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Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 57

1050564Cambrian Geology and Paleontology — Volume 21914Charles Doolittle Walcott


SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS
VOLUME 57


CAMBRIAN
GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY

II


BY
CHARLES D. WALCOTT


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(Publication 2270)


CITY OF WASHINGTON
PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
1914

The Lord Baltimore Press
BALTIMORE, MD., U. S. A.

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The present series, entitled "Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections," is intended to embrace all the octavo publications of the Institution, except the Annual Report. Its scope is not limited, and the volumes thus far issued relate to nearly every branch of science. Among these various subjects zoölogy, bibliography, mineralogy, and anthropology have predominated.

The Institution also publishes a quarto series entitled "Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge." It consists of memoirs based on extended original investigations, which have resulted in important additions to knowledge.

CHARLES D. WALCOTT,
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.


CONTENTS



PAGE
1. Walcott, Charles D. Abrupt appearance of the Cambrian Fauna on the North American Continent 1
Published August 18, 1910. Pp. [Title] + 1-16, pl. 1, text fig. 1. (Pub. No. 1940.)
2. Walcott, Charles D. Middle Cambrian Merostomata 17
April 8, 1911. Pp. [Title] + 17-40, pls. 2-7. (Pub. No. 2009.)
3. Walcott, Charles D. Middle Cambrian Holothurians and Medusae 41
June 13, 1911. Pp. [Title] + 41-68, pls. 8-13, text figs. 2-6. (Pub. No. 2011.)
4. Walcott, Charles D. Cambrian Faunas of China 69
June 17, 1911. Pp. [Title] + 69-108, pls. 14-17, text figs. 7, 7a. (Pub. No. 2012.)
5. Walcott, Charles D. Middle Cambrian Annelids 109
September 4, 1911. Pp. [Title] + 109-144, pls. 18-23. (Pub. No. 2014.)
6. Walcott, Charles D. Middle Cambrian Branchiopoda, Malacostraca, Trilobita, and Merostomata 145
March 13, 1912. Pp. [Title] + 145-228, pls. 24-34, text figs. 8-10. (Pub. No. 2051.)
7. Walcott, Charles D. Cambro-Ordovician Boundary in British Columbia with Description of Fossils 229
March 8, 1912. Pp. [Title] + 229-237, pl. 35. (Pub. No. 2075.)
8. Walcott, Charles D. The Sardinian Cambrian Genus Olenopsis in America 239
March 8, 1912. Pp. [Title] + 239-249, pl. 36. (Pub. No. 2076.)
9. Walcott, Charles D. New York Potsdam-Hoyt Fauna 251
September 14, 1912. Pp. [Title] + 251-304, pls. 37-49. (Pub. No. 2136.)
10. Walcott, Charles D. Group Terms for the Lower and Upper Cambrian Series of Formations 305
September 16, 1912. Pp. [Title] + 305-307. (Pub. No. 2137.)
11. Walcott, Charles D. New Lower Cambrian Subfauna 309
July 21, 1913. Pp. [Title] + 309-326, pls. 50-54. (Pub. No. 2185.)
12. Walcott, Charles D. Cambrian Formations of the Robson Peak District, British Columbia and Alberta, Canada 327
July 24, 1913. Pp. [Title] + 327-343, pls. 55-59, text figs. 11, 12. (Pub. No. 2186.)
13. Walcott, Charles D. Dikelocephalus and other Genera of the Dikelocephalinæ 345
April 4, 1914. Pp. [Title] + 345-412, pls. 60-70, text figs. 13-20. (Pub. No. 2187.)
Index. Pp. 413-498.

