CHAPTER V. 
OEGaNIC EEMAINS OF THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN (BI7EDEK1N) 
FOEMATION, 
With Descriptions op the Species. 
the Devonian Series of Queensland there are at least four well-marked fossiliferous 
T'hey^l'*’ three last of which may possibly be merely extensions of one deposit. 
Limestones of the Broken Eiver. 
„ ,, Burdekin Downs. 
,, „ Fanning Eiver. 
,, „ Eeid Gap, near Townsville. 
,, Organic Eemaius derived from the three horizons above named are almost 
from ^,^°^^^han ; a few' Brachiopoda from the Fanning Limestone, and one Cephaiopod 
^ 10 Reid Gap Limestone completing the list, with the exception of a plant — 
°P^ywtn australicum, Dawson — occurring both in a calcareous shale forming 
portion of the Fanning Limestone, and the lowest beds of the suprajacent 
The Burdekin Downs Limestone has yielded : — 
Stromalopora, sp. inil. 
Pachppora meridional.is, N. and E. fil. 
■dloeolites roltisius, Eom. 
» sp. hid. 
J^racliypora, spy. hid. 
Armopora australis, N. and E. fit. 
Heholites porosa, Goldf. 
Aulopora repens, E. and II. 
0 Fanning Limestone has yielded : — 
^icranopliyllum australicum, Dawson. 
Pacliypora meridionalis, N. and E. fil. 
Striatopora ? uniseplata, Eth. fil. 
Seliohtes porosa, Goldf. 
Spirifera curvata, Schl. 
)j euryglossa, Schnur. 
Atrypa reticularis, Linn. 
» desquamata, J. de C. Sow. 
^liyncJionella primipilaris, V. Buch. 
^entamerus brevirostris, Phill. 
^tringocephalus ? sp. ind. 
Orthotetes umbraculum, Schl. 
>1 concentrica, Eth. fil. 
Oy 
roceras Philpi, Eth. fil. 
