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in some of the sandstones and quartzites, particularly 
in Fcrntree Gully, under Mount Lambie,and in some 
Fig. 57. — Ehynchonella pleuro(hn} Phillips, A Devonian fossil 
from Mount Lambic. 
creeks near RydaL They can also be noted in water- 
worn boulders in the Winburndale Creek and other 
creeks of that neighbourhood. 
Our knowledge of the life that flourished during 
the deposition of Devonian rocks in Australia is not 
Fig. 58 . — Atrypa reticularis. A brachiopod common in Australian 
Silurian and Devonian rocks, a, dorsal valve ; 5, ventral valve. 
extensive. It is known that corals and marine shells 
were plentiful. The fact that Lepidodend/ron is found 
closely associated with Spirifer disjuncla and Rhyn- 
chonella pleurodon shows that these spirifers lived 
on a coastal area, and near the dry land on which the 
1 Phillips’ Geology of Yorkshire, Part ii, plate xii; b.c.d. De Koninek : 
Atlas of New South Wales, Palceoaoic Fossils, plate ix. 
