Australasian Fossils: A Students' Manual of PalaeontologyChapman, Frederick
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Australasian Fossils: A Students' Manual of Palaeontology
Chapman, Frederick
Paleontology -- Australia
Cainozoic rocks of Pliocene age, composed entirely of Radiolaria, occur at
Barbados in the West Indies. No Cainozoic Radiolaria, however, have been
found either in Australia or New Zealand up to the present time.
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COMMON OR CHARACTERISTIC FOSSILS OF THE FOREGOING CHAPTER.
FORAMINIFERA.
_Nubecularia stephensi_, Howchin. Carbopermian: Tasmania and New South
Wales.
_Frondicularia woodwardi_, Howchin. Carbopermian: W. Australia and New
South Wales.
_Geinitzina triangularis_, Chapm. & Howchin. Carbopermian: New South
Wales.
_Pulvinulina insignis_, Chapman. Trias (Wianamatta Series): New South
Wales.
_Marginulina solida_, Terquem. Jurassic: W. Australia.
_Flabellina dilatata_, Wisniowski. Jurassic: W. Australia.
_Vaginulina striata_, d'Orbigny. Lower Cretaceous: Queensland.
_Truncatulina lobatula_, W. and J. sp. Lower Cretaceous: Queensland.
_Miliolina vulgaris_, d'Orb. sp. Cainozoic: Victoria and S. Australia.
_Textularia gibbosa_, d'Orb. Cainozoic: Victoria and S. Australia.
_Nodosaria affinis_, d'Orb. Cainozoic: Victoria and S. Australia.
_Polymorphina elegantissima_, Parker and Jones. Cainozoic: Victoria,
Tasmania, and S. Australia.
_Truncatulina ungeriana_, d'Orb. sp. Cainozoic: Victoria, King Island,
and S. Australia.
_Amphistegina lessonii_, d'Orb. Cainozoic: Victoria and S. Australia.
_Lepidocyclina martini_, Schlumberger. Cainozoic (Balcombian and
Janjukian): Victoria.
_L. tournoueri_, Lemoine and Douvillé. Cainozoic (Junjukian):
Victoria.
_Cycloclypeus pustulosus_, Chapman. Cainozoic (Janjukian): Victoria.
_Fabularia howchini_, Schlumberger. Cainozoic (Kalimnan): Victoria.
_Hauerina intermedia_, Howchin. Cainozoic (Kalimnan): Victoria.
_Rotalia beccarii_, Linné sp. Pleistocene: Victoria and S. Australia.
_Polystomella striatopunctata_, Fichtel and Moll sp. Pleistocene:
Victoria and S. Australia.
RADIOLARIA.
(?) _Carposphaera_ sp. Lower Cambrian: South Australia.
(?) _Cenellipsis_ sp. Lower Cambrian: South Australia.
_Cenosphaera affinis_, Hinde. Devonian: New South Wales.
_Staurolonche davidi_, Hinde. Devonian: New South Wales.
_Amphibrachium truncatum_, Hinde. Upper Cretaceous: Northern Territory.
_Dictyomitra triangularis_, Hinde. Upper Cretaceous: Northern
Territory.
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LITERATURE.
FORAMINIFERA.
Carbopermian.--Howchin, W. Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr., vol. XIX. 1895;
pp. 194-198. Chapman, F. and Howchin, W. Mem. Geol. Surv. New
South Wales, Pal. No. 14, 1905. Chapman, F. Bull. Geol. Surv. W.
Austr., No. 27, 1907, pp. 15-18.
Trias.--Chapman, F. Rec. Geol. Surv. New South Wales, vol. VIII. pt.
4, 1909, pp. 336-339.
Jurassic.--Chapman, F. Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict., vol. XVI. (N.S.), pt.
II., 1904, pp. 186-199.
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