156). The fossil
exhibits ten small molars placed side by side, one canine, and
three incisors, separated by small intervals, and it indicates
a small insectivorous animal, probably most nearly related to
the existing _Myrmecobius_.
LITERATURE.
The following list comprises a few of the more important sources of
information as to the Triassic strata and their fossil contents:--
(1) 'Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames.' Phillips.
(2) 'Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland.'
(3) 'Report on the Geology of Londonderry,' &c. Portlock.
(4) "On the Zone of Avicula contorta," &c.--'Quart. Journ. Geol.
Soc.,' vol. xvi., 1860. Dr Thomas Wright.
(5) "On the Zones of the Lower Lias and the Avicula contorta
Zone"--'Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc.,' vol. xvii., 1861. Charles
Moore.
(6) "On Abnormal Conditions of Secondary Deposits," &c.--'Quart.
Journ. Geol. Soc.,' vol. xxiii., 1876-77. Charles Moore.
(7) 'Geognostische Beschreibung des Bayerischen Alpengebirges.'
Guembel.
(8) 'Lethaea Rossica.' Pander.
(9) 'Lethaea Geognostica.' Bronn.
(10) 'Petrefacta Germaniae.' Goldfuss.
(11) 'Petrefaktenkunde.' Quenstedt.
(12) 'Monograph of the Fossil Estheriae' (Palaeontographical Society).
Rupert Jones.
(13) "Fossil Remains of Three Distinct Saurian Animals, recently
discovered in the Magnesian Conglomerate near Bristol"--'Trans.
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