. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. 204 PROTOZOA; No. 1181. Spongia . Silicified. From the same locality and Cabinet as the preceding. Size, 7x1. Price, $ No. 1182. Spongia . Silicified. From the Upper Chalk, Bridlington, England, and now in the Ward Museum, University of Eochester. Size, 6x2. Price, $ No. 1183. Spongites vagans ? Quenstedt. From the Middle Oolite, Wirtemberg, and now in the private Geological Cabinet of Mr. Ward, Rochester. Price, $ No. 1184. Tragos . The Sponges
. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. 204 PROTOZOA; No. 1181. Spongia . Silicified. From the same locality and Cabinet as the preceding. Size, 7x1. Price, $ No. 1182. Spongia . Silicified. From the Upper Chalk, Bridlington, England, and now in the Ward Museum, University of Eochester. Size, 6x2. Price, $ No. 1183. Spongites vagans ? Quenstedt. From the Middle Oolite, Wirtemberg, and now in the private Geological Cabinet of Mr. Ward, Rochester. Price, $ No. 1184. Tragos . The Sponges of tbis genus are turbinated, and have rather large oscula, dis- posed irregularly on the inner surface. From the Middle Oolite, Wirtemberg, and now in the private Geological Cabinet of Mr. Ward, Rochester. Price, $ No. 1185. Ventriculites .. JiSxBi ('ium d"m i The Ventriculites are the largest group of Cretaceous Sponges. They are shaped like a mushroom or funnel, tapering to a point below, and attached by rootlets. The astonishing complication of their sur- face is shown by the fact, pointed out by Toulmin Smith, that in one specimen, only three inches high, nine millions of fibrils were found! From the Upper Chalk of Bridlington, England, and now in the Ward Museum of the University of Rochester. Size, 10 x 3. Price, $ No. 1186. Ventriculites alcyonoides, Mant. From the Chalk of Kent, England, and in the same Museum as the preced- ing. Price, $ No. 1187. Ventriculites radiatus, Mant. Two specimens. A broadly expanded, discoid Sponge with a small round stem. From the Upper Chalk, Bridlington, England, and now in the Ward Mu- seum, University of Rochester. Price, $ No. 1188. Ventriculites radiatus^ Mant. From the same locality and Museum as the preceding. Price, $ No. 1189. Ventriculites . From the same locality and Museum as the preceding. Price, $ Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digit
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