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Chapter XV--A Preliminary Catalogue of the Invertebrate Paleontology of the Carboniferous of Kansas (Preliminary)
by John Bennett
In this chapter is given a preliminary synopsis of the invertebrate fauna of the Mississippian, the Coal Measures, and the Permian formations in Kansas, arranged first with reference to their biologic aspect, and second according to counties. The classification adopted is mainly that of Von Zittel, and the arrangement on the page is made as convenient as could well be done. Few species have been included which have not been inspected by the writer, but some have been copied from the writings of Professor Prosser and from a manuscript furnished by Mr. Beede, of Topeka. Those copied from Prosser are followed by the letter (P), and those copied from Beede by the letter (B). For many reasons this catalogue is deficient, and therefore it should be looked upon only as preliminary. It is published here to serve as a beginning, with a hope that it may be perfected at some future time.
The animal kingdom may be divided into seven subkingdoms, or branches, as follows:
| I, Protozoa |
| II, Coelenterata |
| III, Echinodermata |
| IV, Vermes |
| V, Mollusca |
| VI, Arthropoda |
| VII, Vertebrata |
Of these the following have been observed:
Branch I--Protozoa
Class Rhizopoda
One genus and three species.
Fusulina Fischer, 1857, Oryct. du Gouv. de Moscou.
cylendrica Fischer, 1837, Oryct. du Gouv. de Moscou.
robusta Meek, 1864, Pal. California, vol. 1.
ventricosa Meek and Hayden, 1864, Pal. Upper Mo.
Branch II--Coelenterata
Class Anthozoa
Eight genera and eight species.
Axophyllum Edwards and Haime, 1850, Brit. Pal. Foss.
rudis White and St. John, 1868, Trans. Chi. Acad. Sci.
Campophyllum Edwards and Haime, 1850, Brit. Foss. Corals.
torquium Owen, 1852, Geol. Rep. Iowa and Minn.
Cyathaxonia Michelin, 1846, Icon. Zooph.
distorta Worthen, 1875, Geol. Sur. Ill., vol. 6.
Cyathophyllum Goldfuss, 1826, Petref. Germ.
—— sp.
Lophophyllum Edwards and Haime, 1850, Brit. Foss. Corals.
proliforum McChesney, 1860, New Pal. Foss.
Michelinia DeKoninck, 1842, Desc. des Anim. Foss. Belg.
eugeneae White (Ind. 1883), Geol. and Nat. Hist., 13th Report.
Syringopora Goldfuss, 1826, Germ. Petref.
multattenuata McChesney, 1860, New Pal. Foss.
Zaphrentis Rafinesque, 1820, Ann. des Sci. Phys. Brux., vol. 5.
—— sp.
Branch III--Echinodermata
Order Crinoidea
Eleven genera and sixteen species.
Agassizocrinus Troost, 1850, Ms. of Monograph Crinoidea.
carbonarius Worthen, 1873, Geol. Sur. Ill., vol. 5.
Catillocrinus Troost, 1850, Cat. Foss. described by Shumard, 1866, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.
wachsmuthi Meek and Worthen, 1866, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
Cyathocrinus Milier, 1821, Nat. Hist. Crinoidea.
sangamonensis Meek and Worthen, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
Erisocrinus Meek and Worthen, 1865, Am. Jour. Sci., vol, 89.
typus Meek and Worthen, 1865, Am. Jour. Sci., vol. 89.
Eupachycrinus Meek and Worthen, 1865, Proc. Acad, Nat. Sci. Phil.
craigi Worthen, 1875, Geol. Sur. Ill., vol. 6.
tuberculatus Meek and Worthen, 1865, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
Graphiocrinus De Koninck and Le Hon, 1854, Rech. Crin. Carb. Belg.
—— sp.
Pentremites Say, 1820, Am. Jour. Sci., vol. 2.
conoideus Hall, 1856, Trans. Alb. Inst., vol. 4.
godoni DelFrance, 1818, Dict. Sci. Nat.
Platycrinus Miller, 1821, Nat. Hist. Crinoidea.
—&mdasg;sp.
Poteriocrinus Miller, 1821, Nat. Hist. Crinoidea.
hardinensis Worthen, 1873, Geol. Surv. Ill., vol. 5.
Scaphiocrinus ? (Poteriocrinus) Hall, 1858, Geol. Rep. Iowa.
hemisphericus Shumard, i858, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.
Zeacrillus Troost, 1850, Catal. Foss. 1850, and described by Hall, 1858, Geol. Iowa.
acanthophorus Meek and Worthen,1870, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
discus Meek and Worthen, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
mucrospinus McChesney, 1859, New Pal. Foss.
typus.
Order Echinodermata
One genus and four species.
Archaeocidaris McCoy, 1844, Carb, Foss. Ireland.
mucronatus Meek and Worthen, 1860, Proc, Acad, Nat. Sci. Phil.
norwoodi Hall, 1858, Geol. Rep. Iowa.
shumardiana Hall, 1858, Geol. Rep. Iowa.
triserrata Meek, 1872, Pal. E. Neb.
Branch IV--Vermes
Class Annelida
Two genera and two species.
Serpula Linnaeus, 1758, (Spirorbis of Lamarck 1801) Syst.Nat., 10th ed.
incita.
Spirorbis Lamarck, 1801, Syst. An. sans. Vert.
carbonarius Dawson,1845, Quar. Jour. Geol. Soc., vol. 1.
Branch V--Mollusca
Class Bryozoa, sixteen genera and twenty-two species.
Class Brachiopoda, seventeen genera and sixty species.
Class Lamellibranchiata, thirty-five genera and eighty-five species.
Class Gasteropoda, seventeen genera and fifty-nine species.
Class Cephalopoda, four genera and eighteen species.
Class Bryozoa
Archimedes La Sueur, 1842, Am. Jour. Sci., vol. 43.
—— sp.
Batostomella (B).
intersticta Ulrich;
Chaetetes Fischer, 1837, Oryct. du Gouv. Moscou.
carbonarius Worthen, 1875, Geol. Surv. Ill., vol. 6.
milleporaceus Troost.
Cyclopora ?? (B).
—— sp.
Fenestella Lonsdale, 1839, Murch. Sil. Syst.
compressa Ulrich (B).
limitaris ? Ulrich (B).
modesta ? Ulrich (B).
shumardi Prout, 1858, Trans. St. Louis Acad, Sci., vol. 1.
sevillensis ? Ulrich (B).
Fistulipora McCoy, 1849, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 2d series, vol. 3.
nodulifera Meek, 1872, Pal. E. Neb.
Glauconome Goldfuss, 1826, Germ. Petref.
nereidis White, 1874, Rep. Invert. Foss.
Lyropora ? (B) Hall, 1857, Proc. Am. Assoc. Ad. Sci., vol. 10.
—— sp.
Polypora McCoy, 1845, Carb. Foss. Ireland,
submarginata Meek, 1872, Pal. E. Neb.
Ptilodictya ? Lonsdale, 1839, Murch. Sil. Syst.
triangulata.
Rhombopora Meek, 1H72, Pal. E. Neb.
lepidodendroides Meek, 1872, Pal. E. Neb.
Septopora ? (B) Prout, 1859, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.
—— sp.
Stenopora (B) Lonsdale, 1845, Geol. Russ. and Ural Mts., vol. 1.
carbonaria Ulrich.
carbonaria var. confuta Ulrich.
Stictopora Hall, 1847, Pal. N. Y., vol. 1.
—— sp.
Strebloptrypa (B).
nickelsi Ulrich.
Synocladia King, 1849, Trans. Geol. Soc. Lond., 2d series, vol. 3.
biserialis Swallow, 1858, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.
Class Brachiopoda
Spiriferidae
Althris McCoy, 1844, Carb. Foss. Ireland.
lamellosa Leveille, 1835, Mem. Geol. Soc. France.
sublamellosa Hall, 1858, Geol. Rep. Iowa.
subquadrata Hall, 1858, Geol. Rep. Iowa.
subtilita Hall, 1852, Stansbury's Exped. to Great-Salt Lake.
trinucleus Hall, 1882, Whitfield Bulletin 3, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.
Productidae
Chonetes Fischer, 1837, Oryct. du Gouv. de Moscou.
glabra Hall, 1857, 10th Reg. Rept.
granulifera Owen, 1852, Geol. Rept. Wis., Iowa, and Minn.
nesoloba Norwood and Pratten, 1854, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., vol. 3.
millepunctata Meek and Worthen, 1870, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
parva Shumard, 1855, Geol. Rep. Mo.
smithi Norwood and Pratten, 1854, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., vol. 3.
verneuiliana Norwood and Pratten, 1854, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., vol. 3.
Craniadae
Crania Retzius, 1781, Schriften der Berliner Gesellschaft Naturforschende Freund.
—— sp.
Strophominidae
Derbya [Syn. for Streptorhynchus] (M and H) H and C ?
bennetti Hall and Clarke, 1892, Geol. Surv. State N.Y. Pal., Pal. Brac., vol. 8, part 1.
broadheadi Hall and Clarke, 1892, Geol. Surv. State N.Y. Pal., Pal. Brac., vol. 8, part 1.
Discinidae
Discina Lamarck, 1819, Hist. Nat. Anim. sans Vert.
convexa ? (B) Shumard, 1858, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.
nitida Phillips, 1836, Geol. of York.
tennilineatus.
Lingulidae
Lingula Benguiere, 1792, Encyc. Meth.
carbonaria Shumard, 1858, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.
melie ? Hall, 1867, Pal. N.Y., vol. 4.
mytiloides Sowerby, 1812, Min. Conch. Tab. 19.
scotica Davidson, 1860, Monogr. Scot. Carb. Brach.
umbonata (B) Cox, 1857, Geol. Surv. Ky., vol. 3.
Strophominidae
Meekella White and St. John, 1868, Trans. Chi. Acad. Sci.
striato-costata Cox, 1857, Geol. Surv. Ky., vol. 3.
Discinidae
Orbiculoidea d'Orbigny.
—— sp.
Strophominidae
Orthis Dalman, 1827, Kougl. Vet. Acad. Handl.
carbonaria Swallow, 1858 (syn. for pecosi of Marcou, 1858), Geol. N. Amer.
keokuk Hall, 1858, Geol. Rep. Iowa.
robusta Hall, 1858, Geol. Rep. Iowa.
Ortllisina d'Orbigny, 1849.
schumardiana Swallow, 1858, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.
Productidae
Productus Sowerby, 1814, Min. Conch., vol. 1.
altonensis Norwood and Pratten, 1854, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 2d series, vol. 3.
americanus Swallow, 1863, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.
cora d'Orbigny, 1842, Geol. Voy. Amer.
costatus Sowerby, 1827, Min. Conch., vol. 6.
longispinus Sowerby, 1814, Min. Conch., vol. 1.
magnus Meek and Worthen, 1861, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
nebrascensis Owen, 1852, Geol. Rep. Wis., Iowa and Minn.
norwoodi Swallow, 1858, Trans. St.. Louis Acad. Sci.
Productus Sowerby, 1814, Min. Conch., vol, 1.
pertenuis Meek, 1872, Pal. E. Neb.
prattenianus Norwood, 1854, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
punctatus Martin, 1809, Petrif. Derb.
semireticulatus Martin, 1809, Petrif. Derb.
symmetricus McChesney, 1860, Desc. New Pal. Foss.
tenuicostatus Hall, 1858, Geol. Rep. Iowa.
wortheni Hall, 1858, Geol. Rep. Iowa.
Spiriferidae
Retzia [Hall and Clarke propose Hustedia] King, 1850, Monograph of Permian Foss.
mormoni Marcou, 1858, Geol. N. Am.
vera Hall, 1858, Geol. Rep. Iowa.
Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella Fischer, 1809, Mem, Soc. Imp. Mosc.
metallica (B) White, 1874, Rep. Invert. Foss.
uta Marcou, 1858, Geol. N. Amer.
Spiriferidae
Spirifer Sowerby, 1815, Min. Conch., vol. 2.
camerata Morton, 1836, Am. Jour. Sci., vol. 29.
festigata Meek and Worthen, 1870, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
keokuk Hall, 1858, Geol. Rep. Iowa.
lineata Martin, 1809, Petrif. Derb.
plano-convexa Shumard, 1855, Geol. Rep. Mo.
rostellata Hall, 1858, Geol. Rep. Iowa.
suborbiculaeis Hall, 1858, Geol. Rep. Iowa.
