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Jurassic, or oolitic beds. 
Professor H. Blanford, in his very excellent paper lately pub¬ 
lished in the Asiatic Soc. Journ.,* draws the conclusion from 
the Spiti lists that the majority of the forms are comparable 
rather with the Upper Liassic species and those of the Inferior 
Oolite than any others. The Niti fossils favour the same view, 
and, except one or two Ammonites and the abundant lllnjn- 
clionella concinna , which may, as Mr. Blanford suggests, have 
come from the superior beds in the section, there are scarcely 
any indications of an horizon higher than the one above indi¬ 
cated. We must suppose, therefore, that in this thick series 
the truly fossiliferous portion belongs to the Lias and Infe¬ 
rior Oolite, while the upper formations are less rich in species, 
or, quite as likely, have been less successfully searched. 
* See Postcript. Tlie original paper, the MSS. from which Mr. Salter 
quotes, was subsequently much modified.—H. F. B. 
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