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Halysiti's catcniilaruts L. 

 Amplexns Aistans Lindst. 

 A. appcndicrilatus Lindst. 

 CyatliopJiylhim nngustuiii LoNsn. 

 C. ? pacliyphylloides Lindst. 

 C. dcnsuiii LiNDSTR. 

 PtycJiopliylliiin ricJithofcni Lindst. 

 P. cyatJufoj'inc Lindst. 

 Platyphylhiin siticiisc Lindst. 

 CystipJiylluin cylindricu}n Lonsd. 



Further Kavser^^ found the following fossils in light coloured crystalline 

 and oolitic limestones from Chao-tien/' also of the Middle Gotlandian age : 

 Spirifer elcvatiis Dalji. 

 Nuflfospira pisiforinis Hall 

 Atrypa ? tshmiticiuiisis Ka\'se:k. 

 Rhynclionclla sp. 



The Ordovician limestone of Lun-shan, near Tsin-kiang, prov. Kiang-su, 

 is overlaid by a graptolite slate,*' which according to P'rech,'' contains 



Climacograptiis scalaris L. 



Linograptiis nilssoin Barr. 



Diplograptiis sp. 



Rctiolitcs ? sp., 

 and represents the Lowest Gotlandian. 



In western Yun-nan, Gotlandian fossiliferous strata are also found in 

 succession to the Ordovician rocks already referred to above. According to 

 the contribution of Brown and Reed, there are developed black fissile slates, 

 70 ft. thick, in Shih-tien, which contain characteristic Llandvery graptolite 

 fauna, composed of 



Moiiograptus lobi ferns M'Cov 



1) Richthofen: China vol. IIL, p. 718. 



2) Chao-tien = ^^ 



3) Richthofen: China, vol. III., p. 71 8. 



4) Frech: Lethaea Palaeozoica, I. 1837. p. 679. Fki-:ch in Richthopen's China, vol. V., 

 p. 17. 



