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as er it among them being an Aviculopectinoid impres- 
sion and some possible Br achiopod remains. 
J. eM alana is of the opinion that the Raub Series will 
prove to resemble the limestones and shales of the Southern 
Shan States described by C. S. Middlemiss. 
Skeat, observing the occurrence of fossils on some 
of the images of Buddha in the ono part of the 
Malay Sune was led to search for the ilps y from which 
the rock was obtained out of which the i ie gin carved, 
and it was at length found on the western flank of the great 
central axis of the Peninsula. 
From the fossiliferous limestone so obtained Prof. T. 
Mckenny Hughes determined a trilobite Up roctesh, encrinite 
stems and arms, hit d brachio- 
pods, including at least one Chonetes. ‘« Thereis se aalt anceeks ved 
and highly ornamented Pleurotomaria and a Cephalopod, which 
by its horse-shoe lobes confirms what is suggested by the general 
facies, namely, that the deposit belongs to the highest beds of 
the Carboniferous, or rather, perhaps, to beds intermediate 
between the Carboniferous and the overlying system to which 
thecom promise name of Perm o-Carboniferous has been applied. 
It is interesting to note that Messrs. Newton and Crick 
consider their fossils younger than the ones referred to above; 
but according to Dr. Annandale the limestone from which 
Skeat’s fossils were obtained was very different in structure 
2 P. 
Lo 34. s 
Nios the above account was W ritten, J rivenor has pu 
an 
iferous, 
age of the rocks; they may be calpenaaecas or permo-carboni 
Other evidence’ unknown at the time when eee fesile were described, 
makes it improbable that they are permian’’ (p. 35%) adios 
shee. © Ichirs. He expressed the opinion, how 
sulied thet the Raub. Sor ae apparently a southwa d extension _- 
Portion of the dolomitic Smears of the_ m Shan acne ge 
ly einai, SE their upper parts and pointing to the teineres he 
the car ous sea southwards, fellowes ar an eastward retreat 0 
he . - 
* Gotd ; ivanaland. Oceurrence and Geographical Distribution, 
a tee . Brit. 
° Natural Ore oe ee of the Malay Peninsula. 
Assoc, stig 1901, 
