. On some fossils from the primordial rocks of Newfoundland [microform]. Paleontology; Paléontologie. 4GG ,^„^ THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. , , ,^„ [Vol. vl. FOSSILS FROM GKEAT BELL ISLAND. , . ,:7!!i;:. ..j : ,,,^„, uvff ylfnoia Genus Eophyton, TorelL. Fio. 1. Eophyton LinmeanuTii? Torell. Part of a slab of sandstone with KC'vcral fraf^mcnts supposed to be of this species. The only specini'^n T have access to at present, is a slab of sandstone, about 15 inclies in lenirth and 12 inches wide, on the suHace of which thoio are about thirty stems oi'the fossil. Most oi'these lie across the stone in a
. On some fossils from the primordial rocks of Newfoundland [microform]. Paleontology; Paléontologie. 4GG ,^„^ THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. , , ,^„ [Vol. vl. FOSSILS FROM GKEAT BELL ISLAND. , . ,:7!!i;:. ..j : ,,,^„, uvff ylfnoia Genus Eophyton, TorelL. Fio. 1. Eophyton LinmeanuTii? Torell. Part of a slab of sandstone with KC'vcral fraf^mcnts supposed to be of this species. The only specini'^n T have access to at present, is a slab of sandstone, about 15 inclies in lenirth and 12 inches wide, on the suHace of which thoio are about thirty stems oi'the fossil. Most oi'these lie across the stone in a direction nearly parallel to each other. They appear to have been, when perfect, slender, cylin- drical, straijj;ht, recd-like plants, about three lines in diameter, with the surface longitudinally striated ; four striju upon an avera»re in the width of one linw. Some of the stems, which have been partially flattened by pressure, are coarsely jj,Toovcd or fluted ; but when the surface of such is perfect, the fine striae can always be seen on the large ridges and in the furrows between them. AVhen pr^ sed quite flat some of the stems only exhibit the tine strije. I caimot see that any of the stems are branched. One of them, which is pressed flat, is bifurcated, but I think this due to the pressure, whicli has split the stem into two por- tions. I refer this species as above, because it is im])ossible to distin- guish it from some of the figures of the Swedish form. As it occurs above the P<irii(h)xi(fes hcxh, while the Swedish specimens, have as yet, only been found below, it is most probably a dis- tinct species. Koi'iiYTON JuKEsi, spec. nov, lu this species the stems are nine lines in diameter, cylindri- cal, straight or slightly flexuous. They are longitudinally stria- ted, but the surface of the specimens examined, are not suiSi- No. cien is se grea. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for rea
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