F. B. Meek—New species of Fossils, ete. 498 
Art. LV.—Descriptions of New Species of Fossils from the Cin- 
cinnati Group of Ohio; by F. B. Menx.* 
ANOMALOCYSTITES (ATELEOCYSTITES ?) BALANOIDES M. 
THE only specimens of this fossil that I have seen are in a 
bad state of preservation, being distorted by pressure, and con- 
ody, and some of the 
of it; while the carinate marginal pieces, which are quite dis- 
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unctly seen in this view of our species, are scarcely visible 
been stated, it will be seen to differ too widely in the form a 
Proportions of its lower range of plates to render a comparison 
essary, : 
Compared with Ateleocystites Huxleyi of Billings, the 
and only known species of that genus, our species will be 
ae’ ts 
aving its base greatly more widely and deeply sinuous on the 
flat si e, for the reception of the column ; while its central two 
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cal ove are to be fully illustrated in the final report of the Ohio Geologi- 
