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(Continued on inside "hack cover) 181-411-900 BULLETIN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS NO. 184 FOUR TIMES A MONTH SCIENTIFIC SERIES NO. 18 MAY 22, 1911 Contributions from the School of Geology FAUNA OF THE BUDA LIMESTONE BY FEANCIS LUTHER WHITNEY INSTRUCTOR IN GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN, TEXAS Entered as second-class mail matter at the post office at Austin, Texas SCIENCES E L. CLARK ttJ CONTENTS. Page. 9 7 •55 a ........ 11 11 2 11 ca 1.1 -0 11 a 0 o 12 I (2^ 13 * na 13 c 0 OS V 14 »j • 15 J-H rt a f Texas Bulletin. This species appears to be quite rare, only one specimen having been obtained. It reminds one of C. haidingeri Zekeli, but dif- fers from that species in the angle of the spire and the character . of the transverse costa?. Locality. — Shoal Creek, Austin. Texas. FUSIDAE. Genus FUSUS Lamarck. Fusus SIMONDSI n. sp. PI. XI, fig. 2. Dimensions. — Length, 100mm.; breadth, about 30mm. Description. — Shell elevated, turreted; whorls nine, rounded; sutures well defined ; spire straight, conical, equalling about one- half the height of the shell; angle 25°; anterior canal long, straight, deep; lip and aperture unknown; surface of whorls ornamented with eight to ten transverse cpstse, which, with the intervening spaces, are crossed by four to six prominent, rounded, revolving lines. The costse are prominent on the upper part of the body whorl, but disappear below, leaving only the revolving lines. This species resembles F. texanujs Shattuck, but the spire and body whorl are nearly equal, and the angle of the spire is much less. Locality. — Shoal Creek, Austin, Texas. VOLUTIDAE. Genus VOLUTILITHES Swainson. VOLUTILITHES AUSTINENSIS n. Sp. PI. XI, fig. 1. Description. — Shell small, fusiform; spire elevated, sutures well defined; body whorl large, constituting the greater part of the shell, shoulder rounded; aperture narrow, elongate; canal long, straight, open and deep ; columella with three strong, oblique plaits near the middle of the aperture; lip thin. Sur- face ornamented with about eighteen prominent, transverse eostae crossed by numerous, fine rounded, revolving lines. Locality. — Shoal Creek, Austin, Texas. Fauna of the Buda Limestone. 23 ACTEONIDAE. Genus CYLINDRITES Lycett. CYLINDRITES WHITEI n. sp. PL X, fig. 8. Dimension*. — Height, -i.Tmni. ; breadth, 2.5mm. Description. — Shell small ; surface marked by prominent lines of growth; whorls four; spire depressed, canaliculate; aperture narrow, extending posteriorly to the end of the body whorl, an- teriorly extended below the body whorl and narrowly rounded ; eolumella with one fold. There is, in this collection, only one specimen of this sepcies, but it is quite unlike any other that has come to my notice. Locality. — Shoal Creek, Austin, Texas. RINGICULIDAE. Genus CINULIA Gray. ClNULIA CONRADI n. Sp. PL X, figs. 5, 6, 7. Dimensions. — Height, 9mm.; greatest breadth, 7mm. Description. — -Shell small, imperforate, subglobose ; whorls three, s:pire short, about one-eighth of the height of the shell; aperture elongate, acute posteriorly, rounded anteriorly; outer lip thickened, smooth, reflected; inner lip callous, with three plaits, two of which are well up on the shell; surface of body whorl ornamented with fourteen rather broad, spiral costella, separated by narrow grooves developed by a series of spirally arranged puncta. The lip is somewhat broken in the specimen studied, but it appears to have been ornamented with two or more vertical lines. Locality. — Shoal Creek, Austin, Texas. CINULIA PELLETI n. sp. PL X, figs. 9, 10, 11. Dimensions. — Height, I'Smm. ; maximum breadth, 13mm. Description. — Shell small, solid, subglobose; whorls about three, rounded ; spire about one-sixth of the height of the shell : 24 l.'niccrxifij of Texas Bulletin. .aperture slightly oblique, rounded anteriorly, acute poste- riorly; outer lip thickened, reflected, smooth within; inner lip callous, with three plaits, the upper one slightly above the mid- dle of the aperture, the others well down. Surface marked with about twenty-seven revolving, well defined costella, sepa- rated by grooves equally as wide, and crossed by numerous fine, transverse lines. Locality. — Batron Creek, Austin, Texas. CEPHALOPODA. TURRILITIDAE. Genus TURRILITES Lamarck. TURRILITES BRAZOENSIS Roemer. PI. XII, fig. 1. Turrilites brazoetisis Roemer, 1849. Texas, p. 415. Turrilites brazoensis Roemer. 1852, Die Kreide. von ,Texas, p. 37, Taf. 3, fig. 2. Turrilites brazoensis Hill, 1889, Texas Geol. Surv., Bull. No. 4, p. 23. Original description. — The siie11 larse> sinistral, tuberculate; whorls almost quadrilateral, flat outside, ornamented with four rows of large tubercles; the tubercles of the uppermost row standing on the obtusely rounded margin between the broad scarcely arched lateral surface of the whorl and the narrow superior surface, and extending themselves into plain plaits covering the superior surface; both middle rows consist of large, pointed tubercles; the lowest row of tubercles, composed of smaller tubercles, standing on the margin of the inner surface of the whorls and covered "by the following whorl. The inner surface, turned toward the axis of the conical spire, covered with perpendicular plain, plaits, which correspond to the tubercles of the lowest row. The specimens collected froom the Buda are mere fragment-. However, a fairly complete specimen from the Georgetown formation measures in height 20cm. ; breadth, 9cm. Locality. — Barton Creek, Shoal Creek, Austin, Texas. TURRILITES ROEMERI n. sp. PL XII, figs. 2, 3. Dimensions. — Height. 36mm.; breadth, 30mm. Fauna of the Buda Limestone. 25 . Description. — Shell turriculate, conical, sinistral; angle 49°; volutions angular in front, convex behind, overlapping; suture deep; surface ornamented with four rows of unequal tubercles; the anterior row with about thirty-two tubercles, placed on the sutural angle at the outer end of ribs which converge toward the umbilicus; a second row of narrow more elongate tubercles is placed parallel to and behind the first row. It has the same number of tubercles as the first. Below the second, is a third row of elongate tubercles, of the same number as those in the other rows. The fourth row consists of large, rounded tubercles placed in the middle of the volution, and numbering about eleven. This species differs from T. tuberculatus Bosc, by the spiral angle and the shape of the tubercles; from T. gravesianus d'Orbiny, by the more elongate form of tubercle and the angle. In this species, the three rows of smaller tubercles are covered by the overlapping of the adjacent whorl, whereas in T. tuberculatus and T. gravesianus only one row is overlapped. It appears to be rare in the Buda, only one specimen having been found. Locality. — Shoal Creek, Austin, Texas. ARTHROPODA. CRUSTACEA. BRACHYURA. Indeterminate Crustacean. PL XIII, fig. 1. There is, in my collection, a specimen of the great chela of a crustacean, possibly Paramithrax, but it is so poorly preserved chat its determination is very doubtful. Locality. — Shoal Creek, Austin, Texas. Genus GRAPTOCARCINUS. GRAPTOCABCINUS TEXANUS Roemer. PI. XIII, figs. 2, 3. Graptocarcinus texauus Roemer, 1887, Neues Jahrbuch f . Min- eral, und Paleont. Band 1, Heft. 2, pp. 173-176, figs 'a and b, text. Dimensions. — Length, 28mm. ; breadth, 36mm. Description, original someivhat modified. — Cephalothorax transverse oval, rounded, five-sided in outline ; enclosed by a