of the Island of Tasmania. 155 



the aspect of some of these fossil plants is not paleozoic ; 

 and at one time discredit was thrown upon the statement 

 that such plant remains were found under the marine 

 paleozoic fossils. There can be no question whatever that 

 they are found under the marine paleozoic organisms.* It 

 is generally admitted that some of the coal beds are more 

 recent than others, as for instance those of Fingal, but the 

 relative position has not been accurately worked out. As 

 instances of where the fossiliferous strata are found I may 

 mention the valley of the Derwent, New Norfolk, Mount 

 Dromedary, Tasman's Peninsula, the valley of the Tamar, 

 the Mersey, the Don, many places on the East Coast of 

 the island, Oatlands, Fingal, &c. 



The following fossils are recorded as from Tasmanian 

 carboniferous deposits : — Plantce, Glossopteris browniana, 

 G. ampla, G. elongata, G. linearis, G. reticulatum (var. 

 browniana ?), Lepidodendron sp ? Phyllotheca hookeri, 

 Alethopteris australis, Thinnfeldia odontopteroides, Sphe- 

 nopteris alata, Vertebraria australis ? Endogenophyllites 

 wellingtonensis, Zengophyllites elongatus. 



Animalia, Favosites ovata, Stenopora informis, S. tas- 

 maniensis, Fenestella plebeia, F. ampla,*)*E. antiqua (F. densa) 

 (F. fossula), F. gracilis, Orthis michelini, Productus cora, P. 

 murchisonianus, P. pustulosus, P. rugatus, P. scabriculus, P. 

 n.s. close to P. prattianus (Davidson ms.), P. brachythcepus, 

 P. granulosus, P. n. s. (Davidson fide lit), Spirifera clarkei, 

 S. convoluta, S. rassicostata, S. glabra, S. stokesii, S. 

 strzeleckii, S. tasmaniensis, S. trigonalis, S. vespertilio, S. 

 12-costatus, S. darwinii, S. duplicostata, Strophomena 

 crenistria, Terebratula ambigua, T. sacculus, Astartilla ? 

 Aviculopecten limae-formis, A. squamuliferus, A. tasmaniensis 

 Othonota (?) compressa, Pachydomus carinatus, P. globosus, 

 Pterinea macroptera. 



It must be admitted that this is a most imperfect list, 

 but the fact is, that Tasmania, though extremely rich in 

 fossils of the upper Paleozoic rocks, has never had its 

 paleontology fairly worked out. It must also be remarked 

 that there are probably two coal floras. One, Oolitic (?), 



* See Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm., 1873, p. 36, where, in a paper on the Mersey 

 Coal Measures, by T. Stephens, Esq., M.A., the occurence of Glossopteris 

 browniana in beds underneath marine paleozoic fossils is recorded. 



f Proretepora, according to De Koninck, who unites four of the species. 

 See Foss. Pal, N.S.W., p. 178. 



