0(j CALIFOUNIA Ai ADLXIV Ml' .Si 1 l.Nc lUS. 



from wliioli the fitssils were taken. The faunas are fienerally so small, aii<l llic strati- 

 graphie notes so incomplete, tiiat it is not possible to make any definite correlations 

 between these deposits and the iJilTi'rent horizons of the San IVilro series. 



Port Z(*s Aiitjdci^. The writer lias obtained the foUowinj;' species from a hard, 

 sjuuly stratum underlying more than a hundred feet of soft, sandy deposits in the mouth 

 of the canyon at the end of the large wharf at Port Los Angeles, near Santa Monica: 



Atlyris giiutni'iita (Hivrlln lii/ilicnta I'l' uroluma pervirim 



lirla iiineUt-monicir Olivrlla inlorta Tii/hh ulaminea 



milium (upr rum Oatren liiriiia (1) Turrilrlla cooperi 



Xa.via mrntliea vnr. coo/irri Pitania forii* Trophon scalariformls 



.YoAiKi prr/iinijuiji I'lruroloma carpenleriana Vcncricardia vcntricoim 

 ^t vtrila recluziaita 



The stnitum from which the above fossils were obtained is probably Pleisto- 

 cene, corresponding to the lower Han Pedro series of Deadman Island, for lithologically 

 and faunally the strata are quite similar. The overlying beds are soft and unfo.ssilifer- 

 ous, and lie slightly unconformably on the lower fossiliferous stratum; and although 

 thev contain no fossils, still, from lithological and stratigrapiiical reasons, it is i)robable 

 that they are etjuivalent to the upper San Pedro deposits. These Pleistocene strata ex- 

 tend down the coast from the great wharf to about one-half mile below Santa Monica. 



San Clcmente Island. — The post-Pliocene deposits of San Clemente Island are 

 small. W. S. T. Smith' says that they consist of fine sand and rolled pebbles, and 

 have a maximum thickne-ss of only ten feet. Lucina californica is the only fossil 

 shell reported from these deposits. 



Ncioport. — Much of the coast line from Long Beach to San Diego consists of 

 more or less elevated deposits of Pleistocene age. Deposits of Pleistocene age have 

 been examined by W. L. Watts in the vicinity of Newport, (Grange county.- About 

 a mile north of the town of Newport is a formation of .soft .sandstone and yellowish 

 clay-shale, with layers of hard calcareous strata, and some strata which appear to be 

 made up largely of diatomaceous material. These deposits contain the following 

 species, which have been identified by Dr. J. C. Meniam: 



Anomin lampr Crucibulum spinosutn Plaruiianomia macroHckisnin 



Cartliitm panamfnfe[=iC. procertim] Macoma inquinrxla I'omaiilax undosits 



f'hionr nmiliima ycvrrila rrciuziatia Tapes .sta7ninfa 



Chione miccinrla Peelen (cqnimilratus [/=/'. vcntriromix] Zirphaa crispala [r=Z. dalihi] 



The fauna given above shows that this deposit is equivalent to the upper San 

 Pedro series. 



The oil-sand and .sandstone west of the inner bay at Newport contain the 

 following species:^ 



Billium ruptriim • Macoma iiiijuinata Olivella bipliratn 



Bryozoan remains Monoceroi emjonalum Prtrirola rardiloUUs 



Crrpiilnia a'lunca Sasna/osnata Tapes sliiminia 



Lucina californica Xasta perplnguis 



This fauna corresponds to that of tlie up|)er San Pedro series, although no 

 definite relation can be established, owing to the lack of characteristic fossils. 



< A Oeologtcal Sketch of 9an Clemenle Island. Br W. 3. T. Smith. 181b Ann. Bept. U. S. Oeol. Sur., Part II., 1S98, p. 49'i. * 

 » Oil and Oa« Yielding Formations o( California Bjr W, L. WatUi. Bnll. Cal. State Mining Bureau, No. 19, 19U0, pp. 01 aud 223. 

 * Op. ciL. p. 233. 



