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Part II - State of New Jersey

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60 CRETACEOUS FOSSILSbeing somewhat above the mid-height; body volution marked by similarnodes which are continued anteriorly, dying out about two-thirds<strong>of</strong> the distance from the suture to the anterior extremity, these nodesare broad, separated l ~y about equally broad depressions, and are mostprominent a little hclorv the suture. Surface <strong>of</strong> the shell markedthroughout by moderately coarse, depressed, revolving ribs, the distancefrom center to centcr <strong>of</strong> the larger ones upon the example whosedimensions are given abore being about 2 mm." ( Weller)Range in <strong>New</strong> Jer~ey-WENONAH: 35Range outside <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong>-North Carolina.Type.-Snow Hill, North Carolina; ANSP 1Euthria ? fragilis Whitfield 1892Plate 57, Figure 16Euthria ? fragilis Whitfield, 1892, p. 78, pl. 9, figs. 11-12.Eqrtkrin. ? frnyilis \'Teller> 1907, p. '753, pl. 88, figs. 25-26.Descriptio?l,.-"Shell small, measuring only about three-fourths <strong>of</strong>an inch in length; form short fusiform, the point <strong>of</strong> greatest diameterbeing nearly midway <strong>of</strong> the length; spire short, the apical angle takenfrom a crushed example, being about 7O0, probably not more than 60'to 65" in perfect specimens; volutions ventricose, six or seven in number,the last one forming the great bulk <strong>of</strong> the shell and with the anteriorbeak forming about five-sevenths <strong>of</strong> the entire length when measuredon the back <strong>of</strong> the volution; upper volntions compact; suturesstrongly marked; anterior beak short, moderately strong; aperture notseen; substance <strong>of</strong> the shell very thin and fragile, marked only by finelines <strong>of</strong> growth parallel to the margin <strong>of</strong> the aperture, which indicatethe existence <strong>of</strong> a broad and rather marked sinus in the lip on the upperside <strong>of</strong> the volution, formed by the extension <strong>of</strong> the lip below and on thebody <strong>of</strong> the volution far in advance <strong>of</strong> the margin at and just below thesuture ; on the surface <strong>of</strong> the beak the striae gently inclined baclcwardagain." (Whitfield).Remarks.-Type specimen is unique. The distortion <strong>of</strong> the type issuch that its generic relationships are uncertain.Range in ATew <strong>Jersey</strong>-WOODBURY: 24Type.-Haddonfield,N. J. ; ANSP 16867 (type and unique).NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

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