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2. Give the characters, affinities, and range in time, of the 
genus Coccosteus. 
3. Give the character, affinities, and range in time, of the genus 
Pterygotus. 
4. What are the characters of the class Insecta and of the 
orders of that class ? Give examples of each of the latter, and 
state the range in time of the class. 
Afternoon. 
1. Describe the leading points in the structure of any 
dioecious Gasteropocl. Compare its character with those of a 
dibranchiate Cephalopod and of a climyary Lamelli branch. 
2. Compare the vertebrate faunae of the Pleistocene, Eocene, 
Oolitic, and Triassic epochs. 
3. What is meant by Bathymetrical distribution? What 
organisms are capable of living at greater depths than five 
hundred fathoms ? 
4. What animals are truly oceanic, i.e ., habitually live at the 
surface of the sea, and, among these, which may contribute to the 
formation of sea-bottoms ? 
Give the class and order of the specimens numbered 1 — 8, and 
name any you know. 
Questions for Examination in Paleontology. 
[Conducted by Messrs . J. W. Salter and R. Etheridge.] 
1. Give the characteristics of the earliest known organic 
remains, of Oldhamia, of Fucoids: with the first appearance 
known of Marine and Land Plants, Annelida, Crustacea, Mollusca, 
Fish. 
2. Name the chief genera of Graptolites and Cystidese, and 
give their Geological range. 
3. Mention any characteristics of the Starfish, Crinoids, 
Echinidse, or Corals peculiar to the Palaeozoic times, or to the 
Upper and Lower Palaeozoic rocks respectively. Give examples. 
4. Give the characteristics and geological place of 
Pctradoxides . 
Ogyyici. 
B r achy me top us. 
Didymograpsus. 
Pseudocrinites . 
Actinocrinus . 
Platycrinus . 
Favosites . 
Michelinea . 
Zaphrentis. 
Lithostrotion . 
Lonsdalia, 
Petr ala. 
Cameroceras. 
Clymenia. 
L cp Ido den dr on. 