fine, raised, sharp border separating the dorsal and ventral sur- faces; dorsal surface moderately convex, flattened centrally; frontal bent downwards, ending in a broad, obtuse-angled, pointed rostrum, divided medially by a fine, longitudinal fur- row; outer margin of rostrum raised; orbits deeply cut. Sur- face coarsely and thickly granulate; between the grains or tu- bercles are scattered separate smaller ones. Where the tubercles are not completely preserved and crumbled on the summits, they appear ring-like and deepened in the centre. On the cen- tral surface are two pairs of converging furrows. The fur- rows of the anterior pair are longer and stronger than those of the posterior. They are bent slightly inwards and converge at an angle of about 130°. They are deepest and broadest at their outer ends. At their inner ends, they are so weak that their junction is scarcely visible. The furrows of the posterior 28 University of Texas Bulletin. pair are at first parallel to the anterior pair, then bent abruptly backwards and weakened till scarcely traceable. No other sculpture is present on the dorsal surface. The surface of the sloping and inwardly bent ventral side is almost smooth. It is finely granulate only opposite and just behind the frontal. Opposite the front pair of furrows is a small notch, in the sharp margin separating the dorsal and ventral surfaces, from which a fine, line-like furrow passes forward in a moderate curve. Localities. — Shoal Creek, Barton Creek, Austin, Texas. PLATE I. PLATE 1. Page. Figs. 1, 2. Alectryonia carinata (Lam.) 12 Fig. 3. Pinna sp 11 Fig. 4. Pecten wrightii Shum 13 Fig. 5. Inoceramous sp 12 Fig. 6. Barbatia simondsi n. sp 11 Bulletin of The University of Texas No. 184. Plate 1. PLATE II. 31 PLATE II. Page. Figs. 1-3. Spondylus texanus n. sp 14 Figs. 4, 5. Anomia geniculata n. sp 14 Fig. 6. Modiola austinensis n. sp 15 Figs. 7, 8. Spondylus cragini n. sp 13 12 DEAR SIR : I take pleasure in sending to you a copy of Bulletin No. 9 of The University of Texas Mineral Survey, entitled "Re- port of a Reconnaissance of Trans-Pecos Texas, North of the Texas & Pacific Railway," by George Burr Richardson. This Bulletin is the ninth in the series which was begun in July, 1901. The other Bulletins are as follows: 1. Texas Petroleum,, July, 1901. 2. Sulphur, Oil and Quicksilver in Trans-Pecos Texas, Febru- ary, 1902. 3. Coal, Lignite' and Asphalt Rocks, May, 1902. 4. The Terlingua Quicksilver Deposits, Brewster County, Oc- tober, 1902. 5. The Minerals and Mineral Localities of Texas, January, 1903. 6. The Mining Laws of Texas and Tables of Magnetic Declina- tion, July, 1903. 7. Report of Progress for 1903, and Topographic Map of Ter- lingua Quadrangle in Brewster and Presidio Counties, January, 1904. 8. The Geology of the Shafter Silver Mine District, Presidio County, June, 1904. These Bulletins are for gratuitous distribution among the citi- zens of the State and to others upon application. The editions of Bulletins Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive, have been ex- hausted. Very truly, WM. B. PHILLIPS, Austin, Texas, November, 1904. Director. Bulletin of The University of Texas No. 184. Plate II. PLATE III. PLATE III. Page. Figs. 1, 2. Homomya bndaensis n. sp 15 Bulletin of The University of Texas No. 184. Plate III PLATE IV. PLATE IV. Page. Figs. 1, 2. Homomya budaensis n. sp 15 Bulletin of The University of Texas No. 184. Plate IV. PLATE V. PLATE V. Page. Paehymya austinensis var. budaensis n. var 16 Bulletin of The University of Texas No. 184 Plate V. PLATE VI. PLATE VI. Page. Pachymya austinensis var. budaensis n. var. x .8 16 Showing surface ornamentation. Bulletin of The University of Texas No. 184. Plate VI. PLATE VII. PLATE VII. Page. Figs. 1-3. Artica compacta (White) 17 Fig. 4. Meretrix leonensis? (Con.) 18 Fig. 5. Fistulana ruperti n. sp 19 Fig. 6. Tubes of Fustulana ruperti 19 Fig. 7. Stearnsia robinsi White . 