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2. On the occurrence of Megalichthys Hibberti in a bed of Cannel Coal in the West of Fifeshire; with Observations on the supposed Lacustrine Limestone of Burdiehouse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2015

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In a fragment of this kind of coal there was accidentally found a very fine specimen of a tooth, which the author considers to belong to the Megalichthys Hibberti of Agassiz. It is similar to some of those found in the limestone of Burdiehouse by Dr Hibbert, and is almost identical with that figured at p. 183 in Dr Hibbert's Memoir, in the 13th volume of the Society's Transactions; being about two inches long, and seven-eighths of an inch at the base, longitudinally striated, and covered with a shining enamel.

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Proceedings 1835–36
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1844

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