Australasian Fossils: A Students' Manual of PalaeontologyChapman, Frederick
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Australasian Fossils: A Students' Manual of Palaeontology
Chapman, Frederick
Paleontology -- Australia
In the Silurian shales at Keilor, in Victoria, _Monograptus_ is a common
genus, and _Cyrtograptus_ and _Retiolites australis_ (Fig. 75 F) also
occur. Several species of _Monograptus_ have also been found at South
Yarra and Studley Park. At the latter place and Walhalla _Monograptus
dubius_, which is a Wenlock and Ludlow fossil in Britain, has been found
in some abundance (Fig. 75 G).
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COMMON OR CHARACTERISTIC FOSSILS OF THE FOREGOING CHAPTER.
SPONGES.
_Protospongia_ sp. Cambrian: S. Australia.
_Hyalostelia_ sp. Cambrian: S. Australia.
_Protospongia oblonga_, Hall. L. Ordovician: Victoria.
_Stephanella maccoyi_, Hall. L. Ordovician: Victoria.
_Carpospongia_ sp. Silurian: Yass, New South Wales.
_Receptaculites fergusoni_, Chapman. Silurian: Victoria.
_Receptaculites australis_, Salter sp. Devonian: Victoria and New
South Wales. Carboniferous: Queensland.
(?) _Lasiocladia hindei_, Eth. fil. Carbopermian: Queensland.
_Purisiphonia clarkei_, Bowerbank. Lower Cretaceous: Queensland.
_Geodia_ sp. Cainozoic: W. Australia.
_Tethya_ sp. Cainozoic: W. Australia.
_Ecionema newberyi_, McCoy sp. Cainozoic: Victoria.
_Plectroninia halli_, Hinde. Cainozoic (Janjukian): Victoria.
_Tretocalia pezica_, Hinde. Cainozoic (Janjukian): Victoria.
ARCHAEOCYATHINAE.
_Protopharetra scoulari_, Etheridge, fil. Cambrian: S. Australia.
_Coscinocyathus australis_, Taylor. Cambrian: S. Australia.
_Archaeocyathina ajax_, Taylor. Cambrian: S. Australia.
CORALS.
_Cyathophyllum approximans_, Chapman. Silurian: Victoria.
_Tryplasma liliiformis_, Etheridge, fil. Silurian: New South Wales.
_Favosites grandipora_, Etheridge fil. Silurian: Victoria.
_Pleurodictyum megastomum_, Dun. Silurian: Victoria.
_Halysites peristephicus_, Etheridge, fil. Silurian: New South Wales.
_Heliolites interstincta_, Linné sp. Silurian: Victoria.
_Campophyllum gregorii_, Eth. fil. Middle Devonian: Victoria and
Queensland.
_Cystiphyllum australasicum_, Eth. fil. Middle Devonian: New South
Wales and Queensland.
_Favosites multitabulata_, Eth. fil. Middle Devonian: Victoria and New
South Wales.
_Pachypora meridionalis_, Eth. fil. Middle Devonian: Queensland.
_Zaphrentis culleni_, Eth. fil. Carboniferous: New South Wales.
_Lophophyllum corniculum_, de Koninck. Carboniferous: New South Wales.
_Zaphrentis profunda_, Eth. fil. Carbopermian: Queensland.
_Campophyllum columnare_, Eth. fil. Carbopermian: New South Wales.
_Trachypora wilkinsoni_, Eth. fil. Carbopermian: New South Wales.
_Stenopora tasmaniensis_, Lonsdale. Carbopermian: Tasmania and New
South Wales.
_Flabellum gambierense_, Duncan. Cainozoic: Victoria, S. Australia and
Tasmania.
_Placotrochus deltoideus_, Duncan. Cainozoic: Victoria, S. Australia
and Tasmania.
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