BULLETIN OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 

 VOL. 20, PP. 265-332, PLS. 10-15 JULY 28, 1909 



KINDERHOOK FAUNAL STUDIES— V, THE FAUNA OF THE 

 FERN GLEN FORMATION 1 



BY STUART WELLER 



(Presented before the Society December 31, 1908) 



CONTENTS 



Pago 



Introduction 265 



Description of species 269 



Fossil localities 269 



Anthozoa 269 



Crinoidea 278 



Blastoidea 288 



Bryozoa 289 



Brachiopoda 292 



Pelecypoda 318 



Gastropoda 319 



Cephalopoda 320 



Trilobita 320 



Correlation 321 



In general 321 



Relation of the Fern Glen to the Chouteau and Burlington 321 



The Saint Joe marble 323 



The New Providence shale 325 



The Lake Valley beds 326 



Description of plates 327 



Introduction 



The present contribution to our knowledge of the Kinclerhook faunas 

 differs from those which have preceded it in including material which 

 has been collected from several distinct geographic localities. The Fern 

 Glen formation was first described in connection with the discussion of 

 the Glen Park section, in "Kinderhook Faunal Studies, IV." 2 It is a 



1 Kinderhook Faunal Studies I, II, III, and IV have been published in Transactions 

 of the Saint Louis Academy of Science, vols, ix, x, xi, and xvi. 



Manuscript received by the Secretary of tbe Society December 31, 1908. 



2 Transactions of the Saint Louis Academy of Science, vol. xvi, p. 438. 



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