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  AND 
  VICINITY 
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  Fig 
  34 
  Favosites 
  veuustus 
  with 
  longitudinal 
  and 
  transverse 
  sections 
  

  

  Found 
  in 
  the 
  Lockport 
  limestone 
  at 
  Lockport 
  and 
  Niagara, 
  often 
  

   replaced 
  by 
  anhydrite 
  or 
  other 
  materials. 
  

  

  Favosites 
  parasiticus 
  (Hall)^ 
  (Fig- 
  35)- 
  Astrocerium 
  par- 
  

   as 
  iti 
  cum 
  Hall 
  (1852. 
  Pal. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  2:122, 
  pi. 
  34) 
  Not 
  F. 
  

   parasiticus 
  Phillips. 
  

  

  Distinguishing 
  characters. 
  Hemispheric 
  

   or 
  spheroidal 
  coralla, 
  independent 
  or 
  at- 
  .-'^ 
  ^^^ 
  

  

  tached 
  to, 
  or 
  enveloping 
  other 
  bodies; 
  un- 
  '';^ 
  

  

  equal 
  size 
  of 
  calyxes, 
  which 
  are 
  stellate 
  ;f 
  "^ 
  ii^ 
  

  

  from 
  septal 
  spines, 
  of 
  which 
  there 
  are 
  from 
  ^ 
  '-^\r 
  -^ 
  ^j^^"'^^^ 
  

  

  12 
  to 
  24; 
  subcircular 
  outline 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Fig. 
  35 
  Favosites 
  parasiticus 
  

  

  larger 
  calyxes, 
  the 
  majority 
  being 
  angular. 
  

  

  Found 
  in 
  the 
  Bryozoan 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  Rochester 
  shales 
  in 
  the 
  Niagara 
  

   sections. 
  Also 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  limestone 
  at 
  Lockport 
  

   (Hall). 
  

  

  Favosites 
  pyriformis 
  (Hall)^ 
  (Fig- 
  36). 
  Astrocerium 
  pyri- 
  

   forme 
  Hah 
  (1852. 
  Pal. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  2:123, 
  pi. 
  34A) 
  

  

  Distinguishing 
  characters. 
  Irregularly 
  subturbinate, 
  pyriform 
  or 
  

   spheroidal 
  form 
  of 
  corallum; 
  corallites 
  radiating 
  from 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  extended 
  base, 
  spreading 
  out 
  above 
  and 
  rapidly 
  increasing 
  in 
  

   number 
  by 
  interstitial 
  addition; 
  calyxes 
  varying 
  from 
  triangular 
  to 
  

  

  ^These 
  species 
  are 
  regarded 
  by 
  Whiteaves 
  and 
  Lambe 
  as 
  synonyms 
  of 
  

   Favosites 
  hisingeri 
  E. 
  and 
  H. 
  

  

  