Thesaurus siluricus : the flora and fauna of the Silurian period : with addenda (from recent acquistions) / by John J. Bigsby.

Date:
1868
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Credit: Thesaurus siluricus : the flora and fauna of the Silurian period : with addenda (from recent acquistions) / by John J. Bigsby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ABBREVIATIONS IN NOMENCLATURE. CANADA AND THE ADJACENT UNITED STATES OF AMEEICA. a. O 1-5 Parts of Stages. r Up. Pentam.Lst. LowerHelderb.Gr. J ^''I'^^pS^ Yl I Low. Pent. l/st. Waterline Gr.... The Guelph Series (Le Clair and Gait Limestones). Onondaga-Salt Group Coralline Limestone of Schoharie Niagara Series (Kacine or Le Clair, Illinois). Clinton Group Medina Sandstone Oneida Conglomerate Hudson-River Group (Blue L.st. Ohio) UticaSlate = Shales aboveTr.(D.D.Owen) Trenton Limestone (Galena Limestone) Black-River Lst. (Buff Limestone) ... Bird's-eye Limestone Chazy Limestone (and Sandstone) ... Calciferous Sandstone Quebec Group = Potsdam Sandstone Chazy L. (part)... 1 Calciferous Sa. ,.. I Point-Levis Rocks J Abbreviations L. H. G. Guelph. O. S. G. Cor. Lst. Sch Jfiag. CL. M. Sa. O.C. H. R. G. U.Sl. Tr. BL. B. CH. cs. Queb. G. Potsd. ANTICOSTI ISLAND. Divisions and the Equivalents.—Geology of Canada, 1863. A. Gr.= Anticosti Group. Divisions 4, 3=Mayhill, J. W. Salter] „ 2, 1 = Llandovery, ,, 1 BRITAIN. ■p o Upper Ludlow (Tilestone) Lower Ludlow Wenlock Upper Llandovery (Mayhill) Lower Llandovery Caradoc (Bala) = America,n (Tr.) Upper Llandeilo Lower Llandeilo, Skiddaw Slates, Areni| Stiper Stones,Tremadoc Slate, Lingula Flags, Harleok Grits, Llanberris Slate U.L. L. W. U.Llandov. L.Llandov. Carad. U. Llan. L.Llan. P. t) I f- i S BOHEMIA. Stages. ft 1^ o a Parts of Stages. Upper. Lower. Schists culminant Upper Limestone Middle Limestone Lower Lincstone.. Quartzite Sffr Protozoic Schists Azoic Schists (Clay Slate) Barrande, 1846, 1852, 1862. SWEDEN. Regiones , Eegiones Regiones (Alum Slates &c.) Abbreviations. H. h. 1, 2. 3 G. g. 1, 2, 3. F. f. 1, 2. E. e. 1,2. D.d. 1,2,3,4,5. C. c. 1. P, E, ED. D, C, CB. B, A. RUSSIA. ft ft P o Coralline Limestone (base) Brandschiefer Schist Pleta=Orthoceras Limestone Obolus Sandstone ? I Blue Clay J Corall. L. Inflam. Sch. Pleta. NORWAY. 3 Groups. Upper Malm6=Wenlock and Ludlow. 4 ,, Lower Malm6=Llandovery. 3 ,, Oscarsal = Caradoc. 3 ,, Upper Oslo=Llandeilo. — Lower Oslo = Stiper Stones. (Kjerulf, Journ. Geol. Soc. Lend. xiv. 36.) Specimen of the Catalogue of the Primordial Fossils of Western and Northern Newfoundland, as represented by letters.—Edw. Billings, Palaeontologist. (Sir W. E. Logan's Report, 1863.) Species. Potsdam. = Calciferous Sandst. NotBL. orTr. Slightly CH. =Point L6vis. 2020 feet. 1839 feet thick. 1084 feet. 1677 feet. A. B. C. D. E. F. G. + H. I. K. L. M. N. 0. P. Lepta!na decipiens Holopea Ophelia Bathyurus perplexus, &c. &o. &c. + + +