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minutistriatu'm var. dumblei Harris, n. 

 var. Venericardia planicosta Lam., Dis- 

 tortio septemdentata Gabb, Solarium 

 alveatum Con., S. vespertinum Gabb, Phos 

 texana Gabb, var. Chrysodomus parbrazana 

 Harris, n. sp., Natica arata Gabb, N. semi- 

 lunata var. janthinops Harris, Pyrula 

 (Fusoficula) texana Aid., Turritella nasuta 

 Gabb, Turritella dumblei Harris, n. sp. 51 



6. Fossiliferous iron ore 1 foot. 



7. Fossiliferous green clay containing most of 



the fossils found in No. 5 with Atys. 

 Bulimella kellogii Gabb, Pleurotoma 

 (Cochlespira) engonata, Con., PI. child- 

 reni Lea, var. bilota Harris, PI. retifera 

 PL (Mangelia) infans var. Mr., Can- 

 cillaria tortiplica Con., C. panonis var. 

 smithvillensis Harris, Byssoarca eueul- 

 loides Con., Turnicula polita Gabb, 

 Corbula alabamensis Lea, Cadulus 

 sub-coareuatus Gabb, Pyramidella pre- 

 exilis Con., var., Solarium, acutum var. 

 meeJcanum Harris, Meslia Claibornensis 

 Con., Terebra texagyran. sp. var. Harris. 52 



The next section is shown at Moseley's Ferry on the Brazos. This 

 is the section referred to by Dr. Ferdinand Roemur as being visited 

 by him in 1847 and which he characterized as "consisting of 

 alternate strata of brown ferruginous sandstones and of dark colored 

 plastic clays, both teeming with fossils." 22 The bluff here extends 

 along the river a distance of about 1,500 feet and is from 25 to 30 

 feet high. With the exception of the upper 15 feet of brown sand 

 it is fossiliferous throughout. The fossils are very well preserved, 

 exceedingly plentiful and easily obtained. The dip of the beds as 

 shown in this bluff is between 50 and 55 feet per mile, but it may be 

 said that throughout this region as well as other portions of the older 

 Eocene reliable dips are very hard to obtain. 



ftl Harris MSS. 



52 Am. J. of Sci. Vol. vi, Second series, 1848, p. 23. 



