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small, anterior but not always terminal in position, subquadrate 

 in form, without any lip or thickened border. Ovicells not in- 

 frequent, flattened, rounded, sometimes a little wider than the 

 zocecia to* which they are attached. 



Formation and locality. Vincentown limesand, Timber Creek 

 (Gabb and Horn) ; Vincentown (154). 



Geographic distribution. New Jersey. 



Class BRACHIOPODA. 



Order ATREMATA. 



Family LINGULIDAB. 



Genus LINGULA Bruguiere. 



Lingula subspatulata Hall and Meek. 

 Plate XXVII., Figs. 20-21. 



1856. Lingula subspatulata H. & M., Mem. Am. Acad. Arts 



and Sci., n. ser., vol. 5, p. 380, pi. i, figs. 2a-b. 

 1864. Lingula subspatulata Meek, Check List Inv. Foss. N. A., 



Cret. and Jur., p. 4. 

 1875. Lingula subspatula White, Rep. Geog. and Geol. Surv. 



w. looth Merid., vol. 4, p. 169, pi. 15, fig. 4. 

 1889. Lingula subspatulata (?) Whiteaves, Cont. Can. Pal.,. 



vol. i, p. 185. 



Description. Shell subelliptical in outline, pointed posteriorly 

 and more or less subtruncate anteriorly, the lateral margins sub- 

 parallel, the antero-lateral angles rounded. Surface marked by 

 fine, concentric lines of growth, some of which are more con- 

 spicuous than others. The dimensions of one of the largest in- 

 dividuals observed are: length 19 mm., width 10 mm. 



Remarks. This species has been observed only in the fauna of 

 the Woodbury clay, in which formation at Lorillard it is rather 

 common. Among some thirty or more individuals observed, con- 

 siderable variation in outline may be seen. One specimen is 

 much more slender, more pointed posteriorly and more rounded 

 anteriorly, having much the form of L. mtida M. & H., from 