ILLUSTRATIONS



PLATES

TO FACE PAGE
1. Map showing distribution of pre-Cambrian Rocks 4-5
2. Middle Cambrian Merostomata (Sidneyia) 30
3. """ (Sidneyia) 32
4. """ (Sidneyia) 34
5. """ (Sidneyia and Amiella) 36
6. "" Trilobita and Merostomata (Neolenus and Sidneyia) 38
7. Cambrian and pre-Cambrian Merostomata (Sidneyia and Beltina) 40
8. Middle Cambrian Medusa and Holothurian (Peytoia and Eldonia) 58
9. Middle Cambrian Holothurians (Eldonia) 60
10. """ (Eldonia) 62
11. """ (Eldonia) 64
12. """ (Eldonia) 66
13. """ (Laggania, Mackenzia, and Louisella) 68
14. Cambrian Faunas of China (Micromitra (Paterina), Lingulella, Acrotreta, Orthotheca, Albertella, Stephanocare, Ptychoparia, Ptychoparia (Emmrichella), Crepicephalus, Pterocephalus, and Inouyia) 102
15. Cambrian Faunas of China (Agraulos, Lisania, Chuangia, Levisia, Anomocare, and Anomocarella) 104
16. Cambrian Faunas of China (Coosia, Asaphiscus, Bathyuriscus, and Solenopleura) 106
17. Cambrian Faunas of China (Anomocare, Anomocarella, and Levisia) 108
18. Middle Cambrian Annulata (Miskoia) 134
19. """ (Ottoia, Hyolithes, and Selkirkia) 136
20. Middle Cambrian Annulata (Pikaia and Oesia) 138
21. """ (Wiwaxia, Banffia, and Pollingeria 140
22. Middle Cambrian Annulata (Planolites, Worthenella, Amiskwia, and Ottoia) 142
23. Middle Cambrian Annulata (Canadia and Aysheaia) 144
24. Middle Cambrian Crustaceans (Neolenus, Ptychoparia, Mollisonia, and Tontoia) 208
25. Middle Cambrian Crustaceans (Marrella) 210
26. """ (Marrella) 212
27. Middle Cambrian Crustaceans (Burgessia, Waptia, and Opabinia) 214
28. Middle Cambrian Crustaceans (Opabinia, Nathorstia, and Naraoia) 216
29. Middle Cambrian Crustaceans. (Molaria, Habelia, and Yohoia) 218
30. Middle Cambrian Crustaceans (Bidentia, Emeraldella, and Burgessia) 220
31. Middle Cambrian Crustaceans (Hymenocaris and Leanchoilia) 222
32. Middle Cambrian Crustaceans (Hymenocaris, Fieldia, and Hurdia) 224
33. Middle Cambrian Crustaceans (Carnarvonia and Tuzoia) 226
34. """ (Hurdia, Odaraia, and Anomalocaris) 228
35. Brachiopods and Trilobites (Lingulella, Obolus, and Ceratopyge) 236
36. Trilobites (Olenopsis) 248
37. Cryptozoon proliferum Hall 280
38. Trail of Annelid (Climactichnites) 282
39. """ (Climactichnites) 284
40. """ (Climactichnites) 286
41. Potsdam-Hoyt Fauna (Lingulella, Triblidium, Pelagiella, and Matherella) 288
42. Potsdam-Hoyt Fauna (Matthevia) 290
43. """ (Palæacmæa, Hyolithellus, Hyolithes, Lonchocephalus, Agraulos, Ptychaspis, and Ptychoparia) 292
44. Potsdam-Hoyt Fauna (Dikelocephalus, Conokephalina, Pagodia, and Ptychoparia) 294
45. Legs of Trilobites (Neolenus serratus) 296
46. Tracks of Trilobites (Protichnites) 298
47. """ (Protichnites) 300
48. """ (Protichnites) 302
49. """ (Protichnites) 304
50. Brachiopoda (Lingulella and Mickwitzia) 318
51. " (Mickwitzia) 320
52. " (Mickwitzia and Obolella) 322
53. Trilobita (Callavia and Wanneria) 324
54. " (Holmia and Olenellus) 326
55. Fig. 1. Robson Peak District. (Panoramic view from Shio Point, looking down Moose River Valley) 334-335
Fig. 2. Robson Peak District. (Panoramic view of Tah Peak, Mahto Mountain, and Calumet Creek) 334-335
56. Fig. 1. Robson Peak District. (Looking south across Calumet Creek and Flats) 336-337
Fig. 2. Robson Peak District. (Looking southwest from south slope of Mahto Mountain) 336-337
57. Fig. 1. Robson Peak District. (View from south slope of Mahto Mountain) 338-339
Fig. 2. Robson Peak District. (View from southwest slope of Titkana Peak, looking south) 338-339
58. Fig. 1. Robson Peak District. (Panoramic view of the Robson massif from the ridge south of Mumm Peak) 340-341
Fig. 2. Robson Peak District. (Panoramic view of the Robson massif and adjoining mountains) 340-341
59. Figs. 1 and 2. Robson Peak District. (Panoramic view of Mural Glacier) 342-343
60. Dikelocephalus minnesotensis Owen 392
61. Dikelocephalinæ (Dikelocephalus and Saukia) 394
62. " (Dikelocephalus) 396
63. " (Dikelocephalus) 398
64. " (Dikelocephalus, Saukia, Calvinella, and Conokephalina) 400
65. Dikelocephalinæ (Saukia and Dikelocephalus) 402
66. " (Dikelocephalus and Saukia) 404
67. " (Saukia) 406
68. " (Conokephalina, Osceolia, and Calvinella) 408
69. " (Saukia) 410
70. " (Calvinella and Saukia) 412


TEXT FIGURES

Fig. 01. Theoretical profile of North American continent 10
2. Diagrammatic reconstruction of imagined primitive Pelmatozoic ancestor 43
Fig. 3. Diagrammatic reconstruction of imagined Dipleurula ancestor 43
4. Diagrammatic reconstruction of imagined primitive Holothurian type 44
5. Eldonia ludwigi, new species 47
6. Synaptula hyrdriformis (Lesseur) 54
Figs. 7, 7a. Levisia nasuta, new species 87
8. Emeraldella brocki, new species 204
9. Emeraldella micrura, new species 205
10. Sidneyia inexpectans Walcott 206
11. Near view of Tah Peak, Robson Peak District 330
12. Robson Peak from northwest slope of Mahto Mountain 331
13-16. Saukia coloradoensis, new species 376
17. Saukia junia, new species 378
18-20. Saukia rustica, new species 383

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