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"being almost flat. Strong sinus and fold in adult, with minor plica- 

 tions on each; strong concentric 

 rugose lamellae; plications less \ ;, 



rounded than preceding. ■ . .y _, 



Found in the Clinton and 

 Rochester beds at Niagara, gen- 

 erally associated with the preced- 

 ing but much less common. Also 



Fig. 114 Atrypa rugosa with striae enlarged 



at Lockport, etc. (Hall). 



Genus cyrtina Davidson 



[Ety. : -/.uprca, a wicker shield] 



(1858. British Carbon. Brachiopoda. Monograph, p. 66; 1S93. 

 Pal. N. Y. v. 8, pt 2, p. 43) * 



Shells S p i r i f e r -like; usually small; valves very unequal; 

 pedicle valve elevated, with a high cardinal area, the delthyrium of 

 which is covered by an elongate, convex pseudodeltidium, which is 

 perforated below the apex; surface plicate. Dental lamellae strong, 

 converging rapidly, and meeting a median septum. Cardinal pro- 

 cess a double apophysis. Brachidium an extroverted spire. 



Cyrtina pyramidalis (Hall) (Fig. 115). 



Spirifer pyramidalis Hall (1852. 



Pal. N. Y. 2:266, pi. 54) 



Distinguishing characters. Pyramidal 



form; vertical or slightly bent area; nearly 



flat brachial valve; extremely convex ped- 



Fig. 115 cyrtina pyramidalis with icle valve ; subangular plications, about 



striae enlarged 



five on each side of mesial fold and sinus. 

 Found " near the top and just below the edge of the cliff on the 

 Niagara river above Lewiston " (Hall). 



Genus spirifer Sowerby 



[Ety.: spira, spire; fero, to bear] 



(1815. Mineral conchology, 2:42; 1894. Hall & Clarke. Pal. 

 N. Y. v. 8, pt 2, p. 1) 



Shell variously shaped, commonly very much wider than long, 

 radially plicated or striated, crossed by concentric growth lines, 

 which in some forms are lamellose or even marked by spines. 



