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IN the course of my researches among the coal shales of Northumberland I discovered two specimens of ossicular rings known as sclerotic plates. The external diameter of one ring is five-eighths of an inch, and the orbital orifice is one-quarter of an inch; this ring of sclerotic plates consists of nine bones arranged as are the eye bones of Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, and eagles, viz. in tolerably uniform segments. The second specimen is a quadrant of a ring, and consists of six plates of larger size than the other specimen. I shall be glad to learn if any of your readers have discovered similar sclerotic plates in the Palæozoic rocks of the British Isles, as specimens are Lot exhibited in the British Museum, Jermyn Street Museum, or Edinburgh Museum.
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BARKAS, T. Palæozoic Sclerotic Plates. Nature 28, 225 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/028225e0
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