VII.—On the Oldest British Belemnite

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Professor Phillips remarks that “from the Inferior Oolite downwards through the Liassic series Belemnites are almost never absent from the section till we reach the zone of Ammonites Busklandi; only in the upper part of this zone have they been found—at Salford and at Lyme Regis,” But as the unique example—the subject of the present communication—was collected from thezone of Ammonites angulatus, it is the oldest known British Belemnite, and as such claims some attention.