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  THE 
  EXTINCT 
  VERTEBRATE 
  ANIMALS 
  

  

  leaving 
  a 
  hollow 
  cavity 
  or 
  mould 
  in 
  the 
  rock, 
  from 
  which 
  a 
  cast 
  

   must 
  be 
  made 
  — 
  gutta-percha 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  material, 
  — 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  the 
  

   form 
  of 
  the 
  bone 
  itself 
  may 
  be 
  reproduced 
  for 
  purposes 
  of 
  description 
  

   and 
  illustration. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  reptilian 
  remains 
  

   found 
  at 
  Cuttie's 
  Hillock, 
  but 
  some 
  of 
  those 
  from 
  Lossiemouth, 
  

   especially 
  the 
  beautiful 
  skeleton 
  which 
  afforded 
  material 
  to 
  the 
  late 
  

   Professor 
  Huxley 
  for 
  his 
  last 
  paper 
  on 
  Hyperodapedon 
  Gordoni, 
  have 
  

   the 
  actual 
  bone 
  in 
  a 
  good 
  condition. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  fish-remain 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  heard 
  of 
  being 
  obtained 
  in 
  

   these 
  beds 
  is 
  a 
  ' 
  Ceratodus-like 
  fish-tooth,' 
  from 
  Spynie. 
  This 
  has, 
  

   however, 
  no 
  bearing 
  on 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  the 
  rocks, 
  for 
  although 
  Ceratodus 
  

   proper 
  is 
  a 
  Triassic 
  genus, 
  teeth 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  resembling 
  it 
  (e.g. 
  

   Conchodus) 
  may 
  and 
  do 
  occur 
  in 
  strata 
  of 
  palaeozoic 
  age. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  following 
  list 
  I 
  have 
  used 
  the 
  classification 
  adopted 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Lydekker 
  in 
  his 
  ' 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Fossil 
  Eeptiles 
  and 
  Amphibia 
  

   in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum.' 
  

  

  Class 
  REPTILIA. 
  

  

  Order 
  PARASUCHIA. 
  

   Family 
  PHYTOSAURIDiE. 
  

  

  Genus 
  STAGONOLEPIS, 
  Agassi*. 
  

   Stagonolepis 
  Robertsoni, 
  Agassiz, 
  1844. 
  

   Bones 
  and 
  scutes. 
  Findrassie 
  ; 
  Lossiemouth. 
  

  

  Genus 
  EBPETOSUCHUS, 
  E. 
  T. 
  Newton. 
  

  

  Erpetosuchus 
  Granti, 
  E. 
  T. 
  Newton, 
  1893. 
  

  

  Skull, 
  limb-bones, 
  vertebra, 
  scutes, 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  Mr. 
  James 
  

   Grant 
  of 
  Lossiemouth, 
  and 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  from 
  that 
  locality 
  or 
  

   from 
  Spynie. 
  

  

  Order 
  RHYNCHOCEPHALIA. 
  

  

  Sub-order 
  HOMJEOSA 
  URIDJE. 
  

   Family 
  TELERPETIDiE. 
  

   Genus 
  TELEBPETON, 
  Mantell 
  

   Telerpeton 
  Elginense, 
  Mantell, 
  1852. 
  

  

  Skeletons 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  entire. 
  Spynie 
  ; 
  Lossiemouth. 
  

  

  