38 THE PALEONTOLOGY OF MINNESOTA. 
(Nodosaria communis. 
Dentalina deflexa, Id., Ibid., p. 43, pl. ii, fig. 19. 
Nodosoria nuda, Id., Ibid., p. 38, pl. ii, figs. 8, 9. 
Dentalina fasciata SEQUENZA, 1862. Rhizopod. d. Catania; Acad. Gioenia Atti,(2) vol. xviii, p. 12, Disa, 
fig. 1. 
Dentalina indifferens REUSS, 1863. Sept. Thon Offenbach; Wien. Ak. Sitz.—Ber., 1, 48, p. 44, pl. ii, 
figs. 15, 16. 
Dentalina communis PARKER and JONES, 1865. North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans; Phil. Trans., p. 
342, pl. xiii, fig. 10. 
Dentalina consobrinad PARKER and JONES, 1865. North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean; Phil. Trans., 
p. 342, pl. xvi, fig. 3. 
Dentalina equalis KARRER, 1865. Foram Griinsandstein N. Zeeland; Novara Reise, geol. Theil, 1, 
2, p. 74, pl. xvi, fig. 1. 
Dentalina inornata REwss, 1865. Sept. Thon Offenbach ; Wien. Ak. Sitz.—Ber., 1, 48, p.45, pl. ii, fig. 18. 
Nodosaria vermiculum Reuss, 1865. Foram. deutsch. Sept. Thon; Wien. Ak. Dkschr., 1, 25, 1, p. 133, 
\ pl. ii, figs. 14, 15. 
Nodosaria approximata, Id., Ibid., pl. ii, fig. 22. 
Dentalina communis sub-var. pauperata PARKER and JONES, 1866. Crag. Foram.; Pal. Soc., vol. xix, 
p. 58, pl. i, figs. 13, 20. 
Nodosaria neugeboreni SCHWAGER, 1869. Novara-Exped., geol. Theil, vol. ii, p. 232, pl. vi, fig. 67. 
Nodosaria gracilescens, Id., Ibid., p. 234, pl. vi, fig. 70. 
Nodosaria pupiformis KARRER, 1867. Foram. Fauna Osterreich ; Wien. Ak. Sitz.—Ber., 1, 55, p. 354, 
pl. i, fig. 5. 
Dentalina aherculea GéMBEL, 1868. Nordalp. Eocan; Abh. k. Bayr. Ak., 1, 10, 2, p. 621, pl. i, fig. 34. 
Dentalina linearis, Id., Ibid., p. 622, pl. i, fig. 36. 
Dentalina glandulifera, Id., Ibid., p. 622, pl. i, fig. 37. 
Dentalina fusiformis, Id., Ibid., pl. 621, pl. i, fig. 35. 
Dentalina korynephora Gt MBEL, 1869. Foram. St. Cassin u. Raibl. Sch.; Oster. geol. Reichsanst., 
Jharb. xix, p. 176, pl. v, fig. 1. 
Dentalina transmontana, Id., Ibid., p. 177, pl. v, fig. 17. 
Dentatina inorta TERQUEM, 1870, Foram. du Syst. Oolith., 3 ™*e Mem., p. 262, pl. xxvii, figs. 26-34. 
Nodosaria peracuta REUSS, 1873. Geinitz, Elthalgeb. Sachsen, 2, p. oD li, fig. 21. 
Nodosaria annulata, Id., Ibid., p. 85, pl. ii, figs. 19, 20. 
Dentalina budensis HANTKEN, 1875. Mittheil. Jahrb. d. k. ung. geol. Anstalt, vol. iv, p. 34. pl. xiii, 
figs. 7, 12. 
Dentalina boneana HANTKEN, 1875. Foram. lay. Szab. Sch.; Mittheil. Jahrb. d. k. ung. geol. Anstalt, 
p. 34, pl. xii, figs. 11, 19. 
Dentalina communis BRADY, 1876. Carbonif., and Perm. Foram.; Pal. Soc., vol. xxx, p, 127, pl. x, figs. 
Ty, 1G} 
Nodosaria clava KARRER, 1878. Foram. Luzon; Bolet. Comis. Mapa Geol. del Espana, 7, 2, p. 16, 
pl. H, fig. 11. 
Nodosaria communis Gors, 1882. Reticularian Rhizopoda of the Caribbean Sea; K. S. Vet. Akad. 
Hand., vol. xix, p. 26, pl. i, figs. 11-16. 
Nodosaria legumen, Id., Ibid., p. 34, pl. ii, figs. 20-31. 
Nodosaria (D) communis BRADY, 1884. Report on Foram. H. M.S. Challenger, Zool., vol. ix, p. 504, 
pl. Ixii, figs. 19-22. ; 
“ N. (D.) communis, testa elongata, arcuata, levigata ; postice acuminata, caudata ; 
loculis numerosis, obliquis, ultimo supra convexo, acuminato, primo convexo ; 
suturis subcomplantis; apertura minima, radiata.” D’Orpreny. (1840, Mém. Soe. 
Géol. de France, vol. iv, p. 18.) 
N.(D.) communis, shell elongated, arched, smooth ; posteriorly acuminate, caudate ; 
numerous chambers, oblique, last very convex, acuminate, first convex ; sutures sub- 
complanate ; very small aperture radiate. 
Locality. Saline county, Nebraska. 
This species seems to be very rare in the western Cretaceous ; in the material examined we found 
only one perfect specimen and two fragments, It is very abundant and well preserved in the Cretaceous 
of New Jersey, at Timber creek and Mullica hill. 
