ON THE ORGANIC REMAINS OF THE COAL- 

 MEASURES OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE, 

 THEIR RANGE AND DISTRIBUTION, WITH 

 A CATALOGUE OF THE FOSSILS AND 

 THEIR MODE OF OCCURRENCE. 



BY JOHN WARD, F.G.S. 



SINCE the formation of the North Staffordshire Naturalists' 

 Field Club, papers treating upon special branches, chiefly 

 of the fauna of the coal-measures of North Staffordshire, 

 have been brought before the notice of the members, but 

 no attempt has hitherto been made to catalogue the 

 fauna and flora as a whole. It must not be understood 

 that the present lists represent the whole of the organic 

 remains of these coal-measures, but they are complete so 

 far as our investigations have at present extended. Before 

 a more comprehensive list can be given, a more exhaustive 

 search will be required in the various fossiliferous strata. 

 This is especially the case with the flora: a more careful 

 search would add many species not recorded in our list. 



The fauna of these coal-measures have for many years 

 occupied the attention of several observers, special considera- 

 tion has been given to the fossil fishes, and a large series 

 has been collected which will compare favourably both 

 in variety and extent with those from any of our British 

 coalfields. In the coal-measures of North Staffordshire we 

 have represented most of the genera which occur in the 



