous for its Jurassic deposits, and for the 

 fossils which they have yielded, it is eminently 

 desirable that the College Museum should 

 be able to boast a good, representative col- 

 lection of Jurassic specimens. In my opinion 

 it has such a collection now — a valuable series 

 of fossils, not only well suited for teaching 

 purposes, but also worthy of the attention of geologists who may 

 visit the district for the purpose of studying its Jurassic rocks and 

 their fauna. 



To show where lies the particular interest of fossils from the 

 Cheltenham neighbourhood, it is necessary to glance for a moment 

 at the history of the Jurassic rocks. Cheltenham is situated on 

 the Lias. The sea, which deposited the rocks of the Lias, not 

 only spread over the greater part of England, but also over very 