Spiriferina d'Orbigny, 1847, Consid. Zool. et Geol. Sur. les Brachiopodes comptes rendus des Sciences de l' Academie des Sciences.
kentuckiensis Shumard, 1855, Geol. Rep. Mo.
Strophominidae
Streptorhynchus [Syn. for Derbya] (Hemipronites) King, 1850, Monograph of Permian Foss.
crassus Meek and Hayden, 1858, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
crenistriatus Phillips, 1836, Geol. York., vol. 2.
Strophominidae
Syntrialasma Meek and Worthen, 1865, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.
hemiplicatum Hall, 1852, Stansbury's Exped. to Great Salt Lake.
Terebratulidae
Terebratula Llhwyd, 1696, Lith. Brit. Ichn.
bovidens Mortin, 1836, Am. Jour. Sci., vol. 29.
Class Lamellibranchiata
Arcadae
Allorisma King, 1844, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 14.
antiqua Swallow, 1863, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.
costata Meek and Worthen, 1869, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
geinitzia (B) Meek, 1867, Amer. Jour. Sci., vol. 44.
granosa Shumard, 1858, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.
marionensis White, 1876, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
pleuropistha Meek, 1871, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
reflexa Meek, 1872, Pal. E. Neb.
regularis
striata ——
subcuneata Meek and Hayden, 1858, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
Astartidae
Astarte Sowerby, 1818, Minn. Conch., vol. 2.
—— sp.
Astartella Hall, 1858, Geol. Rep. Iowa.
concentrica McChesney, 1860, Descr. New Pal. Foss.
gurleyi ——
vera Hall, 1858, Geol. Rep. Iowa.
Aviculidae
Avicula Klein, 1753, Ostrac.
longa Geinitz, 1866, Carb. und Dyas in Neb.
Pectenidae
Aviculopecten McCoy, 1851, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 2d series, vol. 7. americana.
carboniferus Stevens, 1858, Am. Jour. Sci. and Arts.
constans.
coryanus White, 1874, Rep. Invert. Foss.
coxanas Meek and Worthen, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
hertzeri Meek, 1875, Ohio Pal., vol. 2.
maccoyi Meek and Hayden, 1865, Pal. Up. Mo.
occidentalis Shumard, 1855, Geol. Rep. Mo.
rectilaterarius Cox; 1857, Geol. Sur. Ky., vol. 3.
whitei ? Meek, 1872, Pal. E. Neb. (B).
Pinnidae
Aviculopinna Meek, 1867, Am. Jour. Sci., vol. 44.
americana Meek, 1867, Am. Jour. Sci., vol. 44.
Aviculidae
Bakevellia King, 1849, Perm. Foss.
parva Meek and Hayden, 1858, Trans. Alb. Inst., vol. 4.
Pholadomyidae
Cardiomorpha De Koninck, 1844, Desc. Anim. Foss. Carb. Belg.
missouriensis Shumard, 1858, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.
Prasinidae
Chaenocardia Meek and Woethen, 1869, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
ovata Meek and Worthen, 1869, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
Pholadomyidae
Chaenomya Meek, 1864, Pal. of Up. Mo.
leavenworthensis Meek and Hayden, 1858, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
maria.
Cardiadae
Conocardium Bronn, 1835, Leth. ,Geol.
obliquum. Meek and Worthen, 1863, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
Cyprinidae
Cypricardella Hall, 1858, Trans. Alb. Inst., vol. 4.
oblonga Hall, 1858, Trans. Alb. Inst., vol. 4.
Cypricardinia ? Hall, 1858, Pal. N. Y., vol. 3.
carbonaria Meek, 1871, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
Pholadomyidae
Edmondia De Koninck, 1844, Desc. Anim. Foss. Carb. Belg.
aspenwallensis Meek, 1871, Hayden's Rep. Sur. Wyoming.
glabra Meek, 1872, Pal. E. Neb. ,
nebrascensis Geinitz, 1866, Carb. und Dyas in Neb.
ovata.
reflexa Meek, 1872, Pal. E. Neb.
subplana.
subtruncata Meek, 1872, Pal. E. Neb.
Pectenidae
Entolium Meek, 1864, Cal. Geol. Sur., vol. 2.
avicula Swallow, 1858, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.
Limidae
Lima Brugueire, 1791, Encycl. Meth. and Deshayes, 1824; Descrip. de Coquilles fossils des environs de Paris.
retifera Shumard, 1858, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.
Arcadae
Marcrodon Lycett, 184.5, Murch. Geol. Chelt.
carbonarius Cox, 1857, Geol. Surv. Ky., vol. 3.
obsoletus Meek, 1871, Reg. Rep. University W. Va.
tenuistriata Meek and Worthen, 1867, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Mytilidae
Modiola Lamarck, 1801, Syst. An. sans Vert.
subeliptica.
Aviculidae
Monopteria Meek and Worthen, 1866, Proc. Chi. Acad. Nat. Sci.
gibbosa Meek and Worthen, 1866, Proc. Chi. Acad. Nat, Sci.
longispina Cox, 1857, Geol. Surv. Ky., vol. 3.
marian White, 1874, Rep. Invert. Foss.
Monotis Bronn, 1824, System Urwelthicher Konchylien.
gregaria Meek and Worthen, 1870, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
Mytilidae
Myalina De Koninck, 1844, Desc. Amin. Foss. Carb. Belg.
kansasensis Shumard, 1858, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.
perattenuata Meek and Hayden, 1862, Trans. Alb. Inst., vol. 4.
recurvirostris Meek and Worthen, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
squamosa Sowerby, 1827, Trans. Geol. Soc. Lond., 2d series, vol. 3.
subquadrata Shumard, 1855, Geol. Rep. Mo.
swallovi McChesney, 1860, New Pal. Foss.
Nuculidae
Nucula Lamarck, 1815. Hist. Nat. des An. sans Vert.
parva McChesney, 1860, New Pal. Foss.
ventricosa Hall, 1858, Geol. Surv. Iowa.
Nuculana Link, 1807, Rost. Samml., vol. 3.
bellistriata Stevens, 1859, Am. Jour. Sei., vol. 25.
bellistriata var. attenuata Meek, 1872, Pal. E. Neb.
Pinnidae
Pinna Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. 10th ed.
peracuta Shumard, 1858, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.
subspatulata Worthen, 1875, Geol. Surv. Ill., vol. 6.
Ostreidae
Placunopsis Morris and Lycett, 1853, Monogr. Foss. Great Oolite (B).
carbonaria Meek and Worthen, 1866, Proc. Chi. Acad. Sci., vol. 1.
Astartidae
Pleurophorus King, 1844, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 14.
angulatus Meek and Worthen, 1865, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
oblongus Meek, 1872, Pal. E. Neb.
occidentalis Meek and Hayden, 1862, Trans. Alb. Inst., vol. 4.
subcostatus Meek and Worthen, 1865, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
subcuneatus Meek and Hayden, 1858, Trans. Alb. lnst., vol. 4.
tropidophorus Meek, 1875, Ohio Pal., vol. 2.
Aviculidae
Posidonomya Bronn, 1837, Leth. Geogn.
fracta Meek, 1875, Ohio Pal., vol. 2.
Pholadomyidae.
Prothyris Meek, 1869, Proc. Acad. Nat., Sci. Phil.
elegans Meek, 1871, Am. Jour. Conch., vol. 7.
Aviculidae
Pseudomonotis Byrich, 1862, Zeit. der Deutsch., Geol. Gesselsch., vol. 14.
hawni var. ovata Meek and Hayden, 1865, Pal. Up. Mo.
Pholadomyidae.
Sanguinolites McCoy, 1844, Synop. Carb. Foss. Ireland.
obliquus Meek, 1871, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
Trigonidae
Schizodus King, 1844, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 14.
curtus Meek and Worthen, 1866, Proc. Chi. Acad. Sci.
curtiforme Meek and Worthen, 1866, Pro. Chi. Acad. Sci.
wheeleri Swallow, 1862, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.
—— sp.
Solemyidae
Solenomya Lamarck, 1818, Hist. Nat. Anim. sans Vert., vol. 5.
radiata Meek and Worthen, 1860, Proc. Acad, Nat. Sci. Phil.
rhomboyda ——
Solenidae
Solenopsis McCoy, 1844, Carb. Foss. Ireland.
solenoides Geinitz, 1800, Carb. und Dyas in Neb.
Pectenidae
Streblopteria McCoy, 1851, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 2d series, vol. 1.
—— sp.
Nuculidae
Yoldia Muller, 1842, Kroyer's Nat. Tid.
subscitula Meek and Hayden, 1858, Trans. Alb. Inst., vol. 1.
—— sp.
Class Gasteropoda
Pyramidellidae
Aclis Loven.
——— sp.
Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon Montfort, 1808, Conch. Syst., vol. 1.
bellus Keys.
carbonarius Cox, 1857, Geol. Rep. Ky., vol. 3.
crassus Meek and Worthen, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
marcouanus Geinitz, 1866, Carb. und Dyas in Neb.
montfortanus Norwood and Pratten, 1855, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
percarinatus Conrad, 1842, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
stevensanus McChesney, 1860, Desc, New Pal. Foss.
textilliformis ——
tricarinatus Shumard, 1858, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.
Helicidae
Dawsonella Bradley, 1874, Am. Jour. Sci. 3d series, vol. 7.
meeki Bradley, 1872, Am. Jour. Sci. 3d series, vol. 4.
Solenochonchae
Dentalium Linnaeus, 1740, Syst. Nat. 2d ed.
meekanum Geinitz, 1866, Carb. und Dyas in Neb.
Solariidae
Euomphalus Sowerby, 1814, Minn. Conch., vol. 1.
rugosus Hall, 1858, Geol. Rep. Iowa.
Pyramidellidae
Loxonema Phillips, 1841, Pal. Foss.
rugosum Meek and Worthen, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
Macrocheilus Phillips, 1841, Pal. Foss.
angulifera White, 1874, Rep. Invert. Foss.
intercalaris Meek and Worthen, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
medialis Meek and Worthen, 1865, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
paludenaeformis ? Hall, 1858, Geol. Rep. Iowa:
primigenius Conrad, 1835, Trans. Geol. Soc. Pa., vol, 1.
ventricosus (B) Hall, 1858, Geol. Rep. Iowa.
Pleurotomaridae
Murchsonia D'Archaic and Verneuil, 1841, Bull. Soc. Geol. Fr., vol. 12.
—— sp.
Natacidae
Naticopsis McCoy, 1844, Synop. Carb. Foss. Ireland.
altonensis McChesney, 1865, Desc. New Pal. Foss.
gigantia Hall, 1873, 23d Reg. Rep. N. Y.
monolifera.
nana Meek and Worthen, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
ventricosa Norwood and Pratten, 1855, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
wheeleri Swallow, 1860, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.
Capulidae
Platyceras Conrad, 1840, Ann. Rep. N. Y.
equilateralis Hall, 1860, supp, to vol. 1, pt. 2d, Iowa Rep.
nebranscense Meek, 1872, Pal. E. Neb.
Pleurotomaridae
Pleurotomaria De France, 1826, Dict. Sci. Nat., 41.
bonharborensis Cox, 1857, Geol. Surv. Ky., vol. 3.
broadheadi.
carbonaria Norwood and Pratten, 1855, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 2d series, vol. 3.
coniformis.
coxana Meek and Worthen, 1866, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
depressa Cox, 1857 (preoccupied by others), Geol. Surv. Ky., vol. 3.
grayvillensis Norwood and Pratten, 1855, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 2d series, vol. 3.
haydenana Geinitz, 1866, Carb. und Dyas in Neb.
illinoiensis Meek (B).
inornata Meek, 1872, Pal. E. Neb.
marcouana Geinitz, 1866, Carb. und Dyas in Neb.
newportensis ?
perhumerosa Meek, 1872, Pal. E. Neb.
speciosa Meek and Worthen, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
sphaerulata Conrad, 1842, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., vol. 8.
subdecussaia Geinitz, 1866, Carb und Dyas in Neb.
subscalaris Meek and Worthen; 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
Pleurotomaria De France, 1826, Dict. Sci. Nat., 41.
tabulata Conrad, 1835, Trans. Geol. Soc. Pa., vol. 1.
tumida Meek and Worthen, 1860, Pro. Acad, Nat. Sci. Phil.
turbiniformis Meek and Worthen, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
valvatiformis Meek and Worthen, 1866, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
Pyramidellidae
Polyphemopsis (Subulites Conrad) Portlock, 1843, Geol. Londonderry.
inornata Meek and Worthen, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
nitidula Meek and Worthen, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
Helicidae
Pupa Humphrey, 1797, Museum Calonnianum.
vitusta Dawson, 1860, Quar. Jour. Geol. Soc., vol. 16.
