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included a particularly fine set of Stromatoporoids. Unlike many of 

 the earlier paleontologists, Roming-er was most careful to accurately 

 label his material, giving the exact horizon and locality. This, of 

 course, added enormously to the value of his collections. 



He will be remembered by paleontologists, particularly those who 

 appreciate the importance of such methods, as being one of the first, 

 if not the first, to study fossil corals, Stromatoporoids and Bryozoa, 

 by means of thin-sections. Many species of fossils and one genus, 

 the unique coral Rouiingeria, are named in his honor. 



He was married in 1854 to Frederika Meyer, of Tubingen, by 

 whom he had two daughters, Louise and Marie, and one son. Dr. 

 Louis Rominger, now of Louisville, Kentucky. 



His bibliography is given as follows : 



Beitrage zur Kenntnisse der Bohmischen Kreide. Waiblingen, 1845. 

 Vergleichnung des Schweizer Juras mit der Wiirtembergischen Alp, Tubin- 

 gen, 1846. 

 True Position of the So-called Waukesha Limestone of Wisconsin. Am. 



Jour, of Sci., 2d series, vol. 34, p. 136, 1862. 

 Paleozoic Rocks (of the Upper Peninsula). Geol. Surv. of Mich., 1869-1S73, 



vol. I, pt. 3, 102 pp., 1873. 

 Observations on the Ontonagon Silver Mining District and the Slate Quarries 



of Huron Bay. Geol. Surv. of Mich., 1873-1876, vol. in, pt. i, Appendix 



A, pp. 151-166, 1876. 

 Geology of the Lower Peninsula. Geol. Surv. of Mich., 1873-1876, vol. in, pt. 



I, 166 pp., 1876. 

 Paleontology (of the Lower Peninsula). Fossil Corals. Geol. Surv. of Mich., 



vol. Ill, pt. 2, 225 pp. and 55 pis. 

 Marquette Iron Region. Geol. Surv. of Mich., 1878-1880, vol. iv, pt. i, pp. 



1-154, map, 1881. 

 Menominee Region. Geol. Surv. of Mich., 1878-1880, vol. iv, pt. 2, 241 pages, 



map, 1881. 

 A Sketch from the State Geologist. In Michigan and its Resources, 1881. 

 Observation in Chsetetes and some related Genera in regard to their systematic 



position, with an appended description of some new species. Proc. Acad. 



Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, May, 1886, p. 36. (Title only.) 

 On the Minute Structure of Stromatopora and its Allies. Proc. Acad. Nat. 



Sci. Philadelphia, 1886. 

 Descriptions of Primordial Fossils from Mt. Stephen, Northwestern Territory 



of Canada. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1887, pt. i, pp. 12-19, pl- i- 

 Rejoinder to Mr. C. D. Walcott (on Primordial Fossils from Mt. Stephen, 



Canada). American Geologist, vol. 11, pp. 256-359, 1888. 

 Studies on Monticulipora. American Geologist, August, 1890. 

 On the Occurrence of Typical Chsetetes in the Devonian Strata at the Falls of 



the Ohio and likewise in the Analogous Beds of the Eifel of Germany. 



American Geologist, vol. x, pp. 56-63, 1892. 

 Geological Report on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, exhibiting the progress 



of work from 1881-1884. Iron and copper regions. Geol. Surv. of Mich., 



vol. V, pt. I, pp. r-179, with map and geologic cross-sections. 1895. 



