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rwA."-Vot:^ WihxKxn ai the MitS£itm OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, AT HARVARD COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. JFounDe"a bj pcfbate subscrfptfon, in 1J861. 'w.^ A CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FOSSILS (INCLUDING TASMANIA AND THE ISLAND OP TIMOB) STRATIGRAPHICALLY AND ZOOLOGICALLY ARRANGED. ROBERT ETHERIDGE, Jun., F.G.S. ACTtNG PALEONTOLOGIST, H.M. GEOL. SUEVET OF SCOTLAND, (fOKMERLT ASSISTANT-GEOLOGIST, GEOL. SUEVET OF VICTOEIA), FELLOW OF THE B. PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH; COEE. MEMBER OF THE R. SOCIETIES OF VICTOEIA AND TASMANIA AND OF THE NATUEAL HISTOBY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW; HON. COERESPONDENT, BALLAEAT SCHOOL OF MINES. EDITED FOB TEE SYNDICS OF THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. LONDON : CAMBEIDGE WAEEHOUSE, 17, PATEENOSTER ROW. CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL, AND CO. LEIPZIG: F. A. BROCKHAUS. -'^1878 I Camfaritigf: PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY, M.A. AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. PEEFACE. The Catalogue of Australian Fossils was commenced in 1868 in conjunction with my friend and former colleague Mr Norman Taylor, merely with the view of carrying out our duties in connection with the Geological Survey of Victoria, but cir- cumstances over which we had no control rendered the abandonment of the work necessary. It was not again re- sumed until 1871, then by myself, and through the interest evinced by several scientific friends I have been induced to continue the compilation, during leisure moments, until it has assumed its present proportions. The subject of Australian Geology and Palaeontology is even now only in its infancy, notwithstanding the rapid strides which have been made within the last few years. It naturally results therefore, that although the number of species to be listed may be small when compared with those of other countries, still, often from the absence of definite information, the com- pilation has been attended with no ordinary difiiculties. This will, I hope, to some extent tend to explain the many imper- fections to be found in the ' Catalogue,' and of which no one is more conscious than I am. The present is, so far as I know, the first attempt at a complete list of Australian fossil Organic Remains, and notwithstanding the daily increasing number of species to be still more largely augmented in the future, I trust that the present effort will be found a tolerably faithful record of Australian Palaeontology up to the year 1878. I have endeavoured to make the Catalogue as complete as circumstances will permit, but there are a few papers by colonial authors to which I have not been able to obtain access, and in consequence the data contained in them have been omitted, or imperfectly given. In the great field of Australian Geology and Palaeontology I can lay claim to no greater title than that of a compiler, but as such, I would offer my tribute of respect and admiration vi PREFACE. for the never-tiring zeal and energy, the self-denial of all home-comforts, and risk of health displayed by the pioneers of our common science in the Australian colonies, and of whose work, often carried on under the most adverse circumstances, the Catalogue is an epitome. I refer to such men as the late S. Stutchbury, the late Kev. W. B. Clarke, F.R.S., the late Capt. Sturt, the late Sir T. L. Mitchell, the late L. Leichhardt, A. R. C. Selwyn, F.R.S., C. Gould, F.G.S., Prof. F. M'^Coy, F.G.S., the late W. Blandowski, Baron F. von Mueller, the late C. D'Oyly, H. Aplin, Norman Taylor, G. H. F. Ulrich, F.G.S., E. B. Smyth, F.G.S., the late K Daintree, F.G.S., C. S. Wilkinson, F.G.S., Kev. J. E. T. Woods, F.G.S., R. A. F. Murray, H. Y. L. Brown, A. W. Howitt, F.G.S., G. Krefft, and others. The object of the Catalogue of Australian Fossils is first, to give as complete a list as possible of the fossil Organic Remains of the Australian Continent, arranged in Strati- graphical and Zoological order; secondly, to indicate all the descriptions, figures, and more important references to each of the species ; and thirdly, to point out the principal localities. In carrying out this scheme it has been found most con- venient to divide the Catalogue into five stratigraphical sub- divisions, viz., Silurian, Middle and Upper Palaeozoic (including the Devonian and Carboniferous), Mesozoic, Tertiary, and Post-Tertiary, in each of which the genera and species are arranged zoologically in classes, and alphabetically in order, for convenient reference. Each page is subdivided vertically into four columns. The first (that on the left hand of the