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4. On an Unnamed Palæozoic Annelid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

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Cymaderma (nov. gen,). —Generis Characteres:—Corpus cylindricum, elongatum, nudum, striatum; striæ tenues, in ordinem undulatæ, et ubique corpus cingentes, ita ut cutis subrugosa videatur; linea dorsualis continua, alternasque cavaturas ovatus et vertices ostendens; nulla verorum articulamentorum indicia; vestigium tortuosum, bisulcum.

Cymaderma (new genus).—Generic Characters:—Body cylindrical, elongated, naked, striated; striæ minute, waved symmetrically, encompassing the form in all parts, and giving to the skin a subrugose appearance; a continuous dorsal line, showing alternate oval depressions and slight ridges; no traces of true articulations; track, tortuous bisulcate.

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Proceedings 1876-77
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1878

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References

page 352 note * Etymol. κῦμα, unda, δἑρμα, cutis.

page 354 note * “Ichnology of Massachusetts.” By Edward Hitchcock, Boston, 1858. “Supplement to the Ichnology of New England.” Edited by C. H. Hitchcock, Boston, 1865.

page 355 note * Since this paper was written I have received from a Fellow of the Society, P. Dudgeon, Esq. of Cargen, several annulose specimens, one of which, from Upper Carboniferous strata, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, not far from this locality, bears a close resemblance to the forms figured by Mr Hancock, and referred to below.

page 355 note † “The Taconic System.” By Eb. Emmons, Abany, 1844.

page 355 note ‡ “Contributions to British Palæontology.” By Frederick M'Coy, F.G.S., Cambridge: Macmillan & Co., 1854.

page 355 note § Annals and Magazine of Natural History, vol. ii. December 1858. (Plates xviii. and xix.)

page 356 note * Journal of the Geological Society of Dublin, vol. viii. 1857–1860.

page 357 note * Ueber fossile Würmer aus dem lithographischen Schiefer in Bayern Cassel, 1869.