Chapter XXVI—SILURIAN GROUP.

Classification of the Silurian Rocks. — Ludlow Formation and Fossils. —

Bone-bed of the Upper Ludlow. — Lower Ludlow Shales with Pentamerus. —

Oldest known Remains of fossil Fish. — Table of the progressive

Discovery of Vertebrata in older Rocks. — Wenlock Formation, Corals,

Cystideans and Trilobites. — Llandovery Group or Beds of Passage. —

Lower Silurian Rocks. — Caradoc and Bala Beds. — Brachiopoda. —

Trilobites. — Cystideæ. — Graptolites. — Llandeilo Flags. — Arenig or

Stiper-stones Group. — Foreign Silurian Equivalents in Europe. —

Silurian Strata of the United States. — Canadian Equivalents. — Amount

of specific Agreement of Fossils with those of Europe.

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