RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of d'Orbigny Pal. CUL-DAR205.9.227. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2021. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.9 contains notes on palaeontology and geology [regarding theory of evolution].


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d'Orbigny Pal: p. 34 - Silurian fossils Bolivian Cordillera - 4. Mollusca! (1. orthis 3 Lingula)

- 10 fossils 8 grand reports - 3 identical! (two Crust & one [illeg] )

(Specimen very bad not to be trusted much)

p. 40 - 7. Mollusca (& an Actinocrinus?) - all distinct - 4 have greatest analogy with Europæan species = 7= [illeg] 2. Terebratula 1. Spirifer 2 orthis

p. 58. Carboniferous (Bol: Cord: 17° Lat S.)

26 fossils - 23 molluscs - 12 close analogues 3 identical with those of Russia & Belgium) (three Spirifers & two orthis) Trigonia here found - elevation not below Jurassic beds

p. 99. Cretacerus series 4° - to 7° North Latitude (especially Neocomian)

38 Fossils (says 41 species!) - 29 close relations to Cretacerus fossils of Europe one with Gault - 5 identical.

Remarks on remarkable identity of these fossils in such different latitudes of - 4° to 7° N. & 49° N.


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