Solariidae
Straparollus Montfort, 1810, Conch. Syst., vol. 2.
planorbis.
subrugosus Meek and Worthen, 1873, Geol. Surv., vol. 5.
umbilicatus Meek and Worthen, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
Naticidae
Trachydomia Meek and Worthen, 1866, Geol. Surv, Ill., vol. 2.
nodosum Meek and Worthen, 1860, Proc. Acad, Nat. Sci. Phil.
Trochidae
Turritella (accilisina Zittel) Lamarck, 1801, Syst. An. sans, Vert.
stevensana Meek and Worthen, 1866, Geol. Surv. Ill., vol. 2.
Hyalidae
Conularia (a Pteropod) Miller, 1818, in Sowerby's Min. Conch., vol. 3.
crustula or cristula.
Class Cephalopoda
Cyrtoceratidae
Cyrtoceras Goldfuss, 1832, in De la Beche's Handbuch der Geognoise bearbeitet von v Deschen.
—— sp.
Goniatitidae
Goniatites De Hann, 1825, Monogr. Ammonites et Goniatites.
lyoni Meek and Worthen, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat, Sci. Phil.
planorbiformis Shumard, 1855, Geol. Surv, Mo.
Nautilidae
Nautilus Breynius, 1732, Dissert, Polyth.
eccentricus Meek and Hayden, 1858, Trans. Alb. lnst., vol. 4.
ferratus Cox, 1857, Geol. Surv. Ky., vol. 3.
globosus (globatus) Sowerby, 1825, Min. Conch.
lasellensis Meek and Worthen, 1866, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
missouriensis Swallow, 1858, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.
occidentalis Swallow, 1858, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.
planovolvis Shumard, 1858, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.
ponderosus White, 1872, Pal. of E. Neb.
sangamonensis Meek and Worthen, 1860, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
todanus ——
—— sp.
Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras Breynius, 1732, Dissert, Polyth.
cribrosum Geinitz, 1866, Carb. und Dyas in Neb.
munstrianum
rushense McChesney, 1860, New. Pal. Foss.
Branch VI--Arthropoda
Class Crustacea
Four genera and six species.
Penaeidae
Anthraccopalaemon or Anthropalaemon Salter, 1861, Quar. Jour. Geol. Soc. Lond., vol. 17.
—— sp.
Phyllocardae
Dithyrocaris Scouler, 1855, Brit. Pol. Rocks.
carbonaria Meek and Worthen, 1869, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
Amphipoda
Palreocaris Meek and Worthen, 1865, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
typus Meek and Worthen, 1865, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
Proetidae
Phillipsia Portlock, 1843, Rep. Geol. Londonderry.
cliftonensis Shumard, 1858, Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci.
major Shumard, 1858, Trans. St. Louis. Acad, Sci., vol. 1.
scitula Meek and Worthen, 1865, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil.
Branch VII--Vertebrata
The teeth, dermal plates and scales of fish, and occasionally a fin bone, have been gathered. Those known to us are of the following genera and species:
Peripristes Newberry and Worthen, 1866, Geol. Surv. Ill, vol. 2.
semicircularis Newberry and Worthen, 1868, Geol. Surv. Ill, vol. 2.
clenoptychus.
Petalodus Owen, 1840, Odontography.
alleghaniensis Leidy, 1856, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 2d series, vol. 3.
destructor Newberry and Worthen, 1866, Geol. Surv. Ill, vol. 2.
Petrodus McCoy, 18408, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 2d series, vol. 2.
occidentalis Newberry and Worthen, 1866, Geol. Surv. Ill., vol. 2.
Arrangement by Counties
The following is a tabulated list, by counties, of the invertebrate fauna of the Carboniferous of Kansas. The more exact geographic position is often given by adding the name of the town at or near which the specimen was found. Many of the specimens in the University museum are labeled with reference to geograpic position only, so that no information can be gained regarding the geologic position from which they came. Where it is known from what particular horizon a specimen came the position is indicated by a system of figures which are added to the name. Thus:
- Cherokee shales.
- Black shales just below the Oswego limestone.
- Lower Oswego limestone.
- Black shale between the two Oswego limestones.
- Upper Oswego limestone.
- Pawnee limestone.
- Eight-foot limestone within the Pleasanton shales.
- Lower Erie limestone.
- Middle Erie limestone.
- Upper Erie limestone.
- Iola limestone and shales above.
- Carlyle limestone.
- Lower Garnett limestone.
- Upper Garnett limestone.
- Lawrence shales, with included limestone.
- Lower Oread limestone.
- Upper Oread limestone.
- Lecompton limestones.
- "Dry-bone" limestone of Swallow, lying about 30 feet below the Cottonwood Falls limestone.
- Cottonwood Falls limestone.
- Cottonwood shales.
- Oolite limestone at Kansas City.
Allen County
Protozoa
Fusulina cylindrica, Iola, 12.
Coelenterata
Cyathaxonia distorta, Iola, 12.
Lophophyllum proliferum, Iola, 12.
Echinodermata
Archaeocidaris ——, Iola, 12.
Erisocrinus typus, Iola, 12.
Scaphiocrinus hemisphericus, Iola, 12.
Zeacrinus acanthophorus, Iola, 11, 12.
Zeacrinus mucrospinus, Iola, 11, 12.
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Fenestella ——, Iola, 12.
Synocladia biserialis, Iola, 12.
Brachiopoda
Athyris subtilita, Bronson and Iola, 10, 11, 12.
Chonetes verneuiliana, Bronson and Iola, 10, 11, 12.
Orthis carbonaria, Iola, 12.
Productus longispinus, Iola, 11, 12.
Productus nebrasceneis, Bronson and Iola, 10, 12.
Productus pertenuis, Bronson and Iola, 10, 11, 12.
Productus punctatus, Bronson and Iola, 10, 11, 12.
Productus semireticulatus, Iola, 12.
Productus symmetricus, Iola, 12.
Retzia mormoni, Iola, 11, 12.
Rhynchonella uta, Iola, 12.
Spirifer camerata, Bronson and Iola, 10, 11, 12.
Spirifer lineata, Iola, 11, 12.
Spirifer plano-convexa, Iola, 12.
Spiriferina kentuckiensis, Iola, 12.
Streptorhynchus crassus, Iola, 12, Syn. for Derbya.
Terebratula bovidens, Bronson and Iola, 10, 11, 12.
Lamellibranchiata
Allorisma granosa, Iola, 12.
Aviculopecten carboniferous, Iola, 12.
Aviculopecten interlineatus, Iola, 12.
Edmondia aspinwallensis, Bronson, 10.
Gasteropoda
Platyceras nebrascensis, Iola, 12.
Pleurotomaria ——, Iola, 11.
Cephalopoda
Nautilus ferratus, Bronson and Iola, 10, 11.
Nautilus missouriensis, Humboldt, 11.
Nautilus occidentalis, Bronson, 10.
Nautilus —— sp., Iola, 12.
Orthoceras —— sp., Bronson, 10.
Arthropoda
Phillipsia major, Iola, 12.
Vertebrata
A fish tooth, Iola, 12.
Remarks--The top rock of the Triple system is very fossiliferous wherever found, from its equivalent--the black cherty limestone of Kansas City--to the southern line of the state, beyond Cherryvale. Under it the list of fossils might be much increased. What was gathered from it was from a well on Mr. McLaughlin's farm, southeast of Moran, a station on the Missouri Pacific railway, and along the Marmaton river, near the same farm.
Anderson County
Coelenterata
Axophyllum rudis, Garnett.
Campophyllum torquium, Garnett.
Lophophyllum proliferum, Garnett.
Syringopora multattenuata, Garnett.
Echinodermata
Columns of Crinoidea, Garnett.
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Polypora stragula, Garnett.
Polypora submarginata, Garnett.
Synocladia biserialis, Garnett.
Brachiopoda
Athyris subtilita, Garnett.
Chonetes verneuiliana, Garnett.
Derbya —— sp., Garnett.
Hemipronites crassus, Garnett.
Meekella striato-costata, Garnett.
Orbiculoida ? —— sp., Garnett.
Productus nebrascensis, Garnett.
Productus punctatus, Garnett.
Productus semireticulatus, Garnett.
Terebratula bovidens, Garnett.
Lamellibranchiata
Allorisma granosa, Garnett.
Allorisma subcuniata, Mt. Ida.
Aviculopecten carbonaria, Garnett.
Aviculopecten occidentalis, Garnett.
Macrodon —— sp., Garnett.
Myalina kansasensis, Garnett,
Myalina subquadrata, Garnett.
Pleurophorus oblongus, Mt. Ida.
Pinna subspatulata ? Garnett.
Pinna peracuta, Garnett.
Schizodus wheeleri ? Garnett.
Gasteropoda
Bellerophon crassus, Garnett.
Euomphalus rugosus, Mt. Ida.
Euomphalus subrugosus, Garnett.
Loxonema rugosa, Garnett.
Loxonema sp., Garnett.
Naticopsis altonensis, Garnett.
Naticopsis sp., Garnett.
Pleurotomaria tabulata, Garnett and Mt. Ida.
Pleurotomaria turbiniformis, Garnett.
Pleurotomaria —— sp., Garnett.
Cephalopoda
Nautilus jerratus, Garnett.
Nautilus occidentalis, Garnett.
Nautilus ponderosus, Garnett and Lane.
Remarks--It would be safe to say that all the fossils of the Garnett limestone (see chapter VI) and the first limestone above it are to be found in this county, as at Eudora in Douglas county, Linwood in Leavenworth county, and Olathe in Johnson county.
Atchison County
Protozoa
Fusulina cylindrica.
Coelenterata
Axophyllum rudis.
Lophopbyllum proliferum.
Syringopora multattenuata.
Echinodermata
Archaeocidaris —— sp.
Zeacrinus acanthophorus.
Zeacrinus mucrospinus.
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Chaetetes —— sp.
Fenestella —— sp.
Fistulipora nodulifera.
Rhombopora lepidodendroides.
Brachiopoda
Athyris subtilita.
Chonetes granulifera.
Chonetes verneuiliana.
Orthis (carbonaria) pecosi.
Productus longispinus.
Productus nebrasceneis,
Productus pertenuis.
Productus prattenianus,
Productus punctatus,
Retzia mormoni.
Spirifera camerata.
Spirifera lineata.
Spiriferina kentuckiensis.
Terebratula bovidens.
Lamellibranchiata
Allorisma subcuneata.
Aviculopecten occidentalis.
Edmondia subtruncata.
Myalina subquadrata.
Nucula ventricosa.
Nuculana bellistriata.
Pinna peraeuta.
Solenopsis solenoides.
Gasteropoda
Bellerophon crassus.
Bellerophon montfortanus.
Euomphalus rugosus.
Macrocheilus —— sp.
Pleurotomarta tabulata.
Cephalopoda
Nautilus occidentalis.
Arthropoda
Phillipsia major.
Remarks--All the above-named fossils are from the city of Atchison, gathered mainly by myself years ago, and duplicated by more recent collections. For the individual fossils found in any particular limestone or shale, see chapter on the Missouri river section.
Bourbon County
Protozoa
Fusulina cylindrica.
Fusulina ventricosa ? 3.
Coelenterata
Axophyllum rudis, 3, 5, 6.
Campophyllum torquium, 3, 6.
Cyathaxonia distorta, 3, 6, 7.
Lophophyllum proliferum, 3, 5, 6, 7.
Syringopora multattenuata, 3.
Zaphrentis gibsoni ? 5.
Echinodermata
Archaeocidaris —— sp., 3.
(Large) columns of Crinoidea, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Zeacrinus mucrospinus, 3, 6.
Zeacrinus —— sp., 3.
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Chaetetes carbonarius ? 3, 8.
