No. l8.] TRIASSIC FISHES OF CONNECTICUT. 35 



of the Shinarump material suggests the foreshadowing of 

 Jurassic conditions, and on that account the fauna announces 

 itself as proemial, to employ Dr. Clarke's expressive term. The 

 condition of the remains from the Kanab Canyon region is ex- 

 tremely fragmentary, and among them only the genus Pholid- 

 ophorus and certain Lepidotidae appear to be tolerably well 

 indicated. 



