2. Modern Foraminifera. The discovery by Brady and Lister of reproductive chamberlets at the margin of the modern orbitolites, tends to connect this with Eozoon. The gigantic foraminiferal species discovered by Agassiz at the Gallipagos, has points of affinity with Eozoon; and its arenaceous nature does not affect this, as we know sandy species in this group closely allied to others that are calcareous.
[WHAT MAY BE LEARNED FROM EOZOON.]
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
DR. WILLIAM B. CARPENTER,
Who, among his many Services to Science,
devoted much Time and Labour to the Investigation
of Eozoon,
and by his Knowledge of Foraminifera
and unrivalled Power of unravelling difficult
Structures
did much to Render it intelligible.
The Microscope in Geology—Contributions of the Study of Eozoon to our Knowledge of the Mode of Preservation of Fossils—Its Teaching Relatively to the Origin of Life and the Laws of its Introduction and Progress
Specimen of Eozoon Canadense (Dawson), showing General Form and Osculiform Tubes. (Reproduced from Photograph.)