Chaetetes milleporaceus, 3, 5, 6.
Fenestella ——, 3, 5, 6.
Fistulipora nodulifera, 3, 5, 6, 8.
Ptilodictya ? triangulata, 3.
Rhombopora lepidodendroides, 3.
Brachiopoda
Athyris lamellosa, 3, 6.
Athyris subtilita, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Athyris trinuclia, 7.
Chonetes granulifera, 8.
Chonetes verneuiliana, 8.
Chonetes mesoloba, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Last seen in the 8-foot limestone system.
Chonetes —— sp., 3, 6, 8.
Discina nitida, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Meekella striato-costata, 3.
Orthis (carbonaria) pecosi, 3.
Orthis robusta, 8.
Productus americana, 3, 8, 9, 10.
Productus costatus, 3, 8, 10.
Productus longispinus, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Productus nebrascensis, 3, 8.
Productus pertenuis, 3.
Productus punctatus, 3.
Productus symmetricus, 8.
Retzia mormoni, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Rhynchonella uta, 3, 7.
Spirifera camerata, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Spirifera lineata, 4, 5, 6, 7.
Spirifera plano-convexus, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
Spiriferina kentuckiensis, 3, 6, 8.
Streptorhynchus crassus, 3, 5.
Terebratula bouidens, 8.
Lamellibranchiata
Allorisma subcuneata, 8, 10, Porterville.
Allorisma —— sp., 3.
Aviculopecten —— sp., 5.
Edmondia aspinwalleneis, 10.
Edmondia nebrascensis, 3.
Nucula ventricosa, 3, 5.
Nuculana bellistriata, 3, 5.
Pinna peracuta, Porterville, 10.
Schizodus wheeleri, 3.
Schizodus Sp. (very large), 3.
Schizodus —— sp., 5.
Gasteropoda
Bellerophon carbonaria, 5.
Bellerophon marcouanus, 5.
Bellerophon montfortanus, 3.
Bellerophon percarinatus, 3, 4, 5.
Bellerophon —— sp., 3, 5, 6.
Euomphalus rugosus, 5.
Macrocheilus primigenius, 3.
Loxonema rugosa ? 3, 5.
Loxonema intercalaris, 3, 5.
Naticopsis altonensis, 3, 5.
Naticopsis ventricosa, 3, 6.
Pleurotomaria broadheadi, 3, 4.
Pleurotomaria speciosa, 3.
Pleurotomaria sphaerulata, 3, 4, 6.
Pleurotomaria turbiniformis, 3.
Pleurotomaria —— sp.,3, 5.
Polyphemopsis Accilisina —— sp., 3.
Conularia (a Pteropod) crustula, 3.
Cephalopoda
Goniatites —— sp., 3, 4, 5.
Nautilus ferratus, Porterville, 10.
Nautilus occidentalis, 3.
Nautilus —— sp.,3,6.
Orthoceras rushense, 3, 5.
Orthoceras —— sp.,3.
Orthoceras —— sp., Porterville, 3.
Arthropoda
Dithyrocaris —— sp., 3.
Phlllipsia major, 3, 10.
Vertebrata
Petrodus occidentalis, 3, 4, 7.
Scales and dermal plates of fish, 3, 4, 5.
Spines of fish, 3, 4, 5.
Plantae
Calemites, 3.
Filices or ferns, 3.
Lepidodendroids, 3.
Sigillarioids, 3.
Remarks--The families named here are found in all the lower shales at least, but none have been identified as to species.
Brown County
Coelenterata
Lophophyllum proliferum.
Echinodermata
Zeacrinus acanthophorus.
Zeacrinus —— sp.
Crinoid columns.
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Fenestella ——.
Rhombopora lepidoriendroides.
Brachiopoda
Athyris subtilita.
Chonetes glabra ?
Chonetes granulifera.
Hemipronites crassus.
Productus nebrascensis.
Productus costatus ?
Spirifera plano-convexus.
Lamellibranchiata
Astartella concentrica.
Aviculopecten occidentalis.
Aviculopecten maccoyi ?
Edmondia nebrascensis.
Myalina recurvirostris.
Myalina subquadrata.
Macrodon ——.
Nucula ventricosa.
Gasteropoda
Bellerophon ——.
Cephalopoda
Orthoceras munstrianum ?
Orthoceras rushense.
Remarks--The above fossils were gathered by me several years ago near the village of Hamlin on the St. Joseph & Grand Island railroad. What the correspending rock south of the Kansas river is, we are not prepared to say, our work not having extended that far north.
Butler County
Protozoa
Fusulina robusta, Beaumont.
Mollusca
Brachiopoda
Meekella striato-costata.
Retzia mormoni, Beaumont.
Rhynchonella uta, Beaumont.
Lamellibranchiata
Allorisma subcuniata.
Aviculopecten occidentalis.
Edmondia aspinwallensis, Beaumont.
Myalina kansasensis, Beaumont.
Gasteropoda
Dentalium ——, Beaumont.
Remarks--For the above list we had to depend on the specimens found in the University museum. Unquestionably many of the fossils of the higher strata could be found in the county.
Chase County
Protozoa
Fusulina cylindrica, 20.
Mollusca
Brachiopoda
Chonetes granulifera, 20,
Meekella striato-costata, 20.
Productus semireticulatus, 19.
Streptorhynchus (Hemipronites) crassus, 20.
Chautauqua County
But a single fossil has been reported from this county, Bellerophon textilliformis, yet we have the strongest reason for saying that all the fossils of the counties northeast of it might reasonably be looked for in it. All the limestone systems trending across the counties northeast of it, in a southwesterly direction, are to be found in this county, from which they leave the state at the Indian Territory line.
Cherokee County
Coelenterata
Cyathophyllum —— sp., Galena.
Zaphrentis —— sp., Galena.
Echinodermata
Platocrinus —— sp., Galena.
Pentremites godoni ? Galena.
Strotocrinus —— sp., Galena.
Columns of crinoidea, Galena.
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Archimedes —— sp., Galena.
Fenestella —— sp., Galena.
Ptilodictya ? —— sp., Galena.
Brachiopoda
Chonetes —— sp., Galena.
Orbiculoida ? —— sp., Galena.
Orthis keokuk ? Galena.
Orthis —— sp., Galena.
Productus americanus, 3 or 5.
Productus costatus, 3 or 5.
Productus magnus, Galena and Boston Mills.
Productus punctatus ? Galena.
Productus punctatus, 3 or 5.
Productus semireticulatus, 3 or 5.
Productus symmetricus, Galena.
Productus tenuicostatus, Galena.
Spirifera fastigatus, Galena.
Spirifera keokuk, Galena and Boston Mills.
Spirifera lineata, S or 5.
Spirifera roetellatus, Galena.
Spirifera suborbicularis, Galena.
Streptorhynchus (Hemipronites), ——, Galena.
Lamellibranchiata
Allorisma antiqua ? Galena.
Avicutopecten coxanus ? Galena.
Avicutopecten —— sp., Galena.
Avicutopecten —— sp., Galena.
Gasteropoda
Dentalium —— sp., Galena.
Murchisonia —— sp., Galena.
Platyceras equilatera ? Galena.
Cephalopoda
Orthoceras —— sp., Galena.
Nautilus planovolvis, ? 1.
Nautilus —— sp., 1.
Arthropoda
Phillipsia ——, Galena.
Phillipsia major, 3 or 5.
Vertebrata
Fish spines and teeth, Galena.
The two Nautilfdae here given are specimens in Professor Haworth's collection, and were found in concretionary limestone just above the Weir City-Pittsburg coal.
Remarks--We may reasonably look for all the fossils of the Oswego limestone systems--the equivalents of the Fort Scott cement and coral limestones and their associated black shales--which pass across the northwestern corner of this county, such, for instance, as the Chaetetes milliporaceus, Discina nitida, Chonetes mesoloba, etc.
It will also be seen that we have gone below the Coal Measure formations in our list of fossils, part of the above species being found in the Mississippian rocks of Galena and the neighborhood. In all other places in this chapter they are not separated from the fossils actually found in the Coal Measures.
Coffey County
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Rhombopora lepidodendroides, Burlington.
Brachiopoda
Meekella striato-costata, Burlington.
Productus punctatus, Burlington.
Productus semireticulatus, Burlington.
Streptorhynchus (Hemipronites) crassus, Burlington.
Lamellibranchiata
Myalina recurvirostris, Burlington.
Myalina subquadrata, Burlington.
Gasteropoda
Loxonema —— sp., Hartford.
Remarks--This list undoubtedly could be very much lengthened by closer observation and search; for the Oread limestone systems are known to be very highly fossiliferous (see Douglas county), and they cross Coffey county in their croppings and trend toward the southwest.
Cowley County
Protozoa
Fusulina cylindrica, Grand Summit.
Coelenterata
Axophyllum rudis, Grand Summit and Cambridge.
Lophophyllum proliferum, Grand Summit.
Echinodermata
Archaeocidaris mucronatus.
Scaphiocrillus hemisphericus, Grand Summit.
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Fistulipora nodulifera, Grand Summit.
Rhombopora lepidodendroides, Grand Summit.
Brachiopoda
Athyris subtilita, Grand Summit.
Chonetes granulifera, Grand Summit.
Derbya —— sp.
Meekella striato-costata, Grand Summit.
Productus nebrascensis, Grand Summit.
Productus pertenuis, Grand Summit.
Productus semireticulatus, Grand Summit.
Productus symmetricus, Grand Summit.
Several Crania were attached to this specimen in the University museum.
Retzia mormoni, Grand Summit.
Rhynchonella uta, Grand Summit.
Spirifera camerata, Grand Summit.
Spirifera lineata, Grand Summit.
Syntrialasma hemiplicata, Grand Summit.
Terebratula bovidens, Grand Summit.
Lamellibranchiata
Allorisma granosa, Grand Summit.
Allorisma marionensis, Grand Summit.
Allorisma (sanguinolites) obliqua, Grand Summit.
Allorisma reflexa, GrandSummit.
Astarte —— sp., Grand Summit.
Aviculopecten maccoyi, Grand Summit.
Aviculopecten occidentalis, Grand Summit.
Aviculopecten —— sp., Grand Summit.
Lima retifera, Grand Summit.
Myalina kansaseneis, Grand Summit.
Myalina subquadrata, Grand Summit.
Myalina swallovi; Grand Summit.
Nucula parva, Grand Summit.
Nucula ventricosa, Grand Summit.
Nuculana —— sp., Grand Summit.
Prothyris elegans, Grand Summit.
Pseudomonotis hawni, Grand Summit.
Pleurophorus —— sp., Grand Summit.
Schizodus wheeleri,
Yoldia subscitula, Grand Summit.
Gasteropoda
Bellerophon —— sp. (flaring lip), Grand Summit.
Bellerophon marcouanus, Grand Summit.
Dawsonella meeki; Grand Summit.
Naticopsis —— sp., Grand Summit.
Macrocheilus angulifera, Grand Summit.
Macrocheilus primevus, Grand Summit.
Pleurotomaria marcouana, Grand Summit.
Straparollus rugosus, Grand Summit.
Straparollus —— sp., Grand Summit.
Cephalopoda
Goneatites planorbiformis, Grand Summit.
Orthoceras rushense, Grand Summit.
Arthropoda
Phillipsia scitula.
Remarks--We are indebted to Mr. Adams for so full a list from this county, which is undoubtedly rich in faunal exuvial, as many fine specimens in the University and Mr. Adams's private collection will show.
Crawford County
Coelenterata
Axophyllum rudis, Englevale, 5.
Lophophyllum proliferum, Englevale and Girard.
Echinodermata
Pentremites conoidens, 1.
This fossil came from the neighborhood of Pittsburg, probably from a shaft that reached down toward, the Mississippian rocks.
Columns of crinoidea, Englevale and Girard, 3, 5.
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Chaetetes milleporaceus, Englevale and Girard, 3, 5.
Brachiopoda
Athyris subtilita, Englevale and Girard, 3, 5.
Discina nitida, 3, 5.
Productus cora, Girard, 5.
Spirifera plano-convexus, 3, 5.
Spirifera lineata, 3, 5.
Lamellibranchiata
Allorisma reflexa, Girard, 5.
