ON THE FOSSIL FLORA AND FAUNA OF THE MIDLAND COALFIELDS. 105 



The Fossil Flora and Fauna of the Midland Coalfields. — Report of the 

 Committee, consisting of Dr. L. Moysey (Chairman), Dr. B. 

 Hobson (Secretary), Mr. H. Bolton, Dr. A. B. Dwerryhouse, 

 and Dr. Wheelton Hind, appointed to investigate the Fossil Flora 

 and Fauna of the Midland Coalfields. 



Investigation of the Fossil Flora and Fauna of the Midland Coal- 

 fields. By A. B. Horwood. 



I have collected personally in Warwickshire, and obtained assistance 

 in North Derbyshire, in addition to that rendered by men on the spot. 

 I wish to thank those who have collected for me in general, in addition 

 to those specially mentioned hereafter. As this is a general report, 

 minute details are not given. I also desire to thank Dr. Wheelton 

 Hind and Dr. A. Smith Woodward for identifying the mollusca and 

 fish respectively. I have examined the other fossils here recorded. 



Warwickshire. 



This small coalfield has not hitherto been examined palasonto- 

 logically, and the following results are therefore of special interest. 

 As far as possible every exposure or pit has been examined, and 

 although this report only covers three months' actual work, much has 

 been done since then which does not come into this report, which is 

 therefore only a partial record. The following fossils have all been 

 collected by me. The chief coal-seams are, in descending order: Four 

 Feet, Two Yard, Byder, Bare, Ell, Slate, Seven Feet, Double or Deep, 

 Bench. The Bed Bocks have also received attention. 



As a whole the flora and fauna of this tract resemble that of the 

 Leicestershire and South Derbyshire coalfield; and, like it, the state of 

 the fossils is very unsatisfactory, both plants and animal remains being 

 also rare. 



Abbreviations for the localities visited are as follows: — 



Ch. = Charity Pit, Bedworth. 

 Ex. = Exhall Colliery. 

 Gr.= Griff No. 4 Pit, Nuneaton. 

 Gr.Cl. = Griff Clara Pit, Nuneaton. 

 Ha. =Haunchwood Old Pit, Stocking- 

 ford. 



Ne.=Newdigate Colliery, near Bed- 

 worth. 

 Nu. = Nuneaton Colliery, Stockingford. 

 St. = Stockingford Old Colliery. 

 Tu. = Tunnel Pit, Stockingford. 

 Wy. = Wyken Colliery. 



Genera and Species 



PLANT.®. 



FlLICALES ET PTERIDOSPERM.E. 



Sphenopteris, spp. 

 Urnatopteris tenella (Brongt.) . 

 Crossotheca schatz larensis (Stur). 

 „ sp. ... 



Mariopteris mvricata (Schl.) 



* These horizons are now being examined. 



