Geology -- Great Britain; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Cretaceous
Bourgueticrinus rugosus. The diameter of the specimen figured
is 3/4 of an inch, the depth of each plate 3/16. The surface of
attachment is covered with very fine mamillæ, in rays of seven in
number; a smaller specimen in possession of the author measures 3/8
of an inch in diameter and 1/8 in depth.
The serpula represented in Plate III. fig. 3 varies in its
irregular growth from the specimens figured on the same plate.
This character perhaps can scarcely be regarded as a specific
difference; both V. elongata and the serpula under consideration
have the same thickness of the calcareous tube. The former
occurs only at Speeton and the latter at Hunstanton; in order to
distinguish the two, the title "irregularis" may be applied to the
latter as a variety.
Serpula triserrata, a species found on a specimen of Ammonites
complanatus, is distinguishable by its three serrate longitudinal
ridges. A similar form occurs on ostreæ from the Kimmeridge clay of
West Norfolk.
Terebratula semiglobosa is common at Speeton, but very rare at
Hunstanton. T. biplicata is very common at Hunstanton, but is not
known at Speeton.
Inoceramus læviusculus, Bean, a large smooth species something
like I. Cuvieri.
The Ammonites alternatus of Woodward is now lost; it was
probably a variety of A. serratus, Park.
Belemnites minimus is sometimes two inches long in the
Hunstanton Cliff.
The vertebra of Polyptychodon would be, if perfect, about six
inches in diameter and three in thickness.
The small specimen shown in Plate II. fig. 9 evidently belongs
to the Turbinolian family of corals, and possibly to the genus
Trochocyathus instituted by Messrs. Milne-Edwards and J. Haime, in
1848. The specimens as yet obtained are not sufficiently numerous
nor perfect for a rigid comparison with other forms, or to admit
of a sufficiently detailed description should the species prove
to be new. The constricted form of growth is very common in the
Parasmilia of the Upper Chalk, and has no specific value.
The characteristic fossils of the Red Chalk at Speeton are
Terebratula semiglobosa, Belemnites minimus, and Vermicularia
elongata; and at Hunstanton, Terebratula biplicata, Belemnites
minimus, and Spongia paradoxica.
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