. The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London. daleshale washed down from the adjoining heights of Mam Tor, bitsof elastic bitumen or elaterite, and of fluor spar derived fromthe deposits of those minerals close by, together with bones ofbison, reindeer, wolf, fox, and grisly bear 8 „ A. Below this a stiff yellow loam without any fossil remains rested on the surface of the limestone 4 „ 3. Association of Remains.—The bones and teeth of the animalsfrom the ossiferous yellow clay are, for the most part, perfect, andhad been buried in their natural positions. The limb-bones ofbison,
. The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London. daleshale washed down from the adjoining heights of Mam Tor, bitsof elastic bitumen or elaterite, and of fluor spar derived fromthe deposits of those minerals close by, together with bones ofbison, reindeer, wolf, fox, and grisly bear 8 „ A. Below this a stiff yellow loam without any fossil remains rested on the surface of the limestone 4 „ 3. Association of Remains.—The bones and teeth of the animalsfrom the ossiferous yellow clay are, for the most part, perfect, andhad been buried in their natural positions. The limb-bones ofbison, for example, and of reindeer had their proper articular sur-faces together, and the sesamoids, tarsals, and carpals in place. Thedorsal vertebrae of a reindeer were found in one continuous chain. * This was done at the joint cost of Mr. Rooke Pennington and the Man-chester Museum, the Owens College. AT WINDY KNOLL, CASTLETON, DERBYSHIRE. 725 Fig. 1.—East-and- West Section through Windy-Knoll Fissure.(Scale 20 feet to 1 inch.) Surface denuded Present surface. —y ? Cavern 7 The whole skeleton of a reindeer was to be seen in the upper partof B; but it was so fragile that it was impossible to preserve morethan a few insignificant fragments. Other remains had been scattered after the death of the animal towhich they had belonged, as, for example, a lower jaw of grisly bearwhich rested side by side with two lower jaws of reiudeer. Verymany of them were crushed by the weight of some of the large blocksof stone. One block of stalagmite measured 8x6x2 feet. As the work proceeded, the limestone floor began rapidly to descend(fig. 2), and the ossiferous clay to thicken, until it reached a thick- Fig. 2.—North-and-South Section through Windy-Knoll Fissure.(Scale 20 feet to 1 inch.)
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