Remarks--All the fossils of the Cement, Coral and Pawnee limestones of Bourbon county may reasonably be looked for in this county, although these limestone systems are very much more concealed in it than in Bourbon county. The Erie system also has a small area in the northwestern part of the county. The coal plants are also found in the shales, and fine samples of silicified stumps are found especially in the northeastern part of the county.
Douglas County
Protozoa
Fusulina cylindrica, Lawrence, 16, 17.
Coelenterata
Campophyllum torquium, Lecompton, 17.
Cyathaxonia distorta, Lecompton, 17.
Lophophyllum proliferum, Lawrence and Lecompton, 17.
Syringopora multattenuata, Lecompton, 17.
Echinodermata
Archaeocidaris —— sp., Lecompton, 17.
Eupachycrinus —— sp., Lecompton, 17.
Scaphiocrinus hemisphericus, Lecompton, 17.
Zearcrinus discus.
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Chaetetes —— sp., Lawrence and Lecompton, 17.
Fenestella —— sp., Eudora, 13.
Fistulipora nodulifera, Lecompton, 17.
Synocladia biserialis, Lecompton, 17.
Brachiopoda
Athyris subtilita, Eudora, Lawrence, and Lecompton, 13, 14, 16, 17.
Chonetes granulifera, Lecompton, 17.
Chonetes verneuiliana, Lecompton, 17.
Derbya bennetti, Lecompton, 17.
Derbya broadheadi, Lecompton, 17.
Discina nitida, 15.
Meekella striato-costata, Lecompton, 17.
Orthis (carbonaria) pecosi, Lawrence and Lecompton, 16, 17.
Orthis robusta, Lecompton, 17.
Productus altonensis, Lecompton, 17.
Productus americanus, Eudora and Lecompton, 13, 17.
Productus costatus, Lecompton, 17.
Productus longispinus, Eudora and Lecompton; 13, 17.
Productus nebrasceneis, Eudora and Lecompton, 13, 17.
Productus pertenuis, Eudora, 13.
Productus punctatus, Lecompton, 17.
Productus semireticulatus, Lecompton, 17.
Productus symmetricus, Lecompton, 17.
Retzia mormoni, Lecompton, 17.
Rhynchonella uta, Lecompton, 17.
Spirifera camerata, Lecompton, 17.
Spirifera lineata, Lecompton, 17.
Spirifera plano-convexus, Lecompton, 17.
Spiriferina kentuckiensis, Lawrence and Lecompton, 17.
Streptorhynchus crassus, Lecompton, 17.
Syntrialasma hemiplicata, Eudora and Lecompton, 13, 17.
Terebratula bovidens, Eudora and Lecompton, 13, 17.
Lamellibranchiata
Allorisma costata, Lawrence, 16.
Allorisma granosa, Lawrence, 16.
Allorisma regularis, Lawrence, 16.
Astarte —— sp.
Avicula longa, Lecompton, 17.
Aviculopecten carboniferus.
Chaenocardia ovata, Lecompton, 17.
Chaenomya leavenworthensis, Lecompton, 17.
Edmondia nebrascensis, Lecompton, 17.
Entolium avicula.
Macrodon —— sp., Lecompton, 17.
Monoptera marian, Lecompton, 17.
Myalina recurvirostris, Eudora and Lecompton, 13, 17.
Myalina swallovi, Eudora, 13.
Nucula —— sp., Lecompton, 17.
Pinna peracuta, Lecompton, 17.
Schizodus wheeleri, Eudora, 13.
Schizodus —— sp., Lecompton, 17.
Schizodus —— sp., Lecompton, 17.
Gasteropoda
Bellerophon carbonarius, Lecompton, 17.
Bellerophon crassus, Lecompton, 17.
Euomphalus subrugosus, Lecompton, 17.
Macrocheilus altonensis ? Lecompton, 17.
Pleurotomaria bonharborensis, Lecompton, 17.
Pleurotomaria carbonaria, Lecompton, 17.
Pleurotomaria turbiniformis, Eudora and Lecompton, 13, 17.
Cephalopoda
Nautilus occidentalis, Lecompton, 17.
Nautilus sangamonensis, Lecompton, 17.
Orthoceras munstrianum, Lawrence and Lecompton, 16, 17.
Arthropoda
Palaeocaris typus.
Phillipsia major, Lecompton, 17.
Remarks--The Lawrence shales in the neighborhood of Blue Mound yield some fine specimens of the fern family and other Coal Measure plants. Nowhere outside of the lower Garnett limestone at Eudora have we found syntrialasma in such abundance and so well preserved as here, except just across the Kansas river west of Linwood three miles, in Leavenworth county. They are quite plentiful, however, in this rock north of Olathe, in Johnson county, and in the bed of the Osage river at Ottawa, in Franklin county.
Elk County
Protozoa
Fusulina cylindrica, Elk Falls.
Coelenterata
Axophyllum rudis, Moline.
Syringopora multattenuata, Elk Falls.
Echinodermata
Scaphiocrinus hemisphericus, Moline.
Mollusca
Brachiopoda
Chonetes granulifera.
Chonetes verneuiliana, Moline.
Derbya —— sp., near Grenola.
Productus americanus, Moline;
Productus punctatus, Moline.
Productus nebrascensis.
Spirifera camerata, Moline.
Spirifera lineata, Elk Falls.
Streptorhynchus (Hem.) crassus.
Lamellibranchiata
Allorisma subcuniata.
Aviculopecten coxanus, Grenola.
Pseudomonotis hawni,
Cephalopoda
Nautilus ferratus.
Nautilus —— sp., Moline.
Franklin County
Protozoa
Fusulina cylindrica, Williamsburg.
Coelenterata
Campophyllum torquium, Williamsburg.
Lophophyllum proliferum, 14.
Echinodermata
Crinoidea, Williamsburg, 13, 14.Mollusca
Bryozoa
Fenestella —— sp, 13, 14.
Fistulipora nodulifera, 13, 14,
Brachiopoda
Athyris subtilita, Williamsburg, 13, 14.
Chonetes verneuiliana, Williamsburg.
Derbya —— sp., Williamsburg.
Productus costatus, 14.
Productus longispinus, 13, 14, Williamsburg,
Productus nebrascensis, 14.
Productus punctatus, 13, 14.
Spirifera camerata, 14.
Syntrialasma hemiplicata, 13.
Lamellibranchiata
Aviculopecten carboniferus, 13.
Pinna peracuta, 14.
Posidonomya fracta, Williamsburg.
Gasteropoda
Bellerophon marcouanus, Williamsburg.
Loxonema —— sp., Williamsburg.
Straparollus —— sp., 14.
Cephalopoda
Nautilus ponderosus, 14.
Nautilus sangamonensis
Remarks--The Syntrialasma and upper Eudora and Oread limestones traverse this county, in their croppings, so that all the fossils of those systems might reasonably be looked for.
Greenwood County
Coelenterata
Lophophyllum proliferum, Eureka.
Echinodermata
Columns of crinoidea, Eureka.
Mollusca
Brachiopoda
Athyris subtilita, Eureka.
Retzia mormoni, Eureka.
Spirifera plano-convexus.
Lamellibranchiata
Allorisma granosa.
Myalina kansaseneis.
Cephalopoda
Nautilus planovolvis.
Remarks--Ali the fossils of the higher strata may reasonably be looked for here.
Echinodermata
Jefferson County
Archaeocidaris edparensis.
Catillocrinus wachsmuthi.
Cyathocrinus eanqamonensis,
Eupachyocrinus —— sp.
Pholidocrinus ? irregularis.
Mollusca
Brachiopoda
Chonetes verneuiliana.
Productus nebrascensis,
Lamellibranchiata
Yoldia subscitula.
Gasteropoda
Bellerophon marcouanus.
Macrocheilus newberryi.
Vertebrata
Fish teeth.
Remarks--Our observations did not extend to this county, but in the University museum the above fossils were found reported from this county, no locality being given. Undoubtedly many of the fossils of the Oread limestones may be had, as all the Douglas county systems of limestones are present.
Johnson County
Protozoa
Fusulina cylindrica, Olathe, 14.
Coelenterata
Campophyllum torquium, Cedar Junction.
Lophophyllum proliferum, Olathe, 14.
Echinodermata
Eupachycrinus —— sp., Cedar Junction,
Zeacrinus acanthophorus, Cedar Junction.
Zeacrinus mucrospinus, Cedar Junction.
Columns of crinoidea, Olathe, Holliday, Cedar Junction, De Soto, and Weaver, 11, 13, 14,22.
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Fenestella —— Holliday, 22.
Fistulipora nodulifera, Olathe; 14.
Synocladia biserialis, Olathe, Holliday, 13, 22, 11.
Brachiopoda
Athyris subtilita, Olathe, Holliday, Cedar Junction, De Soto, and Weaver, 11, 13, 14, 22.
Chonetes verneuiliana, Cedar Junction, Olathe, 13.
Meekella striato-costata, Olathe, 14.
Orbiculoida ? —— sp., Holliday, 22.
Orthis (carbonaria) pecosi, Olathe, 14.
Orthis robusta, Holliday, 22.
Productus americanus, Olathe, 13.
Productus costatus, Olathe, Holliday, Cedar Junction, 13, 22.
Productus longispinus, Olathe, 13, 14.
Productus nebrascensis, Olathe, Cedar Junction, Holliday, 13, 14, 22.
Productus prattenianus, Holliday, 22.
Productus punctatus, Cedar Junction, Olathe, 14.
Productus symmetricus, Holliday, 22.
Retzia mormoni, Olathe, Holliday, 13, 14, 22.
Rhynchonella uta, Olathe, 14.
Spirifera camerata, Olathe and Holliday, 13, 14, 22.
Spirifera lineata, Olathe and Holliday, 14, 22.
Spiriferina kansasensis, Olathe and Holliday, 14, 22.
Syntrialasma hemiplicata, Olathe, 13.
Terebratula bovidens, Olathe and Holliday, 13, 22.
Lamellibranchiata
Allorisma costata, Holliday, 22.
Allorisma reflexa, Olathe, 13.
Allorisma subcuniata, Weaver and Holliday, 13,22.
Allorisma striata.
Aviculopecten carboniferus, Holliday and De Soto, 11, 22.
Aviculopecten occidentalis, De Soto and Weaver, 13,22.
Cypricardina ? carbonaria, Holliday, 22.
Edmondia, nebrascensis, Holliday, 22.
Macrodon carbonarius, Holliday, 22.
Myalina subquadrata, Holliday, 22.
Myalina swallovi, Holliday, 22.
Pseudomonotis hawni, Holliday, 22.
Pseudomonotis —— sp., Holliday, 22.
Gasteropoda
Bellerophon crassus ? Holliday, 22.
Bellerophon textilliformis, Holliday, 22.
Bellerophon sp. (flaring mouth) Holliday, 22.
Conularia crustula, Holliday, 22.
Cephalopoda
Nautilus todanus, Holliday, 22.
Nautilus ——sp., Holliday, 22.
Arthropoda
Phillipsia major, Olathe and Holliday, 13, 22.
Labette County
Protozoa
Fusulina cylindrica.
Coelenterata
Campophyllum torquium, O.
Lithostrotion canadense, Cast.
Lophophyllum proliferum, McCh.
Echinodermata
Archaeocidaris nov. ?
Archocidaris ag. ?
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Chaetetes milleporaceus.
Chaetetes ? —— sp.
Brachiopoda
Athyris subtilita, Hall.
Chonetes mesoloba.
Hemipronites crassus, M. and H.
Productus americanus, Mound Valley.
Productus costatus.
Productus longispinus ?
Productus nebrascensis, O.
Productus punctatus, M. and H.
Productus semireticulatus, M.
Productus symmetricus, McCh.
Spirifera camerata, Norton.
Spirifera plano-convexus, Shumard.
Spiriferina kentuekieneis, Shumard.
Lamellibranchiata
Allorisma subcuneata.
Allorisma —— sp.
Aviculopinna americana.
Edmondia ?
Pinna peracuta, Shumard.
Gasteropoda
Bellerophon carbonarius, Cox.
Bellerophon —— sp.
Euomphalus rugosus.
Macrocheilus ? —— sp.
Platyceras nebraecensie, Meek.
Pleurotomaria ? —— sp., Mound Valley.
Cephalopoda
Asymtoceras newloni, Hyatt.
Domatoceras umbilicatus, Hyatt.
