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A HISTORY OF RUTLAND of Rutland as well as of Lincolnshire itself.' The allied species known as Asteracanthus ornatissimus {^= Strophodus subretkulatus) is also recorded by Mr. Etheridge'from the Inferior Oolite of the county, but since this form is of Upper Oolitic age (in England) the identification is doubtful. Finally, reference must be made to the type specimen of the pave- ment-toothed shark known as Hybodiis crassus, said to have been obtained from the Inferior Oolite of Braunston, Oakham. In cataloguing the fossil fishes in the British Museum, where this specimen (a spine) is now preserved. Dr. A. Smith Woodward' stated that this locality cannot be the true one, since it is given by Agassiz, in the original description, as Rodmore Pits, near Towcester, Northamptonshire." ' Specimens from the Inferior Oolite near Stamford are recorded in Cat. Foss. Fish. Brit. Mus. i, 315- "■ Browne, loc. cit. ' Ct7t. Foss. Fish. Brit. Mus. i, 301. '" This specimen is omitted in the account of the Palaeontology of Northants. 18