BE A — CAI,.] 



PROTOZOA. 



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branches, which arise from a reticulated 

 base ; base covered with a dermal layer, 

 which exhibits on its inner side a net- 

 work of substtdlate or irregularly 

 branched spicule fiber ; spicules acerate, 

 bifid, trifid, or four-rayed. Type B. 

 spicata. 

 spicata, Ulrich, (in press,) Geo. Sur. 

 111., vol. 8, p. 246, Coal Meas. 



Beatricea, Billings, 1875, Rep. of Progr. 

 Geo. Sur. Can., p. 343. [Ety. proper 

 name.] This genus was supposed by 

 Hyatt (Am. Jour. Sci. and Arts, 1865,) 

 to belong to the class Cephalopoda, 

 and he proposed a new order for the 

 genus, to-wit : Ceriolites, from kerion, 

 a honey-comb ; lithos, a stone ; and a 

 family Ceriolidse. They are, however, 

 long, cylindrical spongeoid bodies. Type 

 B. nodulosa. 

 nodulosa, Billings, 1857, Rep. of Progr. 

 Geo. Sur. Can., p. 344, Trenton and 

 Hud. Riv. Gr. 

 undulata, Billings, 1857, Rep. of Progr. 

 Geo. Sur. Can., p. 344, Trenton Gr. 



Belemnospongia, Ulrich, (in press,) Geo. 

 Sur. 111., vol. 8, p. 248. [Ety. belemnos, 

 a dart; spongia, sponge.] Composed of 

 elongate acerate spicules, which radiate 

 upward and outward from a pointed 

 base; spicules large, and joined to each 

 other by short processes. Type B. fas- 

 cicularis. 

 fascicularis, Ulrich, (in press,) Geo. Sur. 

 111., vol. 8, p. 248, Burhngton Gr. 



Blumenbachium, Konig, 1820, Icones fossiles, 

 sectiles. 

 meniscus, see Astneospongia meniscus. 



Brachiospongia, Marsh, 1867, Am. Jour. 

 Sci. and Arts, 2d ser., vol. 44, p. 88. 

 [Ety. brachium, arm ; spongia, sponge.] 

 A short vase or hollow central nucleus, 

 throwing out large, hollow arms, which 

 are closed at the distal extremities ; 

 skeleton comparatively thin and bear- 

 ing a network of spicules ; all observed 

 specimens are silicious, and outer sur- 

 face therefore destroyed. Type B. 

 digitata. 



Fig. 92.— Brachiospongia digitata. % diam., show- 

 ing large gastral cavity. 



digitata, Owen, 1857, (Scyphia digitata,) 

 Geo. of Ky., vol. 2, p. Ill, Trenton Gr. 



hoveyi, Marsh, 1874, Trans. Kansas Acad. 

 Sci., p. 344, syn. for B. digitata, but 



founded on a specimen having twelve 

 arms. 



lyoni, Marsh, 1867, Am. Jour. Sci. and 

 Arts, 2d ser., vol. 44. p. 88, syn. for B. 

 digitata, but founded on a specimen 

 having eleven arms. 



roemerana, Marsh, 1867, Am. Jour. Sci. and 

 Arts, 2d ser., vol. 44, p. 88, syn. for 

 B digitata. 

 Calathium, Billings, 1865, Pal. Foss., vol. 1, 

 p. 208. [Ety. kalathos, a small wicker bas- 

 ket] Cylindroturbinate in form, per- 

 forated by small canals arranged in 

 longitudinal and transverse rows; ap- 

 ertures round, oval, or quadrangular; 

 cup deer . Type C. formosum. 



affine, Billings, 1865, 

 Pal. Foss. vol. 1, p. 

 209, Quebec Gr. 



anstedi, Billings. 1865, 

 Pal. Foss., vol. 1, p. 

 201 and 337, Quebec 

 Gr. 



canadense, Billings, 

 1865, Pal. Foss., vol. 

 1, p. 377, Chazy Gr. 



fittoni, Billings, 1865, FlG - 93 -Calathium 

 r> l i7 ii canndense. Verti- 



cal, ross., vol. l, p. ca i section, showing 

 211, Quebec Gr. cup. 



formosum, Billings, 

 1865, Pal. Foss., vol. 1, p. 209, Quebec Gr. 



infelix, Ulrich & Everett, (in press,) Geo. 

 Sur. 111., vol, 8. p. 274, Trenton Gr. 



Fig. 94— Calathium forinosuin. 



pannosnm, Billings, 1865, Pal. Foss., vol. 

 1, p. 335, Quebec Gr. 



paradoxicum, Billings, 1865, Pal. Foss., 

 vol. 1, p. 358, Calcif. Gr. Hinde, in 

 18S9, Quaf. Jour. Geo. Soc, p. 144, 

 made this species the type of a new 

 genus, Nipterella. 

 Calcarina, D'Orbigny, 1826, Tableau Meth- 

 odique de la Classe des Cephalopodes, 

 in Annates des Sciences Naturelles, 

 tome 7. [Ety. calcis, limestone.] Free, 

 convoluted, depressed, spire-coiled, sup- 

 plemental growths of the interior shell, 

 aperture slit in the terminal chamber 

 close to the penultimate convolution. 

 A living genus in tropical seas. 



ambigua, Brady, 1878, Monograph of Car- 

 boniferous and Permian foraminifera, 

 p. 141, Carboniferous. 

 Calcisph^ra, Williamson, 1880, Mem. Org. 

 of the plants of the Coal Meas., pt. 10. 

 [Ety. calcis, limestone; sphsera, sphere.] 

 A minute globular test, having an aper- 

 ture ; wall composed of minute calcare- 

 ous grains. Type C. robusta. 



