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Palaioutological Dis«;overies In and 
Near Kansas City, Mo. 
By David H. Todd. 
[Continued.] 
Ill our former article we left the stu- 
dent wondering what was before him, as 
he is ready to open up tlie earth's treas- 
ures. Tiie study of Paleontology is one 
full of interesting and exciting scenes. 
V>^hile we endeavor to build up a collec- 
tion worthy of being called tirst class, 
and filled with typical specimens, it 
is one of long and laborious attention, 
never finished-., for as we advance 
each day we are constantly adding some- 
thing new by way of finding or exchang- 
ing. Consequently our work will never 
he complete. Many amusing and interest- 
ing things come to his notice while 
gathering specimens. Sometimes, yes 
often, considerable ingenuity is required 
to obtain coveted specimens. He is of- 
ten approached b}^ some unnoticed per- 
son, who, from curiosity, stops and won- 
ders what he is doing. The first and 
universal (juestion is •'Hello, pard! look- 
ing for gold?" and perhaps he will tell 
• you of some far otf ticld where fossils 
are as common as hazel nuts. This re- 
minds me of one trip my old friend Mr. 
Lykins and f took to one of the quarries 
and found an old son of the Emerald Isle 
cracking rock. We asked him if he had 
found any shells, and showed him some- 
thing we wanted. He immediately 
seized the idea and asked if it was cockle 
shells we were after. We told him yes; 
then he told us that if we were in old 
Irelaiul, we could gather them by the 
million. You will often times hear fos- 
sils called by queer names, as petrified 
snakes, buttertlies, sjiiders, bugs, ram's 
horns, chicken feet, bird's claws, corn 
cobs and numerous others. So, you see, 
the classifying and naming of fossils 
form the most important part. The mere 
finding only gratifies the curiosity; while 
the study of classitication, and grouping 
of the geuei a and families is the part per- 
formed by the Palajontologist. So, as 
the young student opens up the hidden 
treasures, he must remember he has only 
performed the ])hysical part. After he 
begins to build up a collection he will 
fiud that the arrangement requires much 
time and study. The division known in 
Paheontology and Geology as the Upper 
Coal Measures is very large and covers 
an immense territory. So our fossils 
have a wide range and present many 
beautiful and interesting forms. The 
Upper Coal Measures being in the last 
shades of the Palrezoic period, which 
begins with the Silurian and ends with 
the Permian; the following arrange- 
ment will be most likely persued : PRO- 
TOZOx\.— Order of Spongida, known as 
the Sponge and kindred families. Several 
very interesting species of Sponge ai-e 
found here ; some two or three that are 
as yet undetermined, are very rare with 
us, in fact, of some of the undetermined 
species only one or two have been found. 
Fusulina cylindrica is also undcu' the PRO- 
TOZOA; it is a small fusiform or sub- 
cylindrical shell resembling a grain of 
wheat. The BAD lA'i'A: Polypi is rep- 
resented by a number of interesting 
forms belonging to the genusiiViOJ^jfiopora, 
Fistub'pora,8iirin(jopora,Lophophijlum and 
Campophylum. Echinodekmata : CRiN- 
OIDIA. Crinoids are the nio.-t in- 
teresting and coveted of all fossils; 
the reason is, first, their beauty and 
second, the interesting study they 
give to Palaeontologists. There is 
no other fossil that is so much sought 
after as Crinoids, and but few exchanges 
can be made unless Crinoids are given 
for Crinoids. A large number of collec- 
tors confine thenuselves exclusivelj'^ to 
(Crinoids. Perhaps the largest and most 
complete collection of Crinoids in the 
world is the one belonging to Messrs 
Wachsnuith and Springer, of Burlington, 
Iowa. They have spent nearly, if not 
all, of a quarter of a century in massing 
together a collection simply marvelous; 
and have spent, we might say, a fortune 
in this great work. The Crinoids of the 
Upper Coal Measure have been given but 
little attention ov/ingto the fact that but 
few have ever been found perfect, conse- 
quently they have never been thoroughly 
underitood. The recent finding of Cri- 
noids in Kansas City has opened up the 
hearts and pockets of collectors, and per- 
haps the highest price ever paid tor Cri- 
noids has been given for specimens found 
here.* Great care must be exercised in 
the working and cleaning of these speci- 
mens as we can afford to lose nothing. 
So f:ir as my knowledge goes we have 
found some twelve, and perhaps fifteen 
species; however, only three or four of 
these species have been found perfect, 
while onl}^ one or two fragments of some 
of the species have been found, Of those 
already found are the genus Agaceaocrin- 
vs (two species) and onl}' in Jragments, 
yet the basal of both species in Mr.Butts' 
collection indicate that thej' were very 
large, and, as Dr. Ilainbach of St. I^ouis 
expresses it: ''They were giants in their 
way, so to speak." Of the Erisocrinvs, 
only oi)e,so far.lias been discovcrd. Of the 
Scliaphiocrinus two species have been 
found; one with ten arms and the other 
with seven. The fii-st has the jirolonged 
proboscis and is far the tinesi specimen 
evei- uneaitlied. Of the Zeacrimis several 
well defined specimens have been found. 
Of the Evpnchyrrinns only one s]>ecles 
hai been found, and only one perfect 
speci men. now in the collection of Wachs- 
muth and Springer. Of the Archaeoci- 
daris several specimens have been found; 
although they are quite rare licie. in oth- 
er iilaces they have been found quite 
plentifully. — Since writing the alove a 
com munication lias been leceivrd from 
IMr. Springer, who is of the opinion that 
the specimens supposed to be Eupachy- 
crinusf may develop into a new genus. 
*Ten specimens sold by Mr. E. Buds to Mr. 
Springer for $150.00.— Ed. 
