CONTENTS 



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Introduction 5 



Range of Chester ostracodes 5 



Chester stratigraphy 5 



Distribution 7 



New Design group 7 



Renault formation 7 



Paint Creek formation 8 



Romberg group 9 



Golconda formation 9 



Glen Dean formation 10 



Elvira group 10 



Vienna formation 10 



Menard formation 10 



Clore formation 11 



KInkaid formation 11 



Chester correlations 12 



Amsden formation 12 



Reynolds formation 12 



Fayetteville shale ' 13 



Faunal chart 14-21 



Collecting localities .22 



Systematic description 23 



Acronotellldae 23 



Bairdiidae . 24 



Beyrlchiidae 35 



Cytherellidae 35 



Drepanellidae 39 



Glyptopleuridae ' . 40 



Graphiadactyllldae 45 



Holllnellidae 45 



Kirkbyldae 46 



Kloedenellldae 54 



Leperditellidae 61 



Primitiidae 63 



Youngiellidae 64 



References 65 



Index 97 



