166 PROCEEDINGS OF THE PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



Minutes of the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast 

 Section of the Paleontological Society 



C. A. Waring, Secretary 



The fifth annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Section of the Paleon- 

 tological Society was held in divided session at Stanford University, 

 California, and at Seattle, Washington. The Stanford meeting was held 

 in the Geology Building, on Friday, April 24, 1914; the Seattle meeting 

 was held in Science Hall of the University of Washington, on Friday, 

 May 32, 1914. President J. C. Merriam presided at both meetings. 



The relation of the paleontological series of the Pacific coast to that 

 of the Atlantic coast and outside areas, with special reference to methods 

 of correlation of the Triassic, Cretaceous, and Miocene, was suggested as 

 the general topic of discussion for the meeting of the Paleontological So- 

 ciety to be held in San Francisco in 1915. A motion was made and 

 carried ratifying this report as made by Doctor Merriam, chairman of the 

 Program Committee. 



election of officers 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : 



President, Boy E. Dickerson, 114 Burnett Ave., San Francisco. 

 Vice-President, H. Hannibal, Stanford University. 

 Secretary-Treasurer , E. L, Packard, Berkeley, Cal. 



It was voted to hold the next meeting at the call of the President. 

 Following are the programs and abstracts of the papers presented at 

 the two divisions : 



PAPERS OF THE STANFORD MEETING 

 'NOTE ON THE CRETACEOUS ECHINODEIiMS OP CALIFORNIA 



BY W, S. W. KEW 



RELATIONS OF THE SANTA MARGARITA FORMATION IN THE COALINGA EAST 



SIDE FIELD 



BY JOHN H. RUCKMAN 



(Abstract) 



A discussion of evidences of unconformity with the Jacalitos above and Big 

 Blue below. 



