. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 346 BULLETIN 11, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. tion is sufficient to determine the matter, and until his type-speci- mens are restudied, the genus can not be considered vaUd. The other three species referred to Myriolithes by Eichwald are from Carboniferous strata and undoubtedly belong to a genus distinct from the Ordovician type. MYRIOLITHES FASTIGIATUS (Eichwald). Text fig. 221. —My- EIOLITHES FASTIGIilOS. a, THE TYPE- SPECIMEN, NATURAL SIZE AND SLIGHTLY ENLARGED. O RD O VI- CXAN, PUL- KOWA, GOV- EKNMENT OF St. Pe- tersburg. (Aft
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 346 BULLETIN 11, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. tion is sufficient to determine the matter, and until his type-speci- mens are restudied, the genus can not be considered vaUd. The other three species referred to Myriolithes by Eichwald are from Carboniferous strata and undoubtedly belong to a genus distinct from the Ordovician type. MYRIOLITHES FASTIGIATUS (Eichwald). Text fig. 221. —My- EIOLITHES FASTIGIilOS. a, THE TYPE- SPECIMEN, NATURAL SIZE AND SLIGHTLY ENLARGED. O RD O VI- CXAN, PUL- KOWA, GOV- EKNMENT OF St. Pe- tersburg. (After Eichwald.) Millepora fastigiata Eichwald, Observat. de Trilobit., 1825, p. 21. Myriapora fastigiata Eichwald, Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou, 1856, p. 88. Myriolithes fastigiatus Eichwald, Letliaea Rossica, vol. 1, 1860, p. 450, pi. 26, fig. 13a, b. The facts concerning this species are noted above. The species can not be recognized from either the description or figure. Occurrence.—''Calcaire a Orthoceratites de ; MONTICULIPORA OVULUM Eichwald. Monticulipora ovulum Eichwald, Lethsea Rossica, vol. 1, 1860, p. 492, pi. 25, figs. 8a-d. Although this is registered as a Monticulipora by Eich- wald, his figured specimen is undoubtedly a coral like Heliolites and not a bryozoan. ORBIPORA FUNGIFORMIS Eichwald. Text fig. 222. Orbipora fungiformis Eichwald, Lethsea Rossica, vol. 1, 1860, p. 485, pi. 28, fig. 4a, 6, Fig. 222.—Orbipora fungiformis. a and 6, celluliferous and epithecated sides of the type- specimen; C, CELLULIFEEOUS SURFACE ENLARGED; d, BASAL SIDE, ENLARGED. HOHENHOLM, ISLAND OF Dago. (After Eichwald.) Eichwald's description and figures are the only ones of any value that have ever been published regarding this species. As shown by. 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 Unit
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