Manuscript entitled, "Fossil Flora and Fauna of the Pennsylvanian Period, Will County, Illinois"
by George Langford (1876-1964)
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George Langford And His Fossils, [An Appendix] by Sydne Holmes

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Neuropteria = Tree Fern, positive Neuroptercarpus, both halves Positive Negative	Unusually fine insect: Tenopteron mirable [mirabile - GL,III] Acanthotelson eilikia. [probably ilikia - GL,III] Marine creature with a counterpart, Anaspiedes, living today in the sea around Tasmania. And an unknown insect, too new for a name:	Two Scorpions: Gerulina gigantea. Lepidoderma - marine. Once they were nine feet long. They disappeared after the Carboniferous era. A tiny ganoid fish, 1-1/2 times actual size.
Tree bark: Lepidophloios langfordi. Lepidodendron Positive Negative Lepidophloios Negative Positive	Seed Case. Calamite tree cone. Calamostachys Annularia - Calamite foliage Specimen is 12 inches long.  It is much like today's bamboo.	Three magnificent spiders: Curculioides wilmingtoni. Holotype Ootarbus [he's the one on the right - GL,III] It's rare to find a spider like this next to a tree fossil. Pleophrynus ensifer. Holotype. The back of this spider is ridged and marked like tortoise-shell.

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