104 D. M. S. Wakon—The Trias of Moray. 



at Spynie there occurs a very hard white quartzite, which appears 

 to be au altered portion of the ordinary Reptiliferous Sandstone whicli 

 is worked in the quarry just below. This rock yielded one of the 

 skeletons of Scleromochhis Taylori, recently described by Dr. Smith 

 Woodward. It has, however, been confused with the Stotfield rock, 

 with which, I believe, it has nothing whatever to do. At Pindrassie 

 "Wood Quarry this type of Reptiliferous Sandstone approaches to 

 within 1-^- miles of the Cutties Hillock type, but is only 80 feet above 

 sea-level. 



3, The Cummingstone area. This extends along the shore from 

 Burghead to Coversea, and is very well exposed in the cliffs as well 

 as the quarries at Cummingstone. The rock is a moderately coarse, 

 false-bedded sandstone, with occasional thin beds of small pebbles, 

 which appear to be of the ordinary water-worn type. The deposit is 

 very false-bedded ; there is apparently a steady dip of about 40° to 

 the south-west for about 3 miles of coast, whereas the real dip is quite 

 small and probably variable in direction. The beds are sometimes 

 flaggy, and in that case contain considerable numbers of tracks of 

 reptiles. At Coversea this type of rock comes to within 2 miles of 

 that of the Spynie type. 



The Cutties Hillock Quarry has yielded the following reptiles : — 



Gordonia Juddiana, E. T. Newton, and four other species of the genus. 

 Geikia Elginense, E. T. Newton. 

 Elginia mirnbilis, E. T. Newton. 



None of these reptiles have ever been found elsewhere, but their 

 allies are known in the Karroo of South Africa (the age of which is 

 also uncertain), in India in beds of uncertain age, and in Texas and 

 Eussia in beds that are undoubtedly Permian (1, 2, 3, and 7). 



Elginia is allied to Pariasaurus, which has been found bj' Professor 

 Amalitzky in the Permian of Russia, and of the Cotylosauria found 

 by Professor Cope in the Permian of Texas and other jS^orth American 

 localities. Gordonia is a close ally of Dicynoclon, which also occurs 

 in the Permian of Russia. Geilcia is allied to Ptychognathns of the 

 Karroo, which occurs there with Bicynodon. 



The Lossiemouth Beds yield a completely different fauna, of which 

 fairly numerous examples have now been found. These are as 

 follows : — 



Basygnathus longidenx, Hux. Stngonolepis Rohertsoni, Ag. 



Telerpeton Elginense, Mantell. Erpetosiichus Granti, E. T. Newton. 



Hiiperodapedon Gordoni, Hux. Ornifhosiichiis Woodwardi, E. T. Newton. 



Stenometopon Taylori, Boulenger. Scleromochhis Taylori, A. S. Woodward. 



The affinities of Basygnatlms are uncertain ; it appears to me, 

 however, to be a Labyrinthodont, and large examples of this group 

 are common in the Trias. 



Telerpeton is a small Auomodont allied to ProcolopliotiQi the Karroo. 



Hyperodapedon Gordoni has been found in the undoubted Trias of 

 Coton End, near Warwick ; it occurs in the Spynie and East 

 Lossiemouth Quarries. 



Stenometopon is a Rhynchocephalian so far only found in the West 

 Quarry at Lossiemouth ; it is obviously fairly closely allied to 

 Syperodapedon. 



