Australian Museum Journal On the occurrence of the genus Columnaria in the Upper Silurian rocks of New South Wales
- Shortform:
- Etheridge, 1897, Rec. Aust. Mus. 3(2): 30–33
- Author(s):
- Etheridge, R.
- Year published:
- 1897
- Title:
- On the occurrence of the genus Columnaria in the Upper Silurian rocks of New South Wales
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 3
- Issue:
- 2
- Start page:
- 30
- End page:
- 33
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.3.1897.1124
- Language:
- English
- Plates:
- plate viii
- Date published:
- 05 August 1897
- Cover date:
- 05 August 1897
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Digitized:
- 01 June 2009
- Reference number:
- 1124
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (119kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (828kb PDF)
Abstract
[No abstract given, the work begins as follows] I believe I am correct in stating that Columnaria has not so far been recognised as an Australian genus of Palaeozoic Corals. When I had the pleasure of examining the Museum at St. Stanislaus College, Bathurst, a few months ago, under the guidance of the Rev. Father Dowling, I observed a coral from Molong, that I took to be Columnaria from macroscopic characters only, subsequently confirmed, however, by microscopic. At any rate if the coral in question be not a species of this remarkable genus, then the candid confession of my ignorance as to its systematic position must be made. Father Dowling courteously allowed me to divide the specimen, a portion of which is now in the Australian Museum.