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Protaraea tenuis (Billings). 



Heliolites tenuis Billings, Canadian Nat. Geol., n. s., 2, 1865, p. 428; Cat. Sil. 

 Foss. Anticosti, Geol. Surv. Canada, 1866, p. 32. — Nicholson and Etheridge, 

 Mon. Sil. Foss. Girvan District, 1880, p. 247.— Koemer, Leth. Geog., pt. 1, 

 Leth. Pal., 1883, p. 508. 

 Gamachian (Ellis Bay): Gamache Bay, Anticosti. 

 Observation. — Compare Protarea richmondensis Foerste. 



Protaraea verneuili Edwards and Haime. Not recognizable. 



Protaraea verneuili Edwards and Haime, Mon. d. Polyp. Foss. d. Terr. Pal. (Arch 

 du Mus. d'hist. Nat., 5), 1851, p. 209; Ann. Sci. Nat., 3d ser., Zool., 16, 1851, 

 p. 47.— Milne-Edwards, Hist. Nat. d. Corall., 3, 1860, p. 185.— Duncan, Kep. 

 41st Meeting British Assoc. Adv. Sci., 1872, p. 123.— Roemer, Leth. geog., pt. 

 1, Leth. Pal., 1883, p. 455. — James, Jour. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., 15, pt. 4, 

 1893, p. 150.— Lindstrom, Kongl. Sven. Vet.-Acad. Handl., 32, No. 1, 1899, 

 p. 110.— Foerste, Bull. Sci. Lab. Denison Univ., 14, 1909, p. 309 (see for 

 remarks) . 



Lower Silurian : Alexanderville, Ohio. 



Protar.ea vetusta of authors. See Protaraea richmondensis. 



Protaraea vetusta (Hall). 



Porites? vetusta Hall, Pal. New York, 1, 1847, p. 71, pi. 25, figs. 5a, b. 

 Astraeopora vetusta D'Orbigny, Prodr. de Pal., 1, 1850, p. 25 (gen. ref.). 

 Heliolites vetusta Hall, 12th Pep. New York State Cab. Nat. Hist., 1859, p. 74 



(gen. ref.). 

 Protaraea vetusta, Edwards and Haime, Ann. Sci. Nat., 3d ser., Zool., 16, 1851, 



p. 47.— Nicholson, Rep. Pal. Prov. Ontario, pt. 2, 1875, p. 9.— Roemer, 



Leth. geog., pt. 1, Leth. Pal., 1883, p. 455.— Lambe, Cont. Canadian Pal. 



Geol. Surv. Canada, 4, pt. 1, 1899, p. 90, pi. 5, figs. 8, 8a. 

 Trenton: Watertown, etc., New York; Ontario; Minnesota, etc. 



Protaraea vetusta magna Whiteaves. 



Protarea (vetusta? var.) magna Whiteaves, Pal. Foss., Geol. Surv. Canada, 3, pt. 3, 



1897, p. 155, pi. 18, figs. 2, 3, 3a. 

 Protarea vetusta var. magna Lambe, Cont. Canadian Pal., Geol. Surv. Canada, 4, 



pt. 1, 1899, p. 91. 

 Protaraea magna Kiar, Vid.-Selek. Skrifter, Math, naturw. Kl., No. 10, 1903, p. 50. 

 Richmond : Lower Fort Garry, Manitoba. 



Protaraea walkerl (Spencer). 



Caunopora walkeri Spencer, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, 4, 1884, p. 596, pi. 6, 

 figs. 9, 9a; Bull. Mus. Univ. Missouri, 1, 1884, p. 46, pi. 4, figs. 9, 9a; Cana- 

 dian Nat., 10, 1883, p. 165— Miller, N. A. Geol. Pal., 1889, p. 156, fig — 

 Nicholson, Mon. British Strom., 1892, p. 26. — Whiteaves, Canadian Rec. Sci. 

 7, 1896, p. 144. 



Protarea walkeri Parks, Univ. Toronto Studies (Geol. Ser.), No. 5, 1908, p. 60, 

 pi. 15, figs. 1, 2. 



Niagaran (?Rochester): Hamilton, Ontario. 



PROTASTER Forbes. Genotype: P. sedgwicki Forbes. 



Protaster Forbes, Mem. Geol. Surv. United Kingdom, dec. 1, 1849, pp. 1-2, pi. 4. — 

 Murchison, Siluria, 1854, p. 221, fig. 39^.— Forbes, in McCoy's Pal. Rocka 

 Foss., 1855, p. 60.— Salter, Rep. 26th Meeting British Assoc. Adv. Sci., Notes, 

 Abstracts, 1857, p. 76; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 2d ser., 20, 1857, p. 325.— 

 Pictet, Traite" de Pal., 2d ed., 4, 1857, p. 277.— Hall, Pal. New York, 3, for 



