Geological magazine (1890) (14764118925)
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Identifier: geologicalmagazi371890wood (find matches)
Title: Geological magazine
Year: 1864 (1860s)
Authors: Woodward, Henry, 1832-1921
Subjects: Geology
Publisher: London (etc.) Cambridge University Press
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries
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tites micromphalus, Etheridge, jun., Cat. Australian Fossils, p. 89.1880. Goniatites micromphalus, Etheridge, jun., Proceed. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edin-burgh, vol. v. p. 304. This species is represented by two small and imperfect examplesin a yellowish ferruginous sandstone. They are both casts, and showno trace of septation. Locality.—Liverynga, Kimberley District.Carboniferous Fossils from the Gascoyne River and its Vicinity.1ECEINODERMA TA.Plate IV. Fig. 11. This group is represented by numerous weathered fragments ofCrinoid stems, some loose, some imbedded in a limestone matrix.They have been examined by Mr. F. A. Bather, F.G.S., of the 1 See Notes on a Collection of Fossils and of Rock-specimens from West Australia,north of the Gascoyne River, by W. H. Hudleston, F.R.S., in the Quart. Journ.Geol. Soc. 1883, vol. xxxix. p. 582, where references to previous reports on thegeology of this region may be found. The evidence afforded by the fossils of the Gecl.Mag.1880. Decade.HLVol.VIIPl.V
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GMWooav/ard, deletJiiii lVest,Nrfwina.n West Australian Fossils. A A. H. Foord—Western Australian Fossils. 105 Geological Department of the British Museum, and he believes themto belong probably to the Rhodocriuidce or Actinocriuidtf, but hecannot refer them to any genus.Locality.—Gascoyne River. BRACRIOPOBA.Spirifera Kimberleyensis, sp. nov. Plate V. Fig. 11. tjje The general outline of this species is transveisely oval, with com- ispressed valves and rather a long hinge-line. The ventral valve hasa shallow median sinus occupied by three or four fine ribs, andbounded by two strong folds, which are most prominent in theumbonal region. About five more folds, made up of bundles of ribs,occur on eaeh side of the last named, but they become almost obsoletein the depressed area near the hinge-line, on each side of the beaks.The beak is elevated, pointed, and but slightly incurved. Thehinge-area is moderately deep, parallel, and as long as the width ofthe shell. The triangular fissure i