WRITINGS OF F. B. MEEK. 71 



85. 



Mekk, F. B. Preliiuinary list of the fossils collectefl by Dr. Hayden's exploring ex- 

 pedition of 1871 in Utah and VVyoniiug Territories, with descriptions of a few new 

 species. <[Prelim. Rep. of U. S. Geol. Surv. of Montana and portions of adjacent 



Territories. [Report for lb71,] pp. 373-377. 1872. Washington, 1872. 



Page. 



Silurian fossils 373 



Carboniferous fossils 373-374 



Platyerinites ( Eucladocrinue) montanaensig, n. s., Meek, 1872 373-374 



Jurassic species 374-375 



Avieulopecten {Pseudomonotis ?) idahoensis, n. s., Meek, 1872 374-375 



Cretaceous species 375-376 



Ostrea idriaennis, Gabb?? 375 



Anoviia? gryphorhynchus, n. a., Meek, 1872 375-370 



Tertiary species 376 



Meek, F. B. Report on the Paleontology of Eastern Nebraska, with some remarks 



on the Carboniferous rocks of that district. <^Final Rep. of the U. S. Geol. Surv. 



of Nebraska and portions of the adjacent Territories, pp. 83-239. 11 plates. 



Washington, 1872. 



Carboniferous fossils only. Genus Rhombopora. 



Page. 



Introductory remarks 83 



Statement of a boring made in tbe Missouri Valley at Omtiha City, by the Union Pacific 



Kailroad Company, starting 22 feet above low-water mark of the Missouri 87-88 



Section of beds exposed at ISellevue, with an enumeration of the fossils found in each. . 89 



Section of the beds exposed on the north side of Platte River, between three and four 



miles from its mouth, with an enumeration of the fossils found in each bed 90-91 



Section of the beds exposed at Plattsmouth, with the names of the fossils found in 



each 93 



Section of the beds exposed at Rock Bluff, on the Missouri, with a statement of the 



fossils found in each 95-96 



Section of the rocks seen at Cedar Bluff 98 



Section at Wyoming, with an enumeration of the imbedded fossils 99 



Section at Bennett's mill 100 



Section of beds exposed at the Kebraska City landing, with an eniimeration of the 



fossils found in each 101-102 



Section IJ and 2i miles due west of Nebraska City 103 



Mr..Croxton'8 boring at Nebraska City 105-107 



Section of the beds exposed at Otoe City 107-108 



Sections of the various beds exposed at Brownville 110 



Sections one and a half miles below Brownville 111-112 



Sections of beds exposed at Aspinwall 112-113 



Si ction two miles above Rule, on the Missouri 114 



Shaft and boring one and one-fourth miles south of Rulo 115 



Section of a boring two miles south of Saint Joseph, 60 feet above high water of the 



Missouri... 117-118 



Section of the rocks exposed at Riverside, Kansas, and along the river bluff between 



there and the Atchison Landing 119-120 



Boring at Atchison, Kansas, commencing 22J feet above high- water mark of the Mis- 

 souri ; made by the Atchison Coal Company, 1865-'66 121-122 



Tabular list, illustrating the geological aud geographical range of the fossils of Eastern 



Nebiaska 124-127 



Remarks on the probability of finding valuable beds of coal within profitable working 



distance of the surface in Eastern Nebraska 134-139 



DBSCRU'TIONS OF FOSSILS. 



Protozoa. 



Foraminifrra. 

 FuMulina, Fischer. 

 F. eylindrica, Fischer, 1837, pi. i, fig. 2 ; pi. ii, fig. 1 ; pi. v, figs. 3a, b; pi. vii, figs. 8a, b.. 140-141 



Eadiata. 

 Polypi. 



lihoiiitiopora, Meek, n. g., 1872 141 



11. lepidodendroides, n. s.. Meek, 1872, pi. vii, figs. 2 a-/ 141-143 



Fistulipora, McCoy 143 



