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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (13206230544).jpg FITTON S SECTION AT ATHERFIELD <br> 303 <br> Groups V VI and VIII Scaphites and Crioceras <br> The only account of these remarkable genera from the lower green- <br> sand which has been published being that of Mr Sowerby Geol <br> Trans 2nd Ser vol v pi 34 I requested that gentleman to examine <br> the specimens in my collection and he has favoured me with some <br> remarks upon them ; to which at my request he has added a sketch <br> upon a scale of yV natural size that my readers may have <br> before them all the species hitherto found near Atherfield <br> Fig 2 <br> Fig 1 <br> Figs 1 and 2 Crioceratites Bowerhankii Sow of two varieties ; the second differing from that <br> previously published in the greater divergence of its outer whorls <br> Fig 3 is Scaphites Hillsil Geol Trans 2nd Ser iv pi 15 fig 1 and 2 <br> Fig 4 Scaphites gigas Geol Trans 2nd Ser v Ancyloceras gigas D'Orb pi 34 f 2 <br> The cliif of sand occupied by these fossils extends upon the shore <br> from the rise of the top of No 13 to a point about 1300 feet east of <br> Mr Sowerby states that the difficulty of arranging these genera arises from <br> the great variation of their characters ; the space between the whorls differing <br> much in those which have been called Crioceras ” as in fig 1 and fig 2 ” both of <br> which may be referred to Cr Bowerbankii But since none of the species have <br> a second cm-vature of the shell after it becomes straight it appears to me that <br> this genus ought not to be disturbed An exception to this character occurs <br> in Scaphites Hillsii fig 3 which so nearly resembles fig 1 that Prof Forbes <br> considers them as of the same species ; the only difference being that the ribbed <br> portion of the last whorl fig 2 and 3 is in S Hillsii produced nearly in a straight <br> line and afterwards incurved Still it appears to me to be better to retain this <br> species than by uniting it with C Bowerbankii to give up one or perhaps both <br> of the links in the chain between Ammonites and Scaphites Until we know the <br> Y 2 36933054 113687 51125 Page 303 Text v 3 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36933054 1847 Geological Society of London NameFound Ancyloceras gigas NameFound Crioceras NameConfirmed Crioceras EOLID 4784226 NameBankID 1782840 NameFound Crioceratites NameConfirmed Crioceratites LĂ©veillĂ© 1837 EOLID 4784181 NameFound Scaphites NameConfirmed Scaphites Parkinson 1811 EOLID 4785375 NameFound Scaphites gigas Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 3 1847 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36933054 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36933054 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-03-17 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/13206230544 2015-08-26 12 50 13 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1847 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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