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  THE 
  EXTINCT 
  VERTEBRATE 
  ANIMALS 
  

  

  It 
  may 
  also 
  be 
  of 
  use 
  and 
  interest 
  to 
  the 
  geologist 
  proper 
  if 
  I 
  

   conclude 
  this 
  subject 
  by 
  giving 
  lists 
  of 
  the 
  fish-remains 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   various 
  localities 
  respectively 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Elgin. 
  In 
  the 
  

   preparation 
  of 
  these 
  lists 
  I 
  have 
  received 
  very 
  great 
  assistance 
  from 
  

   the 
  collections 
  made 
  by 
  my 
  friend 
  Mr. 
  Taylor, 
  who 
  has 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  

   two 
  years 
  so 
  enthusiastically 
  devoted 
  himself 
  to 
  the 
  work. 
  

  

  Whitemire, 
  near 
  Brodie 
  Station. 
  — 
  Bothriolepis 
  major. 
  

  

  Sweet 
  Hillock, 
  Alves. 
  — 
  Psammosteus 
  Taylori, 
  Bothriolepis 
  major, 
  Holoptychius 
  

  

  giganteus. 
  

  

  Carden 
  Hill, 
  Alves. 
  — 
  Bothriolepis 
  major, 
  Holoptychius 
  giganteus. 
  

   Millstone 
  Quarry, 
  Alves. 
  — 
  Psammosteus 
  Taylori, 
  Bothriolepis 
  major, 
  Holo- 
  

   ptychius 
  giganteus. 
  

  

  Newton. 
  — 
  Psammosteus 
  Taylori, 
  Bothriolepis 
  major, 
  Holoptychius 
  giganteus, 
  

  

  H. 
  noUlissimus. 
  

   Leggat. 
  — 
  Holoptychius 
  noUlissimus. 
  

  

  Rosebrae. 
  — 
  Bothriolepis 
  major 
  (small), 
  B. 
  cristata, 
  Holoptychius 
  noUlissimus, 
  

   Glyptopomus 
  minor. 
  

  

  Oakbrae. 
  — 
  Bothriolepis 
  major 
  (small), 
  Holoptychius 
  noUlissimus. 
  

  

  Hospital 
  Quarry. 
  — 
  Phyllolepis 
  concentrica, 
  Holoptychius 
  nobilissimus. 
  

  

  Laverockloch. 
  — 
  Bothriolepis 
  major 
  (small), 
  Phyllolepis 
  concentrica, 
  Holo- 
  

   ptychius 
  noUlissimus, 
  Glyptopomus 
  minor. 
  

  

  Bishopmill. 
  — 
  Bothriolepis, 
  not 
  specifically 
  determinable 
  ; 
  Holoptychius 
  

   noUlissimus. 
  

  

  Cuttie's 
  Hillock. 
  — 
  Holoptychius 
  noUlissimus. 
  

  

  Pluscarden. 
  — 
  Holoptychius 
  noUlissimus. 
  

  

  Scaat 
  Craig. 
  — 
  Psammosteus 
  sp., 
  Cosmacanthus 
  Malcolmsoni, 
  Bothriolepis 
  

   major, 
  Conchodus 
  ostreiformis, 
  Holoptychius 
  noUlissimus, 
  H. 
  giganteus, 
  

   ? 
  Polyplocodus, 
  sp. 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  lists, 
  along 
  with 
  the 
  lithological 
  characters 
  of 
  the 
  beds 
  

   at 
  the 
  various 
  exposures, 
  are 
  indeed 
  of 
  great 
  interest 
  from 
  a 
  geological 
  

   point 
  of 
  view, 
  but 
  to 
  pursue 
  the 
  subject 
  from 
  this 
  aspect 
  would 
  lead 
  

   us 
  too 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  essential 
  scope 
  of 
  this 
  essay, 
  which 
  is 
  of 
  course 
  

   before 
  all 
  things 
  palaeontological. 
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  1 
  Nevertheless 
  I 
  cannot 
  refrain 
  from 
  mentioning 
  that 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Taylor 
  has 
  pointed 
  

   out 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  the 
  fine-grained 
  sandstones 
  of 
  the 
  Quarry 
  Wood, 
  which 
  at 
  Cuttie's 
  

   Hillock 
  pass 
  under 
  the 
  Triassic 
  Reptiliferous 
  beds, 
  apparently 
  form 
  a 
  distinct 
  and 
  

   upper 
  subdivision 
  of 
  the 
  Elgin 
  series. 
  Unlike 
  the 
  Alves, 
  Newton, 
  and 
  Scaat 
  Craig 
  

   strata, 
  they 
  contain 
  no 
  coarse 
  grit 
  or 
  conglomerate, 
  and 
  as 
  to 
  fossils, 
  Psammosteus 
  has 
  

   not 
  yet 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  them, 
  while 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  Bothriolepis 
  major, 
  which 
  have 
  

  

  