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Excerpt from The American Palaeozoic Fossils: A Catalogue of the Genera and Species, With Names of Authors, Dates, Places of Publication, Groups of Books in Which Found, and the Etymology and Signification of the Words, and an Introduction Devoted to the Stratigraphical Geology of the Pal�ozogic Book
The genus Prototaxites was founded b Dawson upon fossil wood, supposed to resemble the genus Taxites. The same author foun ed the genus Nematoxylon, upon what he supposed to be nearly related fossil wood. Mr. Carruthers examined the same specimens and pro nounced them both Algae, and founded the new genus nematophycus. Seeds, stems, roots and other organs of uncertain affinity, have received emeric and specific names. Some fossils are classed by some authors with the Algae, as ruziana, Scolithus, etc., while others regard them as tracks of marine animals. Authors are not in accord, even on the arrange ment of the fronds and branches of ferns into families. For these reasons, I have not undertaken to arrange the fossils of the vegetable kingdom, represented in the palaeozoic rocks, into families.
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