CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. 



Introduction i 



Definition, i. Influence of the Character of the Bottom and Sedi- 

 ment, 2. Types of Fossils: (i) Actual Remains, Molds and 

 Casts; (2) Trails, Tracks and Burrows; (3) Artificial Structures ; 

 (4) Coprolites, 3-4. Mode of Preservation, 4. The Naming of 

 Fossils, 5. Table of the Animal Kingdom, 6-7. General Refer- 

 ence Works, 7. 



Phylum I. Protozoa 7 



Subclass 1. Foraminifera 8 



Literature, 8. Synopsis of Important Genera and Species, 9. 



Subclass 2. Radiolaria 12 



Phylum II. Porifera 13 



Literature, 13. Synopsis of Important Genera and Species, 14. 

 Phylum III. CCELENTERATA 20 



Class Hydrozoa 20 



Graptolites, 21. Literature, 22. Key to the Genera, 23. Synopsis 

 of Genera and Species, 24. Order 1 — Dendroidea, 24. Order 

 II — Graptolitoidea, 27. Hydrocorallines, 34. Stromatoporoidea, 

 34. Literature, 36. Key to the Genera, 37. Key to the Species 

 of ' Stromatopora ' in the Old Sense, Based Chiefly on External 

 Characters, 38. Synopsis of Genera and Species, 39. 



Class Anthozoa or Actinozoa 47 



Literature, 49. Key to the Genera, 49. Tetrameral Corals, 54. 

 Tabulate Corals, 78. Octameral Corals, 96. Hexameral Corals, 99. 



Phylum IV. Molluscoidea 107 



Class Bryozoa (Polyzoa) 107 



Literature, 109. Artificial Key to the Genera, no. Palaeozoic 

 Species, 116. Order Ctenostomata, 116. Order Cyclostomata, 118. 

 Order Trepostomata, 127. Order Cryptostomata, 140. Mesozoic 

 and Cenozoic Species, 166. Order Cyclostomata, 166. Order 

 Chilostomata, 169. 



Class Brachiopoda 170 



Literature, 176. Artificial Key to the Genera, 177. Atremata, 

 188. Neotremata, 199. Protremata, 209. Telotremata, 281. 



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