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AMMONITES Rotula. 
TAB. DLXX.—/fig. 4. 
Spec. Cuar. Gibbose, smooth, umbilicated ; each 
whorl contracted by six or seven varices ; inner 
whorls partly exposed ; front rounded, crossed 
by many small furrows; aperture orbicular. 
Whaorls very few. 
Ix this species of Montfort’s genus Planulites the con- 
tractions of the whorls are very conspicuous. Their num- 
ber is various ; some specimens having seven or even 
eight in each whorl: they are perfectly independent-of 
the septa. 
Casts in Pyrites collected at Speeton on the coast of 
Yorkshire. 
AMMONITES planulatus. 
TAB. DLXX.—/fig. 5. 
Spec. Cuar. Depressed ; whorls flat on their sides, 
contracted by four or five varices; inner whorls 
two-thirds exposed ; front crossed by many 
broad furrows ; aperture oblong oval. 
Hans of each whorl is plain, the remaining part mark- 
ed with numerous broad furrows that pass over the 
rounded front; the inner edges of the whorls are ob- 
tuse, the exposed portion of the inner whorls is flat. 
A single specimen found in the Marl at Hamsey, near 
Lewes, is in the collection of Mr. Mantell, who has 
kindly permitted it to be engraved. 
