SOME RECENT DISCOVERIES IN THE CHALK 

 OF THE FLAMBORO' DISTRICT. 



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GEORGE SHEPPARD. 



Despite the fact that the Upper Chalk of the Flamboro' area 

 possesses a notorious reputation with regard to the paucity 



Ventriculites (large form). Ventriculites (typical form). Baculites sp. Cephalites bullatus. 



Scaphites, sp. 



of its records, recent investigations have revealed a series of 

 interesting forms, some of which are apparently new to the 

 Yorkshire Chalk. 



The chief of these is a portion of a large Baculites from 

 the A.quadratus zone at Sewerby Cliff. Although, as is the case 

 in nearly all of the Chalk cephalopoda, the shell has not been 

 preserved and consequently no evidences of ornamentation 

 are visible, the typical straight form and elliptical section 



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