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Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12512241834).jpg 62 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Jan 19 <br> portion of the beds immediately underlying is exposed and accessible <br> Thus exposed the sandstone No 5 shows on the beach a stump <br> 1 foot in height and 1 foot in diameter having its surface-markings <br> destroyed by the sea but retaining two distinctly marked Stigmaria <br> roots one of them bifurcating at the distance of 2 feet from the <br> stump In the cliff are seen in the same bed Calamites rooted and <br> erect a plant-stem somewhat inclined but apparently having roots <br> attached and a large vertical tree 2 feet in diameter at base and <br> fluted irregularly but without leaf-scars This tree springs from the <br> coal No 6 and extends to the top of No 5 but the Calamites and <br> stems of some unknown plant are rooted at a higher level and there <br> are Stigmaria roots apparently in situ at three distinct levels in the <br> sandstone One of these levels corresponds to the broken tops of the <br> Calamite stems another to their base and the third apparently to <br> the roots of the first stump seen on the beach These appearances <br> are shown in the following section which represents these fossils as <br> seen from the shore above mentioned which follows the strike of the <br> beds <br> Section of part of the South Joggins Strata <br> x- <br> mmm m SSy <br> 4 5 6 7 beds referred to in the foregoing list of strata <br> a Calamites c Stigmaria roots <br> A stem of plant undetermined d Sigillaria trunk 9 feet high <br> In tracing this bed a little beyond the large tree represented in the <br> section see fig we found on the beach another fossil tree 22 inches in <br> diameter which had fallen from the bed No 5 and had no doubt occu- <br> pied a position similar to that of the large tree still standing It was <br> a cyhndrical cast in sandstone having on the surface flutings like those <br> of Sigillaria but without leaf-scars In the lower part of the cast the <br> sandstone contained a large quantity of vegetable fragments as above <br> mentioned p 59 principally pieces of carbonized wood leaves of <br> Nceggerathia or Poacitesi and stems of Calamites With these <br> vegetable remains we found the bones jaws teeth c before alluded <br> to all distinctly within the lower part of the cast and scattered <br> among the vegetable fragments contained in it as if either washed in <br> in separate pieces or more probably mixed with the woody matter <br> when the animal fell to pieces through decay A part of the vege- <br> table matter present must have been introduced after the tree became <br> hollow The creature to which the bones belonged may therefore 34983157 108767 51125 Page 62 Text v 9 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/34983157 1853 Geological Society of London NameFound Calamite NameConfirmed Calamite NameBankID 4098474 NameFound Calamites NameConfirmed Calamites EOLID 13132177 NameBankID 4098476 NameFound Sigillaria NameConfirmed Sigillaria EOLID 13132168 NameBankID 4343184 NameFound Stigmaria NameConfirmed Stigmaria EOLID 6133541 NameBankID 4853119 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 9 1853 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 34983157 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/34983157 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-14 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12512241834 2015-08-27 09 55 38 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1853 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script
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