Ephoppioceras divisum, Hyatt.
Metacoceras walcotti, Hyatt.
Temuocheilus crassus, McCoy.
Temuocheilus latus, M. and W.
Remarks--Except for the two fossils credited to Mound Valley, we are due to Dr. W. S. Newlon, of Oswego, for the foregoing list. All the fossils of the Oswego limestones as given elsewhere may reasonably be looked for in the county. Doctor Newlon gave his list largely from memory, and said that it could be greatly increased.
Leavenworth County
Protozoa
Fusulina cylindrica.
Coelenterata
Lophophyllum proliferum, Linwood and Leavenworth.
Echinodermata
Archaeocidaris —— sp., Linwood.
Zearcrinus mucrospinus, Linwood.
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Fenestella —— sp., Lenape and Linwood.
Fistulipora nodulifera, Linwood and Leavenworth.
Brachiopoda
Athyris subtilita, Lenape, Linwood, Leavenworth, and Lansing.
Productus americanus, Linwood.
Productus longispinus, Lenape and Linwood.
Productus nebrasceneis, Lenape and Linwood.
Productus punctatus, Lansing:
Spirifera camerata, Linwood and Lansing.
Streptorhynchus imbraculum, Lansing.
Syntrialasma hemiplicata, Linwood.
Terebratula bovidens, Linwood.
Lamellibranchiata
Aviculopecten americana, Lansing.
Aviculopecten occidentalis, Lansing.
Aviculopecten rectilaterorius, Lansing.
Aviculopinna americana, Lansing.
Edmondia subtruncata, Linwood and Lansing.
Nucula parva, Lansing.
Pinna peracuta, Lansing.
Pinna subspatulata, Lansing.
Gasteropoda
Pleurotomaria tabulata, Lansing.
Cephalopoda
Orthoceras rushense, Lansing.
Arthropoda
Phillipsia major, Lenape and Linwood.
Remarks--Fine specimens of cordiates and other plants were taken years ago from the coal-shaft at Lansing while sinking it. All the fossils of the western parts of Johnson and Wyandotte counties may reasonably be looked for in this county. Detailed lists of the fossils peculiar to each individual stratum are to be found in chapter II.
Linn County
Coelenterata
Axophyllum rudis, La Cygne.
Cyathaxonia distorta, La Cygne.
Lophophyllum proliferum, La Cygne.
Echinodermata
Archaeocidaris ——, La Cygne.
Zeacrinus acanthophorus, La Cygne.
Zeacrinus mucrospinus, La Cygne.
Brachiopoda
Athyris subtilita, La Cygne.
Chonetes granulifera, La Cygne.
Chonetes verneuiliana, La Cygne.
Orthis (carbonaria) pecosi, La Cygne.
Productus costatus, La Cygne;
Productus longispinus, La Cygne.
Productus prattenianus, La Cygne.
Productus punctatus, La Cygne.
Retzia mormoni, La Cygne.
Spirifera camerata, La Cygne.
Spirifera lineata, La Cygne.
Spirifera plano-convexus, La Cygne.
Spiriferina kentuckiensis, La Cygne.
Gasteropoda
Bellerophon crassus, Boicourt.
Remarks--All the fossils of Bourbon county may be looked for in this county, and especially those of the Erie limestone system.
Lyon County
Protozoa
Fusulina cylindrica, Emporia.
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Rhombopora lepidodendroides, Hartford.
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Fenestella ——, La Cygne.
Fistulipora nodulifera, La Cygne.
Rhombopora lepidodendroides, La Cygne.
Synocladia biserialis, La Cygne.
Brachiopoda
Athyris subtilita.
Rhynchonella uta, Emporia.
Spirifera plano-convexus, Emporia.
Lamellibranchiata
Allorisma subcuniata, Emporia.
Nucula parva, Emporia.
Nucula ventricosa.
Nuculana bellistriata, Emporia.
Gasteropoda
Bellerophon carbonarius, Emporia.
Marcrocheilus —— sp., Emporia.
Naticopsis nana, Emporia.
Pleurotomarta tabulata, Emporia.
Pleurotomarta —— sp., Emporia.
Cephalopoda
Goneatites planorbiformis, Emporia.
Remarks--The above is a very meager list from a county which undoubtedly will yield all the fossils of the upper Coal Measures found in Shawnee or Wabaunsee counties.
Miami County
Coelenterata
Axophyllum rudis, Fontana.
Cyathaxonia distorta, Fontana.
Lophophyllum proliferum; Fontana.
Echinodermata
Archaeocidaris —— sp., Fontana.
Scaphiocrinus hemisphericus, Fontana.
Zeacrinus acanthophorus, Fontana.
Zeacrinus mucrospinus, Fontana.
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Chaetetes milleporaceus, Fontana.
Fenestella —— sp., Fontana and Paola.
Fistulipora nodulifera, Fontana and Paola.
Rhombopora lepidodendroides, Fontana.
Synocladia biserialis, Fontana and Paola.
Brachiopoda
Athyris subtilita, Fontana and Paola.
Chonetes granulifera, Fontana.
Chonetes verneuiliana, Fontana.
Chonetes —— sp., Fontana.
Orthis (carbonaria) pecosi, Fontana.
Productus costatus, Fontana.
Productus longispinus, Fontana.
Productus nebrascensis, Paola.
Productus prattenianus, Fontana.
Productus punctatus, Fontana.
Retzia mormoni, Fontana.
Spirifera camerata, Fontana.
Spirifera lineaia, Fontana.
Spirifera plano-convexus, Fontana.
Spiriferina kentuckienses, Fontana.
Cephalopoda
Nautilus sangamoneneis, Paola.
Arthropoda
Phillipsia major, Fontana and Paola.
Remarks--All fossils of the Erie system may be looked for in this county; also those of the Iola limestone and the Bethany Falls limestone of Kansas City.
Montgomery County
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Fenestella shumardi; Cherryvale.
Rhombopora lepidodendroides, Cherryvale.
Synocladia biserialis.
Brachiopoda
Productus longispinus, Drum Creek.
Rhynchonella uta, Cherryvale.
(Very large) sp., Cherryvale.
Lamellibranchiata
Allorisma costata, Cherryvale.
Allorisma granosa, Cherryvale.
Aviculopecten carboniferus, Cherryvale.
Gasteropoda
Bellerophon crassus, Drum Creek.
Cephalopoda
Nautilus planovolvis, Cherryvale.
Remarks--The list from this county is short, but we are fully persuaded that many of the fossils of the Erie system, the upper section of which is so fossiliferous at Kansas City and in Bourbon county, and which is exposed across this county from north to south, must yield many more species when thoroughly explored.
Morris County
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Fenestella shumardi, Dunlap.
Synocladia biserialis, Dunlap.
Brachiopoda
Chonetes granulifera, Dunlap.
Meekella striato-costata, Dunlap.
Productus semireticulatus, Dunlap.
Streptorhynchus (Hemipronites) crassus, Dunlap.
Remarks-- Undoubtedly many more fossils found in the Upper systems are common to this county.
Neosho County
Coelenterata
Cyathaxonia distorta, Thayer.
Mollusca
Brachiopoda
Athyris subtilita, Osage Mission.
Chonetes mesoloba, Osage Mission.
Spirifera plano-convexus, Osage Mission.
Gasteropoda
Bellerophon —— sp., Osage Mission.
Cephalopoda
Nautilus occidentalis, Thayer.
Remarks--The fossils of the Erie systems were found in abundance at the very borders of this county on the northeast, and undoubtedly can be found in the same profusion wherever these rocks appear, in their croppings, as they trend across this county to the southwest.
Osage County
Coelenterata
Axophyllum rudis, Melvern.
Syringopora multattenuata, Melvern and Lyndon.
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Fenestella —— sp., Melvern.
Stictopora —— sp., Melvern.
Brachiopoda
Athyris subtilita, Melvern.
Lingula mytiloides.
Retzia mormoni, Melvern.
Spirifera camerata, Melvern and Ridgeway.
Spiriferina kentuckiensis, Melvern.
Lamellibranchiata
Allorisma marionensis.
Aviculopecten carboniferus, Melvern.
Aviculopecten —— sp., Melvern.
Edmondia subplana, Melvern.
Streptorhynchus (-Derbya) crenistriatus, Melvern.
Nucula parva, Melvern.
Cephalopoda
Goneatites globosus, Melvern.
Protozoa
Shawnee County
Fusulina cylindrica, Tecumseh, Topeka, Sugar Works, Valencia, and Willard.
Fusulina ventricosa, Topeka.
Fusulina robusta, Willard.
Coelenterata
Cyathaxonia distorta, Valencia.
Lophophyllum proliferum (B), Tecumseh, Topeka, Sugar Works, and Willard.
Echinodermata
Archaeocidaris ——, Topeka and Willard.
Eupachycrinus ——, Topeka.
Zeacrinus acanthophorus, Topeka.
Zeacrinus mucrospinus, Topeka and Valencia.
Crinoid columns, Tecumseh, Topeka. Sugar Works, Valencia, and Willard.
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Batostomella interstincta (B), Topeka.
Chaetetes carbonarius ? Topeka, Valencia, and Willard.
Chaetetes —— sp., TopekaTopeka.
Cyclopora ?? —— sp. (B), Topeka.
Fenestella compressa (B), Topeka.
Fenestella limitaris ? (B), Topeka.
Fenestella modesta ? (B), Topeka.
Fenestella sevillensis ? (B), Topeka.
Lyropora ? —— sp. (B), Topeka.
Polypora spininodata (B), Topeka.
Polypora —— sp. cf. tuberculata (B), Topeka.
Polypora —— sp. (B), Topeka.
Rhombopora lepidodendroides, Topeka.
Rhombopora varians (B), Topeka.
Septopora ? —— sp. (B), Topeka.
Stenopora carbonaria (B), Topeka.
Stenopora var. confuta (B), Topeka.
Streblotrypa nicklesi (B), Topeka.
Synocladia biserialis, Topeka and Valencia.
Brachiopoda
Athyris subtilita, Tecumseh, Topeka, Sugar Works, Valencia and Willard.
Chonetes glabra (B), Topeka.
Chonetes granulifera, Topeka and Sugar Works.
Derbya crassa (B), Tecumseh and Topeka.
Derbya robusta (B), Tecumseh and Topeka.
Discina convexa ? (B), Topeka.
Discina nitida (B), Topeka.
Lingula mytiloides (B), Tecumseh, Topeka, and Sugar Works.
Lingula umbonata ? (B), Topeka.
Meekella striato-costata, Valencia and Willard.
Orthis keokuk (B), Topeka.
Productus americanus, Tecumseh and Topeka.
Productus cora (B), Tecumseh and Topeka.
Productus costatus, Topeka.
Productus longispinus, Topeka.
Productus nebrascensis, Topeka.
Productus pertenuis, Valencia.
Productus punctatus, Topeka.
Productus semireticulatus, Valencia and Willard.
Retzia mormoni, Topeka.
Rhynchonella uta (B), Tecumseh, Topeka, and Sugar Works.
Rhynchonella metallica ? (B), Sugar Works.
Spirifera camerata, Topeka, Sugar Works, and Valenci" .
Spiriferina kentuckienses, Topeka.
Syntrialasma hemiplicata, Topeka.
Terebratula bovidens, Topeka.
Lamellibranchiata
Allorisma costata (B), Sugar Works.
Allorisma geinitzia (B), Sugar Works.
Allorisma granosa (B), Tecumseh, Topeka, and Sugar Works.
Allorisma subcuniata, Valencia and Willard.
Avicula longa (B), Topeka.
Aviculopecten carboniferus (B), Topeka and Sugar Works.
Aviculopecten coxanus (B), Topeka and Sugar Works.
Aviculopecten hartzeri ? (B), Topeka and Sugar Works.
Aviculopecten maccoyi ? (B), Willard.
Aviculopecten occidentalis (B), Tecumseh, Topeka, and Sugar Works.
Aviculopecten whitei ? (B), Topeka and Sugar Works.
Aviculopinna americana (B), Topeka.
Edmondia aspinwallensis (B), Sugar Works.
Edmondia nebrascensis (B), Sugar Works.
Edmondia ovata ? (B), Topeka.
Entolium aviculatum. (B), Tecumseh, Topeka, Sugar Works, and Willard.
Lima retifera. (B), Topeka.
