A Rare Euryocrinus from the Carboniferous Limestone of Coplow Knoll, Clitheroe

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In September, 1926, accompanied by my friend, Mr. James Begg, of Glasgow, I spent a few days in the Clitheroe district, being attracted thereto by a perusal of that excellent paper by Dr. Parkinson on this region (Q.J.G.S., vol. lxxxii, 1926, pp. 188–249). The paper itself, with its interesting details, really fanned into flame a smouldering desire to examine the district further, since over twenty-five years ago I had read in Our Common British Fossils, by the late Dr. Taylor—a fascinating book to a young geologist—the statement that in the neighbourhood of Clitheroe. whole beds are composed of crinoid heads. Being in Lancashire shortly afterwards, I one day went to Clitheroe and spent a few hours in Salt Hill Quarry, but owing to ignorance of the localities and lack of experience in crinoid collecting, I was grievously disappointed so far as these fossils were concerned. When Mr. Begg and I visited the district in 1926 I recognized the landmarks and saw at once that if I had gone further east to Bellman Quarry I should probably have been amply rewarded. On the results of our 1926 visit Mr. Begg and I were well pleased. We explored most of the knolls and quarries of the district and spent a considerable time, especially at Bellman and Coplow Quarries, where we collected a large number of well-fcpreserved crinoids.