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FOSSIL FOOTPRINTS NEAR SCARBOROUGH. 
J. A. HARGREAVES. 
(PLATE XV.). 
In The Naturalist, for February, 1913, an article on ‘ Fossil 
Footprints near Scarborough,’ recorded the discovery of 
dinosaurian footprints in fallen blocks. 
Early in January, 1914, Messrs. Wallis and Temporley 
saw further footprints on blocks of stone about a mile further 
north than those previously found. Further search was made 
in the new locality and the footprints were found in situ. 
A cartroad from Burniston to the beach reaches the sands 
a little over half a mile south of Long Nab, and cuts through the 
rock containing the footprints. The stratum can be traced 
for a considerable distance to the north and south, being 
more persistent than the beds usually are in the Estuarine 
Series, and the footprints, many of which were imperfect, can 
be traced half a mile north of the cartroad, and a quarter 
of a mile south, or three quarters of a mile altogether. They 
cannot, however, be seen all the way, but only at intervals. 
All the perfect specimens are of the usual three-toed 
kinds, as usual varying considerably in size, some being only 
2 ,\ in. in length, and others or 5 in. One of the largest, 
on a fallen block, gives a stride of a yard. Some dozens can 
be seen in the fallen blocks and in situ. 
The strata belong to the Upper Estuarine, that is they 
occur between the Cornbrash and the Scarborough Limestone, 
and consist, as usual, of alternations of shale and sandstone, 
as shown in the accompanying section by Mr. Bevan. 
The particular stratum in question appears to be barren 
of other fossils, as careful search was made for considerable 
distance without result. Some distance below is a bed con- 
taining what appear to be casts of Unios, but they are so 
weathered that the identification is doubtful. 
The underlying shales, like many strata is this series, 
yield specimens of ferns and cycads. 
The impressions in situ are in the form of casts in relief on the 
under surface of the bed, which, in many cases, -projects beyond 
the shale beneath, so that the impressions must have been 
made in the mud now forming the shale bed. It is, however, so 
crumbly and brittle, that it is hopeless to try to get the actual 
impressions, of which there must have been hundreds. Along 
with the footprints are curious horse-shoe shaped casts which 
may have been made by the droppings of the animals. Alto- 
gether about a dozen of these were seen. 
The strata, which are almost horizontal, do not stretch from 
one bay to the other, so that the latter cannot be traced from 
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