Vol I. 



Grabau OnJurician Fossils from North China 



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mostly continuous, very thin, and slightly serrate. They form a pronounced contrast 



with the inner portions of the septa which, in section, are discontinuous. Occasionally 

 t\vo of the outer septa become confluent. 



The following are the measurements of this section: 



Longer diameter, exterior 3G mm. 



,, ,, interior 13 ,, 



Thickness of thecarium 16 ,, 







Thickness on opposite side 7 ,, 



Transverse diameter, exterior 28 ,, 



,, ,, interior 11 ,, 



Thickness of thecarium 8 , , 



Thickness on opposite side 9 ,, 



A specimen (Plate I, fig. 2), which evidently has been compressed laterally, has 

 a present maximum diameter on the exposed weathered surface of 80 mm., while the 

 shorter diameter is 40 mm. A series of sections cut across this caliculum 25, 27 and 80 

 mm. from the exposed surface, and parallel to it, shows so little difference in measure- 

 ments that we must infer that the caliculum, in this part at least, was subcylindrical. 

 These facts are brought out by a comparison of the following measurements. (Section 

 No. 4 is nearest the top of the caliculum). 



If the tapering was fairly uniform the length of the specimen must have been 

 between 35 and 40 centimeters; actually it was probably about half that. 



A third specimen, the largest obtained (Plate I tig. 1.) shows the following 

 measurements on the exposed weathered surface and in a section 50 mm. below this and 

 parallel to it. The total length was probably 20 cm. or over. 



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