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In the lower bed of iron ore, as represented at the Webster 

 and Bhinchurd locations, the followiuc: fossils have been reooj^- 

 nized ; though in these beds the fossils are neither so abundant 

 nor so well preserved as in the upper beds. Those nmrked with 

 an asterisk are found also at Arisaif?. 



* Stenoimra ((■haeteten) (allied to S.Jibnwi). 

 -I* Crinoid stems. 



* Chonttcs Novitucoticd, Hail. 

 ■^ C. tniulstriittit. Hall, 



■■^ Spirlfar rugae- casta , Hall, 

 <S'. (a large species allied to aS'. arenom.) 



* Strophomena pro/umla , Hall, 

 '■''' S. rhomhotdalis, Wilck. 



'■^ RhynchoneVa SaJ'onfl, Hall. 



Ji. (large species with about 20 prominent undivided 



ribs, very characteristic of some parts of the iron ore.) 

 R. allied to R. nobilis, Hall. 

 Pcntanierus (allied to P. pseudo-gahutns). 

 Stricklandlnia BUliiigsi, n. s, (see infra), 

 Rensse/a rfa aqniradiata, Conrad. 



* Orthis fcsfudinaria, Dalman. 

 Piafi/rcras, sp. 



Plafyostoma dvpnssa, Hall, or allied, 

 '■'^ Orthoaras, aunulatcd (allied to 0. Ibex). 



* 0. punctnstriatum, Dawson. 



* Convdltes jiexuosHS, Hall. 



■^ CaJi/mcne Blumcnlmchii, Brong. 

 -'f- }Iom(donotns Daxcsoni, Hall. 

 IJomalonotus (finely banded pygidium ? n, s.) 



These fossils are not numerous, but they present the same 

 partly Clinton and partly Upper Hulderberg facies seen in the 

 middle portion of the Arisaig series. 



At the Ross location. East River, at the Holmes location, west 

 side of Sutherland's River, and at the east side of Sutherland's 

 River, in outcrops believed to be those of the upper bed, the 

 following species occur : — 



* Stenopora (allied to S. fibrosa). 

 Si/ringopora, sp, 



Cladopora. (slenderly branching species). 



* Crania Acadiensis, Hall. 