Macrodon tenuistriata (B), Topeka.
Monoptera mariana (B), Topeka.
Myalina perattenuata (B), Topeka and Sugar Works.
Myalina recurvirostris, Valencia.
Myalina subquadrata. Myalina swallovi (B), Tecumseh, Topeka, and Sugar Works.
Nucula ventricosa (B), Topeka.
Nuculana bellistriata (B), Topeka and Sugar Works.
Nuculana var. attenuata (B), Topeka and Sugar Works.
Pinna subspatulata (B), Tecumseh.
Placunopsis carbonaria (B), Topeka.
Prothyris elegans (B), Topeka.
Solenomya radiata (B), Topeka.
Schizodus curtus (B), Tecumseh, Topeka, and Sugar Works.
Schizodus curtiforme ? (B), Tecumseh and Topeka.
Gasteropoda
Bellerophon bellus (B), Topeka and Sugar Works.
Bellerophon carbonarius, Topeka, Valencia, aud Willard.
Bellerophon crassus, Tecumseh and Willard.
Bellerophon montfortanus (B), Sugar Works and Willard.
Bellerophon percarinatus (B), Topeka and Sugar Works.
Loxouema —— sp. (B), Topeka.
Macrocheilus anguliferus (B), Topeka and Sugar Works.
Macrocheilus paludinaeformis (B), Topeka.
Macrocheilus primigenius (B), Topeka and Sugar Works.
Macrocheilus veutricosus (B), Topeka and Sugar Works.
Naticopsis nana (B), Topeka and Sugar Works.
Naticopsis ventricosus (B), Tecumseh, Topeka, and Sugar Works.
Naticopsis wheeleri (B), Tecumseh.
Orthonema subtaeniata (B), Topeka.
Pleurotomaria grayvillensis (B), Topeka.
Pleurotomaria illinoiensis (B), Topeka.
Pleurotomaria perhumerosa (B), Topeka.
Pleurotomaria sphaerulata (B), Topeka.
Pleurotomaria subdecussata (B), Topeka.
Pleurotomaria tabulata, Tecumseh.
Cephalopoda
Nautilus occidentalis (B), Topeka and Sugar Works.
Nautilus ponderosus ?? (B), Topeka.
Arthropoda
Phillipsia major, Topeka.
Phillipsia scitula (B), Tecumseh, Sugar Works, Willard.
Vertebrata
Petalodus destructor (B), Tecumseh and Topeka.
A fish tooth, Topeka.
Wabaunsee County
Protozoa
Fusulina cylindrica (P), Maple Hill, Buffalo Mound, Paxico, McFarland, and Alma.
Fusulina robusta, Maple Hill.
Coelenterata
Campophyllum torquium (P), Buffalo Mound.
Lophophyllum proliferum, McFarland.
Echinodermata
Archaeocidaris —— sp. (P), Alma and McFarland.
Eupachycrinus —— sp., McFarland.
Zeacrinus acanthophorus, McFarland.
Zeacrinus mucrospinus, McFarland.
Crinoid stems and plates of head (P), Alma and McFarland.
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Chaetetes carbonarius ? McFarland.
Chaetetes —— sp. (P), McFarland.
Rhombopora lepidodendroides, McFarland.
Synocladia biserialis, McFarland.
Brachiopoda
Athyris subtilita (P), Maple Hill, Buffalo Mound, Paxico, McFarland, and Alma.
Aviculopecten occidentalis (P), McFarland.
Chonetes glabra (P), McFarland.
Chonetes granulifera (P), Maple Hill, Buffalo Mound, Paxico, McFarland, and Alma.
Chonetes verneuiliana (P), Buffalo Mound.
Derbya crassa ? (P), McFarland and Alma.
Discina nitida (P), McFarland.
Meekella striato-costata W), Buffalo Mound, McFarland, and Alma.
Productus cora, (P), McFarland.
Productus longispinus (P), Buffalo Mound and McFarland.
Productus nebrascensis (P), McFarland and Alma.
Productus semireticulatus (P), Buffalo Mound, McFarland and Alma.
Productus symmetricus (P), McFarland.
Hustedia (retzia) mormoni, McFarland.
Rhynchonella uta (P), Buffalo Mound and McFarland.
Spirifer cameratus (P), Buffalo Mound and McFarland.
Spirifer plano-convexus (P), Buffalo Mound and McFarland.
Spiriferina kentuckiensis (P), McFarland,
Syntrialasma hemiplicata (P), McFar1and and Alma.
Terebratula bovidens (P), McFarland.
Lamellibranchiata
Allorisma geinitzia (P), Buffalo Mound.
Allorisma subcuneata (P), McFarland.
Pinna peracuta (P), Buffalo Mound.
Myalina subquadrata (P), McFarland.
Pseudomonotis hawni (P), Alma.
Gasteropoda
Straparollus (buomphalus) subrugosus.
Arthropoda
Phillipsia scitula (P), Buffalo Mound and McFarland.
Remarks--When doing the stratigraphic work of the Kansas river section, chapter VI, the time was so limited while in this county that but little attention could be given to the fossil fauna. Since then, the paper, by Prof. Charles S. Prosser, on "Kansas River Section of the Permo-carboniferous and Permian Rocks of Kansas," has been received, in which is a list of fossils given as found in several places in this county, all of which have been copied and designated by the letter P. All others reported in the same columns from McFarland were gathered in less than 10 minutes' time, in an open field about a mile arid a half southeast of that town, and are from the shales immediately below the important limestone, which we have described in our section as lying first below the Alma or Cottonwood Falls rock.
Wilson County
Protozoa
Fusulina cylindrica, Neodesha, 11.
Coelenterata
Cyathaxonia distorta, Vilas.
Lophophyllum proliferum, Neodesha, 11.
Echinodermata
Erisocrinus typus, Neodesha, 11.
Zeacrinus mucrospinus, Neodesha, 11.
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Chaetetes —— sp., Neodesha, 11.
Fistulipora nodulifera, Fredonia.
Synocladia biserialis.
Brachiopoda
Athyris subtilita, Neodesha, 11.
Chonetes verneuiliana, Neodesha, 11.
Derbya —— sp., Neodesha, 11.
Orthis (carbonaria) pecosi, Neodesha, 11.
Productus costatus, Neodesha, 11.
Productus longispinus, Neodesha, 11.
Productus symmetricus, Vilas.
Retzia mormoni, Fredonia.
Spirifera camerata, Neodesha, 11.
Spiriferina kentuckiensis, Neodesha, 11.
Syntrialasma hemiplicata, Guil. ford and Neodesha, 11.
Gasteropoda
Bellerophon —— sp., Neodesha, 11.
Remarks--All the fossils found in the limestones and shales between them at Iola, Allen county, may reasonably be looked for in the same formations in this county.
Woodson County
Coelenterata
Lophophyllum proliferum, Neosho Falls.
Mollusca
Brachiopoda
Productus costatus, Neosho Falls.
Streptorhynchus crassus.
Streptorhynchus crenistriatus.
Remarks--This is a very small showing for this county, but it undoubtedly results, as in several other cases, from lack of observation, for the fossils of the Carlyle and Garnett systems undoubtedly go with these limestones into this county.
Wyandotte County
Protozoa
Fusulina cylindrica, Edwardsville, 11.
Coelenterata
Axophyllum rudis, Kansas City and Pomeroy, 11, 22.
Campophyllum torquium, Kansas City and Pomeroy, 11, 22.
Cyathaxonia distorta, Kansas City and Pomeroy, 11, 22.
Lopophyllum proliferum, ,Kansas City, Edwardsville, and Pomeroy, 11,22.
Michelinia engeneae, Pomeroy, 11.
Syringopora multattenuata, Kansas City.
Echinodermata
Agassizocrinus carbonarius, Kansas City.
Archaeocidaris mucronatus, Kansas City.
Archaeocidaris triserrata, Kansas City.
Archaeocidaris —— sp., Kansas City and Edwardsville, 11, 22.
Archaeocidaris —— sp., Kansas City.
Erisocrinus typus, Kansas City.
Eupachycrinus craigi, Kansas City.
Eupachycrinus tuberculatus, Kansas City and Edwardsville, 11, 22.
Eupachycrinus —— sp., Kansas City, 22.
Graphiocrinus —— sp., Kansas City.
Poteriocrinus hardinensis, Kansas City.
Scaphiocrinus hemisephericus, Kansas City.
Zeacrinus acanthoporus, Kansas City and Pomeroy, 11, 22.
Zeacrinus discus, Kansas City.
Zeacrinus mucrospinus, Kansas City and Pomeroy, 11, 22.
Zeacrinus typus, Kansas City.
Vermes
Serpula incita, Kansas City.
Spirorbis carbonaria, Kansas City
Mollusca
Bryozoa
Chaetetes carbonarius ? Kansas City.
Fenestella —— sp., Kansas City and Pomeroy, 11, 22.
Fenestella —— sp., Kansas City, 22.
Fistulipora nodulifera, Kansas City, Edwardsville, and Pomeroy, 11, 22.
Glauconome nereides, Kansas City, 22.
Polypora submarginata, Kansas City, 22.
Rhombopora lepidodendroides, Kansas City, Edwardsville, and Pomeroy, 11, 22.
Synocladia biserialis, Kansas City, 22.
Brachiopoda
Athyris sublamellosa, Kansas City, 22.
Athyris subquadrata, Kansas City.
Athyris subtilita, Kansas City, Edwardsville, Turner, and Pomeroy, 11, 12? 22.
Athyris trinuclia, Kansas City.
Chonetes granulifera, Kansas City.
Chonetes millepunctata, Kansas City.
Chonetes parva, Kansas City.
Chonetes smithi, Kansas City.
Chonetes verneuiliana, Kansas City.
Lingula carbonaria, Kansas City.
Lingula metie, Kansas City.
Lingula scotia, Pomeroy, 11.
Meekella striato-costata, Kansas City.
Orbiculoida ? —— sp., 22.
Orthis (carbonaria) pecosi, Kansas City.
Orthis robusta, Kansas City.
Productus altonensis, Kansas City.
Productus americanus, Kansas City, 11, 22.
Productus cora, 22.
Productus costatus, Kansas City, 22.
Productus longispinus, Kansas City, 11, 22.
Productus nebrascensis, Kansas City, Edwardsville, and Pomeroy, 11, 12 ? 22.
Productus pertenuis, Kansas City, 11.
Productus prattenianus, Kansas City, 22.
Productus punctatus, Kansas City, 22.
Productus semireticulatus ? Kansas City.
Productus symmetricus, Kansas City, 22.
Retzia mormoni, Kansas City, 22. vera? 22.
Rhynchonella uta, Kansas City.
Rhynchonella —— sp., Kansas City.
Spirifa camerata, Kansas City, Edwardsville, Turner, and Pomeroy, 11, 22.
Spirifa lineata, Kansas City, 11.
Spirifa plano-convexus, Kansas City.
Spiriferina kentuckienses, Kansas City, Edwardsville, and Pomeroy, 11, 22.
Spiriferina —— sp., 22.
Streptorhyncus crassus, Kansas City.
Streptorhyncus crinistriatus, Kansas City.
Syntrialasma hemiplicata, Kansas City.
Terebratula bovidens, Kansas City, Edwardsville, and Pomeroy, 11, 22.
Lamellibranchiata
Allorisma costata, Kansas City, 22.
Allorisma gilberti, Turner.
Allorisma granosa, Kansas City.
Allorisma pleuropistha.
Allorisma reflexa, Kansas City.
Allorisma regularis, Kansas City.
Allorisma striata, Kansas City, 22.
Allorisma subcuneata, Kansas City, 22.
Allorisma subelegans, Kansas City.
Astartella concentrica, Kansas City.
Astartella gurleyi, Kansas City.
Astartella vera, Edwardsville, 11, 22.
Astartella —— sp., Kansas City.
Avicula longa, Kansas City, 22.
Aviculopecten carboniferus, Kansas City, 22.
Aviculopecten coryanus.
Aviculopecten coxanus, Kansas City, 22.
Aviculopecten hartzeri, Kansas City, 22.
Aviculopecten interlineatus, Kansas City.
Aviculopecten maccoyi, Kansas City, 22.
Aviculopecten occidentalis, Kansas City, 22.
Aviculopecten providencensis, 22.
Aviculopecten winchelli, Kansas City, 22.
