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This rare species makes its first appearance in Miocene 

 deposits. At the present day it is found usually in shallow 

 or moderately shallow water, but has occasionally been 

 found at depths of over 2,000 fathoms. 



From a well in Santa Clara County, California; one 

 specimen. 



Subfamily NODOSARIIN^. 

 Nodosaria Lamarck [1816]. 

 Nodosaria radicula (Linne). 



Plate XXIX, Fig. ii. 



Nautilus radicula Linne, 1767, Syst. Nat., 12th Ed., pp. 285, 1164; —1788, 

 Ibid., 13th (Gmelin's) Ed., Vol. I, Pt. 6, p. 3373, No. 18. Montagu, 

 1803, Test. Brit., p. 197, PI. VI, fig. 4. 



Nodosaria radicula d'Orbigny, 1826, Ann. Sci. nat.. Tome VII, p. 252, No. 

 3, Modele No. i. Brady, 1884, Chall. Kept., Vol. IX, p. 495, PI- LXl, 

 figs. 28-31. Egger, 1895, Naturhist. Ver. Passau, Jahresber. XVI, p. 

 20, PI. II, fig. 3- 



A species having a wide range both as to depth and geo- 

 graphical distribution. Its geological range is also exten- 

 sive, dating as far back as the Permian. 



Santa Clara County, California; occasional. 

 Nodosaria pauperata d' Orbigny. 



Plate XXIX, Fig. 12. 



Dentalina pauperata d'Orbigny, 1846, For. Foss. Vienne, p. 46, PI. I, figs. 



57. 58. 

 Nodosaria (Dentalina) pauperata Brady, 1884, Chall. Rapt., Vol. IX, pp. 

 500, 501; woodcuts, figs. 14 a~c. Rupert Jones, 1896, Monograph Crag 

 Foram., Part UI, 1S95, pp. 224-226, PI. I, figs. 13-18, 20. 



This species ranges from the Lias to deposits of recent 

 date. It is a variable form in the Calif ornian deposits; 

 some of the specimens closely approach JV. consobrina, 

 whilst others pass into N. farcinien or N. soluta. 



Santa Clara County, California; frequent. 