reader) contains the name of the species and their authors ; the second column is intended for the stratigraphical subdivisions of the respective sections in which the species occurs; the third and largest column is devoted to the bibliographical references, whilst the fourth contains the localities. At the head of each page, on the left hand, is given in dark type and within brackets the name of the class to which ail the genera contained in that page belong, whilst, in the corresponding comer, on the opposite side of the page, is similarly given the geological section of the work. After the name of each genus is given that of its author PREFACE. vii and the date, then follow within brackets one or more references to descriptions of the genus in question, by its author or other "writers as the case may be ; but it is to be universally under- stood that the first reference after a genus is that of its original description or enunciation, so far as my own researches have enabled me to ascertain. Here and there a few synonyms are given, and always the order or family to which the genus belongs. The references to the species are of two kinds ; first, those to works in which a detailed description or figure is to be found, denoted by an * placed before them; secondly, those in which a passing reference only is made to the species, such for instance as the announcement of the first discovery of it in Australian rocks, or of a new locality. When a species is , common both to the strata of Australia and those of any other country I have invariably given quotations showing its syn- onymy and history previous to its discovery in the former. Unless denoted by the sign ! placed after it, every reference has been personally verified and referred to ; any errors there- fore which may be found are my own, and have arisen during transcription, or are typographical. The abbreviations used are those usually adopted in works of reference, but in case they should not at once be apparent to the reader, I have given a list of all the Works, Papers, and Reports used and consulted in the compilation, arranged alphabetically under the authors' names, so that the full title of almost every quotation can at once be seen. In the locality column the respective Colonies in which the places mentioned are situated, are indicated by an ab- breviation in italics : thus, iV. S. Wales (= New South Wales), Vict. (= Victoria, formerly Australia Felix), >S'. A. (= South Australia), W. A. (= Western Australia), Qu. (= Queensland), Tas. (= Tasmania). It affords me great pleasure to offer my sincere thanks to those gentlemen who have rendered me assistance. To the father of Australian Geology, the late Rev. W. B. Clarke, F.R.S., I am indebted for information on many points connected with Colonial Geology, and the general interest he took in my work. Similarly, I am under obligations to Messrs R. B. Smyth and N. Taylor (Melbourne), C. S. Wilkinson (Sydney), R. M. John- viii PREFACE. ston (Hobart Town), and the Rev. J. E. Tenlson Woods (Sydney). I am indebted to Profs. Owen, F.R.S., T. Rupert Jones, F.R.S., G. Busk, F.R.S., P. M. Duncan, F.R.S., H. A. Nicholson, F.G.S., and G. S. Brady, Messrs T. Davidson, F.R.S., W. Carruthers, F.R.S., and H. B. Brady, F.R.S., Drs R. H. Traquair, F.G.S., H. Woodward, F.R.S., and I. B. Balfour, F.G.S., for information connected with their special subjects. To Messrs G. Sharman, E. T. Newton, F.G.S., and R. B. Newton {Mus. Fract. Geology), W. S. Dallas {Geol. Soc. Lond.), and C. O. Waterhouse {Brit Mus), I am indebted for assistance in unravelling obscure points in synonymy. Prof. L. G. de Ko- ninck has placed me under many obligations by his courtesy in forwarding advanced proofs of his fine work on the Australian Palaeozoic Fossils, by means of which I have been able to complete the Catalogue at a much earlier date than other- wise could have been done. Through the kindness of Prof Geikie, F.R.S., I have had afforded me the opportunity of consulting a large number of works in the Library of the University of Edinburgh ; and I am also under obligations for literary assistance to Prof F. W. Rudler, F.G.S., and Messrs W. Rupert Jones {Geol. Soc. Lond.), H. B. Wheatley {E. Soc. Lond.), T. W. Newton {R. School Mines), R. Kippist {Linn. Soc. Lond.), J. Gordon {R. Soc. Edinh), and F. H. Waterhouse (Zool. Soc. Lond). Lastly, the encouragement afforded me by my kind friends Dr J. J. Bigsby, F.R.S., and Mr R. L. Jack, F.G.S. (Brisbane), and my father, has assisted me to surmount many difficulties. To the liberality and consideration of the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press the publication of the Catalogue of Australian Fossils is due, whilst to my friend the Rev.

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