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12. [6.] Unarranged specimens of fossil fishes. 



The Table-cases on the opposite side of the room are de- 

 voted to Fossil Cephalopoda ; as Belemnites, Belemnoteuthis, 

 Loligo, &c. ; and Ammonites, Nautili, &c. 



Table-case 1. This contains a fine suite of Belemnoteuthis, 

 and other Sepiadse, and Belemnites ; chiefly from the Oxford 

 Clay of Wiltshire. Among these fossils are examples of Belem- 

 noteuthis, with the body, ink-bag, eyes, the arms, with the 

 suckers, hooks, and other parts, beautifully displayed ; and 

 and of Belemnites with the phragmocones, and their elongated 

 basal processes ; these are especially worthy of close examina- 

 tion, for they incontrovertibly prove the correctness of the 

 late Mr. Channing Pearce's opinion, that the soft parts of 

 Cephalopoda found in the Oxford Clay, belong to a genus 

 altogether distinct from the Belemnites with which they are 

 associated. 



3. A series of Belemnites ; not yet arranged. 



5. A miscellaneous collection of Ammonites ; many of the 

 specimens are of great beauty. 



7. Ammonites. Many rare, and some unique specimens 

 from the Chalk marl, collected by the author ; as Ammonites 

 Woolgari, A.falcatus, A. navicidaris, A. catinus, A. curvatus, 

 A. cinctus. (Figured in " Geology of Sussex," PL XXI., &c.) 



9. This case likewise contains Ammonites of various genera 

 and species. 



11. It is intended to remove the fossil Insects and Crus- 

 taceans at present deposited in this Table-case, to Room VI. 

 and substitute Ammonites. 



13. This and the next table contain fossil shells of extinct 

 genera of Cephalopodous mollusks. In the east compartment 

 of the table, are Hamiies, Scaphites, Ancyloceras, Ptychoceras, 

 Baculites, and those enigmatical fossil bodies termed Trigo- 

 nellites, or Aptychus. The other division is filled with Nautili. 

 Among these are many Rhyncholites, or fossil beaks of Cepha- 

 lopoda. 



14. Turrilites, Orthoceratites, Conularia, and other allied 

 forms. The Turrilites are remarkably fine ; one of them is 

 the largest discovered in England. 1 



1 See " Medals of Creation," p. 503. 



