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The Edinburgh Geologist - Issue no 33 Editor: Alan Fyfe Published October 1999 Cover illustration:
the cover shows the living cycad, Zamia floridana, from the central
and southern Florida peninsula. This is one of the 'living fossils' described
by Bill Baird in his article on page 3 of this issue and was originally
published in Ancient plants and the world they lived in by
Henry N. Andrews, Comstock Publishing Associates, 1947.
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| Contents | page |
| Editorial | 1 |
| Living Fossils by Bill Baird | 3 |
| Encounters with James Hutton by Ellis L Yochelson, Gordon Craig & Alan Fyfe | 7 |
| Out of Africa the Editor speaks with Barry Dawson | 10 |
| What's in a Name? The demise of the Tertiary by Alan Fyfe | 15 |
| What's in a Name? Postscript correspondence with Ken Hitchen | 18 |
| Where have all the fossils gone? by Liz Hide | 22 |
| Elgin weekend excursion - two viewpointsby David & Fiona McAdam | 25 |
| Letter from an Old Huttonian by Dennis R Dean & Tom Sharpe | 28 |
| Views on Our Dynamic Earth by friends of the Editor | 33 |
| Poet's Corner - The Appin Minibus Drivers' Song by Rosalind Garton | 36 |
| Book Review: | |
| Building Stones of Edinburgh - Andrew A McMillan, Richard J Gillanders & John A Fairhurst review by Audrey Dakin | 38 |
| Rocksword Puzzle No. 2 compiled by Angela Anderson | 40 |