RAJID2E. 
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Raja clavata, Linn. 
1767. Raja clavata , Linnaeus, Syst. Naturae, vol. i. p. 397. 
1843. Raja antiqua, L. Agassiz, Poiss. Foss. vol. iii. p. 371, pi. 37. 
fig. 33. 
1876. Raja antiqua , E. Lawley, Nuovi Studi Pesci foss. Colline Tos- 
cane, p. 42, pi. ii. fig. 1. 
1882. Raja clavata , E. T. Newton, Vert. Forest Bed (Mem. Geol. Surv.), 
p. 132, pi. xix. figs. 10,11. 
1886. Raja antiqua (?), Larrazet, Bull. Soc. G£ol. France [3], vol. xiv. 
p. 261, pi. xiii. fig. 7. 
Type of “ Raja antiqua.” Spinous dermal tubercle. 
The fossil dermal tubercles described as R. antiqua are indistin¬ 
guishable from those of the living R. clavata, and the Pliocene 
fossil may thus be provisionally associated with this species. New¬ 
ton records teeth from the Weybourn Crag of East Bunton. 
Form. Sf Loc. Weybourn, Norwich, Eed and Coralline Crags : 
Norfolk, Suffolk. Pliocene : Tuscany. 
23200. Nineteen fragmentary tubercles; Norwich Crag, Postwick. 
Presented by Dr. S. P. W’oodward, 1849. 
P. 374. Nine similar specimens; Norwich Crag, near Norwich. 
Bayfield Coll. 
P. 5453. Sixteen tubercles, and nine broken spines of ditto; 
Norwich Crag, near Norwich. Wigham Coll . 
P. 267. Abraded tubercle ; Coralline Crag, Orford, Suffolk. 
Purchased , 1880. 
40402. Tubercle, probably of this species; Coralline Crag, Ged- 
grave. Purchased , 1867. 
40403. Abraded tubercle; Eed Crag, Felixstow. Purchased , 1867. 
35863. Two specimens ; Eed Crag, Suffolk. 
Presented by J. Berners, Esq., 1861. 
41276. Ten specimens; Eed Crag, Waldringfield. Purchased, 1869. 
27615, 30904, 37742, 41853, 43325. Twenty-three specimens, some 
of very large size, and some consisting of two connected 
tubercles ; Eed Crag, Woodbridge. Purchased. 
P. 3063. Eight similar specimens; Eed Crag, Suffolk. 
Enniskillen Coll. 
47021. Three tubercles, labelled by Lawley ; Pliocene, Orciano, 
Tuscany. Purchased, 1875. 
