. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. 154 MOLLUSCA. elevated to their present position by Milne Edwards. They look like Corals, having minute cells either in branched, reticulated or incrusting forms. They never occur singly. No organ of special sensation has been discovered, and but one ganglionic centre. D'Orbigny enumerates 1,676 fossil species. One of the oldest known fossils, Oldhamia, is supposed to be a Bryozoan, so likewise some of the Graptolites. The most common Palaeozic form is Fenestre
. Catalogue of casts of fossils, from the principal museums of Europe and America, with short descriptions and illustrations. Fossils. 154 MOLLUSCA. elevated to their present position by Milne Edwards. They look like Corals, having minute cells either in branched, reticulated or incrusting forms. They never occur singly. No organ of special sensation has been discovered, and but one ganglionic centre. D'Orbigny enumerates 1,676 fossil species. One of the oldest known fossils, Oldhamia, is supposed to be a Bryozoan, so likewise some of the Graptolites. The most common Palaeozic form is Fenestrella. No. 758. Archimides Wortheni, Hall. Four specimens on slab. These remarkable Bryzoans, having spiral axes, are from the Keokuk limestone (Sub-carbon- iferous), Warsaw, 111. Size, 12 s 4. 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), 1834-1906. Rochester, N. Y. , Benton & Andrews, printers
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