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Genub TAXOCRLNTS. Phillips. 



[Ety. : Taxus, ye~w tree; hrinon, lily.] 

 (1843: Morris Cat. Brit. Foss., p. 90.) 



Calyx with dicyclie base; three infra-basals, small, mi- 

 equal, fused with top stem-joint; five small basals; five 

 radials; costals 2 x 5 to 3x5; interbrachials numerous. On 

 the truncated larger posterior brachial occurs a primary 

 anal, followed by numerous small secondary anals. All the 

 plates, from the radials upwards are united by loose sutures 

 or by muscular articulation. 



Taxocrintjs nuntius. Hall. (Compare Fig. 27.) 



(Forbesiocrinus nuntius. Hall, loth Rep't X. Y. State 

 Mus. Nat. Hist,, p. 124.) 



Distinguishing Characters. — Costals 2 x 5, increasing rap- 

 idly in width from the radials; distichals 3 x 10 decreas- 

 ing in width from below upwards; 

 (d s ) axillary; palmars four in one 

 branch, seven in the next one, upper 

 palmars axillary; strongly granu- 

 lose or papillose surface; strong- 

 ridge on center of plates; stout 

 obtuse spine on center of axillary 

 plates. 



Found "in the shales of the Ham- 

 ilton group, associated with Platy- 

 erinus eriense, Spirifer granuliferus, 

 S. mucronatus, Strophodonta de- 

 nrissa, Orthis penelope, and other 

 characteristic Hamilton fossils in 

 Erie County, N. Y." (Hall.) This 

 association suggests the Demissa 

 bed . 



The description here given is con- 

 densed from that of Hall. So far as 

 I am aware, the species has not been 



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figured. 



The following illustration 



Fig. 'Y> Taxocrinus nuntius (1). 

 Calyx and fragments of arms, x 

 •-'. 3. i < (riginal.) 