Aviculopecten —— sp., Kansas City, 22.
Aviculopecten —— sp., Kansas City, 22.
Aviculopinna americana, Kansas City.
Cardiomorpha missouriensis, Kansas City, 22.
Chaenomya leavenworthensis, Kansas City.
Chaenomya maria, Kansas City.
Conocardium obliquam, Kansas City, 22:
Cypricardella oblonga, 22.
Cypricardinia carbonaria, 22.
Edmondia aspinwallensis, Kansas City.
Edmondia glabra, 22.
Edmondia nebrascensis, Kansas City, 22.
Edmondia ovata, Kansas City.
Edmondia reflexa, Kansas City.
Edmondia subplana.
Edmondia subtruncata, 22.
Lima retifera, Kansas City, 22.
Macrodon curtus.
Macrodon carbonarius, Kansas City, 22.
Macrodon obsoletus, Kansas City, 22.
Macrodon tenuistriata, Kansas City, 22.
Modiola subeliptica, Kansas City, 22.
Monopteria gibbosa, Kansas City, 22.
Monopteria longispina, Kansas City and Turner, 22.
Monopteria marian, Kansas City and Turner, 22.
Monotis gregaria, 22.
Myalina kansasensis, Kansas City.
Myalina perattenuata, Kansas City.
Myalina recurvirostris, Kansas City and Turner, 22.
Myalina subquadrata, Turner.
Myalina swallovi, Kansas City and Turner, 22.
Nucula parva, Kansas City, 22.
Nucula ventricosa, Kansas City, 22.
Nuculana bellistriata, Kansas City, 22.
Nuculana —— sp., Kansas City.
Pinna peracuta, Kansas City, 22.
Pinna subspatulata, Kansas City and Argentine, 11.
Pleurophorus angulatus, Kansas City, 22.
Pleurophorus oblongus, Kansas City, 22.
Pleurophorus occidentalis, 22.
Pleurophorus tropidophorus, 22.
Prothyris elegans, Kansas City, 22.
Pseudomonotis hawni ? 22.
Pseudomonotis —— sp., 22.
Sanguinolites obliquus, Kansas City.
Schizodus curtus, Kansas City.
Schizodus rossicus ?
Schizodus wheeleri, Kansas City, 22.
Schizodus —— sp., Kansas City.
Solemya (solenomya) radiata.
Solemya rhomboyda, Kansas City.
Solenopsis selenoides, Kansas City, 22.
Solenopsis —— sp.
Streblopteria —— sp., 22.
Yoldia stevensoni, Kansas City, 22.
Yoldia —— sp., Kansas City, 22.
A large specimen 5x6 in., Turner.
Gasteropoda
Aclis minuta, Kansas City.
Bellerophon carbonarius, Kansas City.
Bellerophon crassus, Kansas City.
Bellerophon marcouanus, Kansas City, 22.
Bellerophon montfortanus, Kansas City.
Bellerophon percarinatus, Kansas City.
Bellerophon stevensanus, Kansas City, 22.
Bellerophon textilliformis, Kansas City, 22.
Bellerophon tricarinatus, Kansas City.
Dawsonella meeki ? Kansas City.
Dentalium meekanum, 22.
Euomphalus subrugosus, Kansas City.
Euomphalus rugosus, Kansas City.
Loxonema rugosum, 22.
Loxonema —— sp.
Macrocheilus intercalaris, Kansas City.
Macrocheilus medialis, Kansas City.
Macrocheilus newberryi, Turner.
Macrocheilus primigenius, Kansas City.
Macrocheilus —— sp., Kansas City.
Murchisonia —— sp., Turner.
Naticopsis altonensis.
Naticopsis gigantia, Kansas City.
Naticopsis melanoides, Kansas City.
Naticopsis monolifera, 22.
Naticopsis nana, 22.
Naticopsis subovata, Kansas City.
Naticopsis ventricosa, 22.
Naticopsis wheeleri, 22.
Platyceras nebraecense, Kansas City.
Pleurotomaria bonharborensis, Turner, 22.
Pleurotomaria broadheadi, Kansas City.
Pleurotomaria carbonaria, Kansas City.
Pleurotomaria coniformis, Turner, 22.
Pleurotomaria coxana, Kansas City, 22.
Pleurotomaria depressa, Kansas City.
Pleurotomaria grayvillensis, 22.
Pleurotomaria haydenana, Kansas City.
Pleurotomaria inornata, Kansas City, 22.
Pleurotomaria marcouana, Turner.
Pleurotomaria newportensis, Kansas City.
Pleurotomaria perhumerosa, Kansas City.
Pleurotomaria speciosa, 22.
Pleurotomaria sphaerulata, 22.
Pleurotomaria subdecussata, Kansas City.
Pleurotomaria tabulata, Kansas City.
Pleurotomaria tumida, Kansas City.
Pleurotomaria turbiniformis, 22.
Pleurotomaria valvatiformis ? Kansas City.
Pleurotomaria —— sp., Kansas City, 22.
Polyphemopsis nitidula, Kansas City, 22.
Polyphemopsis inornata, Kansas City, 22.
Polyphemopsis peracuta, Kansas City.
Pupa vitusta, Kansas City?
Straparollus planorbis, Kansas City.
Straparollus planispirus, Kansas City.
Straparollus subrugosus, Kansas City.
Straparollus umbilicatus, Kansas City.
Straparollus —— sp., Kansas City.
Trachydomia nodosum, 22.
Trachydomia hollidayi, Kansas City.
Turritella (accilisina) stevensana, 22.
Conularia (a Pteropod) crustula.
Conularia —— sp., 22.
Cephalopoda
Cyrtoceras —— sp., Turner.
Goneatites lyoni, Kansas City.
Goneatites —— sp. ?
Goneatites —— sp. ? Kansas City and Turner.
Nautilus ? capax.
Nautilus ? ferratus, 22.
Nautilus ? globatus, Kansas City.
Nautilus ? lasellensis, Kansas City.
Nautilus ? missouriensis, 22.
Nautilus ? occidentalis.
Nautilus ? planorbiformis, Kansas City.
Nautilus ? planovolvis.
Nautilus ? ponderosus, Turner.
Nautilus ? sangamonensis, 22.
Nautilus ? todanus, Kansas City, 22.
Nautilus ? —— sp., 22.
Orthoceras munstrianum, Kansas City.
Orthoceras rushense, 22.
Arthropoda
Phillipsia major, Kansas City and Pomeroy, 11, 22.
Phillipsia scitula, Kansas City, 22.
Vertebrata
Peripristis clenoptychus, Kansas City.
Petalodus destructor, Kansas City, 22.
Petalodus semicircularis, Kansas City.
Petrodus occidentalis, Kansas City.
A fish tooth, Edwardsville.
Remarks--Many of the fossils, it will be seen, are simply reported from Kansas City without reference to any particular stratum. Of these the greater number were gathered during a series of years without any regard to their stratigraphic position, and therefore the exact horizon is not known. Many were secured by the State University by purchase, and were labeled simply as obtained at Kansas City. My own private collection was largely made there and labeled as coming from there, and it is only where memory serves me well that the strata from whence the fossils were taken is given. Fossils from the oolitic stratum have certain lithologic characteristics in the adhering limestone by which their locality can never be mistaken. The fossils reported from Edwardsville are from the equivalent of the Iola limestone of Kansas City; those of Turner from the black chert limestone and oolitic strata. Those from Pomeroy are from the same systems as at Edwardsville. Some fossils of the Coal Measures have been reported from Sumner, Riley, Geary and other counties along the Permo-carboniferous areas of the state, but they are few, except those from Riley county, as reported by Swallow, Prosser, and others. No tables, therefore, are given, but for further information see chapter VI, on the Kansas river section.
Some few counties north of the Kansas river have been given a place in this chapter, but Doniphan county does not appear in the tabulation. For the fossils found in said county during the Survey, see chapter II, on the Missouri river section.
General Remarks
With a few exceptions, all the organic remains herein enumerated are to be found in the museum of the State University, that institution having secured them either by purchase, or through the labors of its collectors. Kansas itself has furnished no little share of that excellent collection; and Mesozoic as well as Paleozoic specimens are to be found there. It contains some of the rarest specimens in the country.
It will be seen that much more has been reported from some counties than others; but this must not be taken as an indication that in some counties the organic remains are fewer in the number of genera and species than in others. This may result only from the fact that we have been able to give closer observation to the rocks of the counties in which the tables are fuller. Wyandotte county, for example, has had months, where others, such as Wilson and Woodson or Greenwood, have had but hours. This explanation will hold good in the case of Bourbon county, where I have made my home for the past four years. The neighborhood of Kansas City has had many observers, as well as the spare moments of eleven busy years during my residence there. Many of the counties, such as Greenwood, Elk, Wabaunsee, Jefferson, etc., we are fully persuaded, which have but short lists, are rich in fossils. We must also have railroad cuts or quarries in order to find specimens in quantities and a state of preservation suitable for their identification, and, from the nature of things, such places are limited.
The Mississippian rocks only appear in a small district in the extreme southeastern corner of the state, in Cherokee county, the fossils of which are of the Keokuk and Chester types. The fossils here are mainly casts, especially in the chert formations, and therefore difficult to identify. The limestones are largely made up of crinoid fragments, but so triturated and crystalized that but few specimens can be taken, except in upper layers along Spring river. Many of the cavities in the chert made by the carrying away of the calcareous portions of the fossils, whether corals, crinoids, or mollusks, have been lined by the common minerals of lead or zinc of the region.
The lower Coal Measures are characterized by their abundance of certain species which either do not appear above, or if they do, become much more rare. For instance, the little Brachiopod Chonetes mesoloba has not thus far, to my knowledge, been found above the Bethany Falls limestone of Broadhead, which corresponds with the lower member of the Erie system of Bourbon county. And the Discina nitida, while it abounds in the lower formations, is a very rare fossil above the same Erie system. Chonetes granulifera is rare and small in lower strata but very abundant and very large in the upper strata, and especially in the immediate neighborhood of the Cottonwood Falls limestone. Meekella striato-costata, while it ranges all the way from the lower limestones. of the Coal Measures upwards, is found more abundant above, but of gigantic proportions in the lowest important limestone of the series--the Fort Scott cement. Fusulina is very rare in the lower strata, but abounds in the upper, some layers being almost literally made up of this little rhizopod. The Echinodermata--family Archaeocidaris--begin in the lower limestones, abound in the region of the Topeka limestones, but decrease in numbers in the higher formations; although increasing in robust forms.
Among, the Bryozoans, Chaetetes abounds in very large masses in the lower, but is represented by small forms in the upper rocks. In its ramose forms it does not vary much in the entire range of rocks in size or quantity. Enormous Crinoid columns are found in the cement limestone of Bourbon county, and no limestone in the whole series is destitute of the exuviae of the Crinoidea, although in no other are they even approximately so large. The only Pteropod fossil, so far observed, is the genus Conularia, one species of which--Conularia crustula--has only been found until recently in a thin calcareous clay, not over eight inches thick, in the Kansas City series, near the middle. Although most abundant in this clay in the bluffs of Kansas City, it is to be found in the same geologic horizon as far west on the Kansas river as Cedar Junction, where it disappears in the common westerly dip. During the past summer, however, it was discovered in the bituminous concretions which abound in the shales below the cement rock in Bourbon county. The characteristic Coal Measure fossil, Athyris subtilita, like the Crinoidea, is found in every limestone. Syntrialasma hemiplicata is very rare except in the lower Garnett limestone found at Ottawa, Eudora, Linwood, and north of Olathe. In this it abounds and is found in excellent preservation, especially at Eudora. The genus Goneatites is very rare, but found in the whole series.
The richest of all the strata in the abundance and species of its fauna is the oolitic stratum of Wyandotte county. Over 100 species have been found in it; and a strange feature of this intensely interesting rock is the fact that it contains types which might be looked upon as Permian--such as Pseudomonotis hawni? of the Aviculidae family, and some of the Aviculopectens of the Pectenidae family.
The general summary of the invertebrate fauna is as follows:
| Protozoa | 3 species. |
| Coelenterata | 8 species. |
| Echinodermata | 20 species. |
| Vermes | 2 species. |
| Mollusca | 224 species. |
| Arthropoda | 6 species. |
| Total | 263 species |
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