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II.—Notes on some Lower Tertiary Shells from Egypt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

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The Tertiary shells referred to in this paper constitute a portionof the Egyptian collection of fossils sent to the British Museumfor description by Capt. H. G. Lyons, E.E., F.G.S., Director of theGeological Survey of Egypt.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1898

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page 533 note 1 Information supplied to the writer by Dr. Hume in August, 1898.

page 533 note 2 Mr. G. T. Prior, of the British Museum, informs me that this matrix is not a dolomite, although referred to as such on the manuscript lists accompanying the collection.

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