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inch, in length; this represents the phraginacone of the true 

 Belemnite. 



Here then we seem to have the remains of a most interesting 

 creature connecting the Belemnite of the past, a fossil sepiaceous 

 animal now extinct with the modern Calamary. 



A Belemnoteuthis antiquus was figured by Dr. S. P. Wood- 

 ward from a specimen in the cabinet of Mr. William Cunnington . 

 this is called . antiquus, and was obtained from the Oxford 

 Clay, near Chippenham. Our specimen, however, is from the 

 Lias, and is, therefore, much older. Mr. Montefiore possesses 

 some fine remains of this fossil, and on this account, and also in 

 recognition of his hearty reception, and kindly conveyed infor- 

 mation to the Club, I have had the pleasure of associating this 

 species with his name. 



The Belemnoteuthis Mbntefiorei may then be characterised as a 

 fine fossil form derived from the Lower Lias Shales of the 

 county of Dorset. 



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