Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Volume III, 1863-1867Various
Science
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Volume III, 1863-1867
Various
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Through the kindness of Miss Errington, of Bear Valley,
Mariposa County, I have had the opportunity of examining a
series of fossils, discovered by that lady on the Mariposa
Estate. The shells appear to be of Jurassic age. The genera so
far recognized, are Belemnites, Nucula or Leda, Lima, Pecten,
and Pholadomya. The following are sufficiently perfect for
description. Fuller descriptions and figures will be published
hereafter in the Geological Report of the State.
LIMA, Brug.
_L. Erringtoni_ G. Shell very oblique, sides subparallel;
beaks small; anterior end prominently rounded, sloping with a
broad curve below to the base; posterior side nearly straight,
continuing upwards in a long narrow ear; anterior ear obsolete
(?).
Surface marked by strong concentric undulations, crossed on the
upper and posterior portions by fine radiating lines.
Length, 2.25 inches; width, 1 inch.
The specimens are all very much compressed, and may be somewhat
distorted in form, though the outlines are very nearly uniform
in all of the specimens.
PHOLADOMYA, Sow.
_P. orbiculata_ G. Compressed, sub-circular; beaks rather
prominent, nearly central; anterior end and base regularly
rounded; posterior end slightly produced, more prominent below
than above. Surface ornamented by concentric ribs, irregular in
size, crossed by undulating, radiating lines on the anterior
half of the shell. These lines become gradually obsolete and
disappear on or about the middle of all of the specimens,
although more perfect examples might show them continuing
further.
Height, from a slightly distorted specimen, 1.1 inch; width,
1.3 inch.
Like the preceding species, all of the specimens have suffered
considerably by compression; and had we perfect specimens, the
shell would be found to be quite convex.
BELEMNITES.
_B. Pacificus_ G. Long, slender, tapering very gradually and
with a slight convexity to the tip. Section, sub-elliptical;
alveolus deep and narrow.
A specimen 3 inches long, measures .35 in. in diameter in the
middle. One cast has been found with a diameter of .9 inch at
the broadest part.
I first discovered this species, as imperfect casts, in the
slates near Spanish Flat, El Dorado County. Since then,
numerous fragments and casts have been found at Mariposa, by
Mr. C. R. King and Miss Errington.
Communication on the San Luis Obispo Quicksilver Fossils.
BY WM. M. GABB.
Mr. Attwood has recently presented to the collection of the
State Geological Survey, a series of Fossils collected by
himself, in the formation in which the San Luis Obispo cinnabar
deposits occur.
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