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form of Rhynchondla is considered by Mr. Buckman to resemble 

 R. asymmetrica Kitchin, and a Terebratula to be comparable with T. 

 dhosae'nsis Kitchin, both from the Chari ( = Callovian) group in Cutch ; 

 but neither he himself nor Dr. Kitchin consider that there is iden- 

 tity in either case. All that can be said at present, therefore, is that 



„ , the Namyau beds are certainly in part of Jurassic 



Character of deposits. . " . „ , , , x , 



age, and that they were probably of a continen- 

 tal characctr, and were deposited along the shores of a shallow sea 

 extending northwards into China. The presence of red beds through- 

 out the series is perhaps in favour of this view. How far they may 

 extend to the south, beyond the Southern Shan States, is not yet 

 known. 



