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comparison. From all liis clear communications it is plain that there are two very distinct 
portions in the Australian coal-measures— 
a .— Upper coal-measures. 
1.—Lower coal-measures. 
a. —The upper portion is marked by a flora, which is abundant Nos. 1, 2, 3 of 
Mr. Blanford’s list must be referred to this; they contain no marine fossils to indicate a 
connection with the lower portion. 
b. —The lower coal-measures are marked by two marine faunas of, as generally taken, 
a carboniferous age, which separate distinctly these from the upper beds. The flora 
is, as both Mr. Clarke and Mr. Daintree state, only rare. 
c. —Below this there are beds with real lower carboniferous plants. 
The succession of the several strata of the Australian coal formation, as Mr. Clarke 
communicated it to me in a late paper, and as it is to be found in his “ Remarks” (1. c.), is 
as follows:— 
"" Beds in Tasmania, ""l Without New South ■ 
Queensland, Victoria. J Wales. 
Clarence River. 
Winamatta beds. 
Hawkesbery beds. 
Bowenfels. 
Upper beds in Newcastle. 
r Beds with marine animals intercalated with plant beds. Especially 
Upper Coal- 
measures. 
i» No animals. 
Lower Coal- 
measures. 
< Stony Creek, Rix. Ck., Greta, Mnt. Wingen, &c. 
C Again marine beds. 
C Smith Creek 
Culm Series < 
(. Port Stefens 
Devonian ... Goonoo-Goonoo 
} Lower carboniferous plants with car- 
( boniferous animals. 
Plant remains only. 
As to the fossils from these several beds I may give an account of those which I have 
seen, or which are mentioned as really occurring—- 
a .— Upper coal-measures — 
1. From Queensland .• Pecopt. odontopteroides ,* Morr., Tceniopteris Daintreei, 
Cyclopt. cuneata, Carr., &c. 
These beds are altogether taken by Daintree as mesozoic, and Tceniopt . 
Daintreei, characteristic of these beds. 
2. From Tasmania—prevailing Thinnfeldia-YiY .0 ferns ; besides this Glossopteris 
and Pecopteris Australis, McCoy. 
3. From Victoria—from here we find the following plants described as 
mesozoict:— 
Gangamopteris angustifolia, McCoy, G. spathulata, Gangam. obliqua, McCoy, 
Neuropteris sp. 
* I should say this is rather a Thinnfeldia. 
t See Report of Progress, Qeolog. Suit, of Victoria, p, 3o* 
