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GASTROPODA. 



Gyrodes crenata Con. 



Turritella merchantvillensis n. sp. 



CEPHALOPODA. 



Placcnticeras placenta (DeKay). 



Locality 140. Near Jamesburg the Merchahtville clay-marl 

 is exposed at several points and is abundantly fossiliferous. The 

 most northeastern locality in this region, from which collections 

 of fossils have been made, is situated about 3.5 miles a little north 

 of east from the town of Jamesburg, at a road corner .5 miles 

 west of Texas on Matchaponix Brook. This is an isolated out- 

 crop by the roadside, which, in its present weathered condition, 

 is a yellow, ferruginous, sandy bed. The species which have 

 been identified from this locality are as follows : 



VERMES. 



Hawtulus sp. 



PELECYPODA. 



Nucula itMtfieldi n. sp. 

 Leda compressifrons (Whitf.). 

 Perrisonota protexta Con. 

 Yoldia sp. 



Nemodon eufaulensis (Gabb). 

 Axinea subaustralis d'Orb. 

 Pinna laqueata Con. 

 Anomia argentaria Mort. 

 Anatina jamesburgensis n. sp. ? 

 Liopistha alternata n. sp. 

 Veniella conradi Mort. 

 Btea trapezoidea (Con.). 

 Hriphyla conradi (Whitf.) 

 Cardium tenuistriatum (Whitf.). 

 Cardium ripleyanum Con. 

 Protocardia jersey ensis n. sp. 

 Meretrix sp. 



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