. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. ECHINODERMATA. 179 No. 941. Nucleocrinus Verneuili, Troost. Tliis Blastoidean has an ovoid body, supported by a slender column, three minute basal plates, five radials, and six inter-radials. From the Upper Helder- berg (Devonian), Falls of Ohio. Price, $ No. 942. Pentacrinus subangularis, Miller. Body and stem, on slab. (Syn. , Schloth.) In the Pentacrinoids, the body-plates are firmly articulated together; the rays of the disc are fixed imm
. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. ECHINODERMATA. 179 No. 941. Nucleocrinus Verneuili, Troost. Tliis Blastoidean has an ovoid body, supported by a slender column, three minute basal plates, five radials, and six inter-radials. From the Upper Helder- berg (Devonian), Falls of Ohio. Price, $ No. 942. Pentacrinus subangularis, Miller. Body and stem, on slab. (Syn. , Schloth.) In the Pentacrinoids, the body-plates are firmly articulated together; the rays of the disc are fixed immediately to the summit of the column by special ossicles; and the stem is composed of angular pieces, generally pentagonal. The arms are very long, and thickly beset with side-arms and minute pinnae. This speci- men, of unusual size and perfection, is from the Lias, Boll, Wir- temberg. Size, 4 ft. 5 in. x 1 ft. 6 in. Price, $ No. 943. Pentacrinus subangularis, Miller. Body and stem, on slab. From the Lias, Boll, Wirtemberg, and is now in the Ward Museum, University of Rochester. Size, 13 x 12. Price $ No. 944. Pentacrinus basaltiformis, Miller. A slab covered with numerous segments of stems. These various segments of the stem of a typical species show well the pentagonal form of the stem and the star-like radiation of the inner structure displayed on the free ends. Price, $ No. 945. Pentacrinus (Estracrinus) Briareus, Miller. The Extracrinoids of Aus tin are Pentacrinoids with un- equal radial plates. This slab, containing a multitude of beau- tifully preserved bodies, is from the Lias of Whitby, England, and is now in the Ward Mu- seum, University of Rochester. Size, 2 ft. 2 in. x 1 ft. 10 in. Price, $ Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ward, Henry A. (Henry Augustus), 183
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