Superior 3ftssissipplan in Jlissonri and Arkansris. — Kei/e.s. 89 
is made to rocks belonging to the upper lialf of the Mississip- 
pian series. Farther south, in Arkansas, the upper part has 
been reported, to be sure, but it has not been paralleled with 
the St. Louis and Kaskaskia formations at the eastern end of 
the Ozark uplift and a new name has been applied, both 
members being taken together. 
It is therefore of considerable interest that the higher fau- 
nas have been recognized recently at a number of points, the 
principal places being Golden City, Joplin and Seneca in Mis- 
souri, and at Blancett mountain, near Gartield station on the 
St. Louis and San Francisco railroad, in northern Arkansas, 
three miles from the Missouri br)undary line. 
The locality near Golden City is three miles northeast of 
the town, in Dade county, on the border of the Coal Measures. 
At this place were found large numbers of Lithosfrotion riicoii- 
illare the widely distributed coral so characteristic of the St. 
Louis limestone. In the neighboring county this fossil also 
occurs along with the widely known eii\\\\\o'n\. Melon it es nuilti- 
pora. 
At Blancett, Prof. G. C. Broadhead collected, as much as a 
dozen years ago, a number of fossils, which until recently 
were not carefully examined and remained unidentitied. The 
species that were most abundant were : 
Spirlfer increbescens Hall. Agassizocriniis gibboans Hall. 
Agassizocriun.s dactyl if onuis Troost. 
At a point one and one-half miles north of Joplin a large num- 
ber of bryozoans and brachiopods have been found. Mr. K. K. 
Rowley also collected considerable numbers which were exam- 
ined. Several species of Chonetes, Terct>r(ttn.l(i, Itlninrhonella, 
lietzia and Pliillijisia were secured but luive not l)een as 3^et 
satisfactorily identilied. The bryozoans were, moreover, sub- 
mitted to Mr. E. O. Ulrich, who independently determined all 
of them as characteristic Kaskaskia forms. The principal 
species found were : 
Ajdsaiocriiin-; d a c t // / ifo r in i s Rlioinbojiora jn'rsiniilin Ulrich. 
Troost. Meekopora, appvoxiinuta Ulrich. 
Ag'iiHiocrinu^ gibb juiih Hall. Prismopora serralata Ulrirh. 
fipirifevina ajyinosa Hall. Prinmopora, sp. nov. 
Athijrisi Hublamcttoaa Hall. Streblotrijpa nicklesi Ulrich. 
Product Its parrus Meek & Worth Streblotrypa .suhipiuosa Ulric-h. 
en. Si'pfopoi-a sidiquadrans Ulrich. 
