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III.—On the “Lingula Flags,” or “Festiniog Group” of the Dolgelly District. Part III

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

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Having described in some detail, the rocks of the Maentwrog, Festiniog, and Dolgelly groups, and given a list of the fossils found in each, I shall now make some general remarks upon the fauna. In Part I. I have mentioned that out of all the numerous Trilobites from the Lower Cambrian rocks, only two genera, Agnostus and Conocoryphe, have been found in higher strata. Strictly speaking, this is only true of Agnostus, which passes unchanged in type from the Menevian to the Caradoc strata. On the contrary, the species of Conocoryphe from the Lower Cambrian rocks are of essentially different type from those that have been placed in that genus from higher beds. The latter have, I believe, been referred to the genus Conocoryphe rather from superficial resemblances than from true affinity.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1868

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page 5 note 1 See Geological Magazine, 1867, Vol. IV., pp. 493 and 536.Google Scholar

page 5 note 2 The Lower Cambrian period, according to the classification adopted in this paper is only part of the “Primordial Zone” of Barrande, as that illustrious palæontolc has included in it Olenus and Peltura, which in reality belong to a second fauna.

page 7 note 1 See ante, Part I., Table of the Cambrian Rocks showing the range of the Genera,” Vol. IV. p. 495.Google Scholar