17 Figs. 8, 9. . Tapes austinensis n. sp 19 42 Bulletin of The University of Texas No. 184. Plate VII. PLATE VIII PLATE VIII. Page. Tylostoma hilli n. sp. 20 44 Bulletin of The University of Texas No. 184. Plate VIII. ~'"-:- *'> •••^^ &-- t PLATE IX. PLATE IX. Page. Tylostoma hilli n. sp 20 46 Bulletin of The University of Texas No. 184. Plate IX. PLATE X. 47 PLATE X. Page. Figs. 1, 2. Cerithium stantoni n. sp 20 Fig. 3. Cerithium shumardi n. sp ....-.' 21 Fig. 4. Cerithium hilli n. sp 21 Figs. 5-7. Cinulia conradi n. sp 23 Fig. 8. Cylindrites whitei n. sp. x3 23 Figs. 9-11. Cinulia pelleti n. sp. . . 23 Figs. 12-14. Tylostoma harrisi n. sp 20 Bulletin of The University of Texas No. 184. Plate X. 1 10 11 PLATE XL 49 PLATE XI. Page. Fig. 1. Volutilithes austinensis n. sp 22 Fig. 2. Fusns simondsi n. sp • • 22 so Bulletin of The UniTersity of Texas No. 184. Plat* XI. PLATE XII. PLATE XII. Page. Fig. 1. Turrilites brazoensis Roemer 24 Pigs. 2, 3. Turrilites roemeri n. sp 24 bulletin of The University of Texas No. 184. Plate XII. PLATE XIII. PLATE XIII. Page. Figs. 1, 2. Graptocarcinus texanus Roemer 27 Fig. 3. Crustacean indet x .75 : 27 54 Bulletin of The University of Texas No. 184. Plate XIII. I INDEX. [Names in italic are synonyms; figures in black-face type are numbers of page on which detailed descriptions appear; figures in italic denote illustrations.] Acteonidae .23 Alectryonia Fischer 12 Alectryonia carinata (Lamarck) 12, 30 Alectryonia carinata Hill 12 Anomia Miiller 14 Anomia geniculata n. sp 14, 32 Anomidae 14 Area galliennei d'Orbigny 11 galiiennei var, tramitensis Cragin 11 Arcidae 11 Arthropoda 27-28 Artica Schumacher 17 compacta (White) 17, 4% Barbatia Gray 11 micronema Meek 11 simondsi n. sp 11, 30 Brachyura 27-28 Cephalopoda 24-26 Cerithiidae 20 Cerithium Adanson 20 aguilerae Bose 21 debile Zekeli 21 haidingeri Zekeli 22 hilli n. sp 21, 48 schumardi n. sp 21, 48 stantoni n. sp 20, 48 Cinulia Gray 23 conradi n. sp 23, 48 pelleti n. sp 23, 48 Crassatellitidae 17 Crustacea 27 Crustacean indet 27, 54 Cylindrites Lycett 23 whitei n. sp 23, 48 Cytherea leonensis Conrad 18 leonensis Hill 18 Pistulana Bruguiere 19 ruperti n. sp 19, 42 Pusidae ,22 Fusus Lamarck 22 simondsi n. sp 22, 50 texanus Shattuck 22 GasteroDoda 20-24 Gastrochaenidae 19 Graptocarcinus texanus Roe- mer 27, 54 texamts Roemer 27 Homomya Agassiz 15 budaensis n. sp 15, 84, 36 vulgaris Shattuck 16 Inoceramous Sowerby 12 sp 12, 30 Janira wrightii Shumard 13 Meretrix Lamarck 18 budaensis n. sp 19 leonensis? (Conrad) . . . . 18, 42 Modiola Lamarck 15 austinensis n. sp 15, 32 Mollusca 11-26 Mytilidae 15 Ostreidae 12 Ostrea carinata Roemer et al. . . . 12 Pachymyidae 16 Pachymya Sowerby 16 austinensis var. budaensis n. var 16, 38, 40 austinensis Shumard et al 16 compacta White 17 Pecten Miiller 13 wrightii (Shumard) 13, 30 Pectinidae 13 Pelecypoda 11-20 Pernidae 12 Pholodomyacidae 15 Pinna Linnaeus 11 sp 11, 30 Pinnidae 11 Pleurophoridae 17 Plicatula geniculata n. sp 15 Ringiculidae 23 Spondylidae 13 Spondylus Linnaeus 13 cragini n. sp 13, 32 hystrix Goldfuss 14 texanus n. sp 14, 32 Stearnsia White 17 robinsi White . . . 17, 42 roUnsi White 17 Tapes Mergerle von Muhl- feldt 19 austinensis n. sp 19, 42 Turrilites Lamarck 24 brazoensis Roemer 24, 52 brazoensis Roemer 24 gravesianus d'Orbigny 25 roemeri n. sp 24, 52 tuberculatus Bosc 25 Turrilitidae 24 Tylostoma Sharpe 20 harrisi n. sp 20, 48 hilli n. sp 20, 44, 46 Veneridae 18 Vola (Janira} wrigntii Hill 13 Vola torightii Cragin 13 Volutidae 22 Volutilithes Swainson 22 austinensis n. sp 22, 50 BRUCE L. 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