﻿A. 
  W. 
  WATERS 
  ON 
  FOSSILS 
  FROM 
  OBERBURG, 
  8TYRIA. 
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  follow 
  strata 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  age 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  Eibiswald 
  and 
  Sotzka, 
  which 
  

   occur 
  so 
  well 
  developed 
  in 
  Central 
  Styria. 
  

  

  Reuss 
  found 
  ten 
  species 
  of 
  Anthozoa 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  those 
  from 
  Castel 
  

   Gomberto 
  ; 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  Mollusca 
  bear 
  out 
  the 
  same 
  conclusion, 
  the 
  

   beds 
  must 
  at 
  present 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  parallel. 
  It 
  would 
  seem 
  that 
  the 
  

   Oberburg 
  beds 
  are 
  not 
  the 
  youngest 
  Nummulitic 
  beds, 
  as 
  they 
  should 
  

   probably 
  be 
  correlated 
  with 
  the 
  Lucasana 
  beds 
  of 
  Hantken, 
  as 
  deve- 
  

   loped 
  in 
  Hungary, 
  which 
  are 
  overlain 
  by 
  the 
  Tchihatcheffi-Schichten 
  

   of 
  western 
  Hungary. 
  These 
  last 
  come 
  to 
  light 
  again 
  near 
  Vienna, 
  at 
  

   Stockerau. 
  The 
  Lucasana 
  beds 
  contain 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  corals 
  

   very 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  Oberburg 
  ; 
  Reuss 
  considered 
  them 
  the 
  equi- 
  

   valent 
  of 
  the 
  Castel 
  -Gomberto 
  beds 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  exact 
  correspondence 
  

   has 
  been 
  disputed 
  by 
  Hantken. 
  

  

  The 
  Eocene 
  beds 
  were 
  evidently 
  deposited 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  bay 
  extending 
  

   from 
  Neustift 
  to 
  St. 
  Florian 
  (near 
  Schonstein) 
  and 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Prassberg. 
  

   Since 
  their 
  deposition 
  these 
  beds 
  have 
  been 
  raised 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  over 
  

   2000 
  feet. 
  

  

  Discussion. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Duncan 
  commented 
  on 
  the 
  sad 
  loss 
  which 
  science 
  had 
  lately 
  

   sustained 
  in 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Prof. 
  Eeuss, 
  from 
  whose 
  labours 
  he 
  had 
  

   received 
  much 
  assistance, 
  and 
  with 
  whom 
  be 
  had 
  long 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  

   most 
  kindly 
  relations. 
  He 
  had 
  been 
  disposed 
  to 
  place 
  these 
  beds 
  

   among 
  the 
  Upper 
  Eocene 
  or 
  Oligocene 
  beds; 
  but 
  the 
  discovery 
  

   of 
  Nummulites 
  in 
  them 
  might 
  cause 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  

   horizon. 
  

  

  Q. 
  J. 
  G. 
  S. 
  No. 
  119. 
  2 
  b 
  

  

  