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Meek, F. 13. Descriptiou of new organic remains from the Cretaceous rocks of 

 Vancouver's Island. < Trans. Albany Inst., vol. iv, i^p. 37-49. 1857. Albany, 

 1858-1864. 



The fossils here described were collected b}' Dr. J. S. Newberry, geologist of Lieutenant 

 Williamson's North CaUfomia and Oregon Exploring Expedition. The author describes twelve 

 new species. 



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Nucula traskana, n. s., Meek, 1857 39 



Area (Cuculla'a) equilateralis, n. s.,Meek, 1857 39-10 



Area vancoiiverensis, n. s.. Meek, 1357 40 



Cardiiim scituliitn, n. s.. Meek, 1857 40-41 



Pk[o]ladomya (Goniomya) borealis, u. s.,Meek, 1857 41-42 



Ph[o]ladomya subelongata, n s.. Meek, 1857 42 



Trigonia evansana, n. s.. Meek, 1857 43 



Thracia .' occidcntalis, n. s., Meek, 1857 43-44 



Thracia ; siihtruncata, n. s., Meek, 1857 44 



Dentalixtm nanaimoensis, n. s.. Meek, 1857 44-45 



Ammonites (Scaiihites ?) ramosus, n. s.. Meek, 1857 45-47 



Ammonites neivberryanus, n. s.. Meek, 1857 47-48 



Baculites ovatus.' (Say) 48-49 



Mr. Meek gives the date of these species as 1857 when he republished them with illustrations 

 in the Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. Terr., vol. ii, No. 4. Washington, 187G. 



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Meek, F. B., and Hayden, F. V. Descriptions of new species and genera of fossils 

 collected by Dr. F. V. Hayden in Nebraska Territory, under the direction of 

 Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Topographical Engineers ; with some remarks on the Ter- 

 tiary and Cretaceous formations of the Northwest and the parallelism of the latter 

 with those of other i>ortions of the United States and Territories. <^Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., Ist series, vol. ix, pp. 117-148. 1857. Philadelphia, 1858. 



Genera Pseudobuccinnm, Corbulaniella. 



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Gives a brief account of the results of previous explorations 117-121 



Section of Tertiary beds thirteen miles above Port Clark 122 



Section of fresh-water and estuary deposits near the mouth of Judith River 124 



Section of the older deposits at the mouth of Judith River, in the descending order . . . 125 



Alabama section, from facts communicated by Prof. A. Winchell 126 



New .Jersey section, compiled from the reports of that State 127 



Vertical section of the geological formations of Nebraska Territory, so far as deter- 

 mined 128 



Sections of the rocks in Northeastern Kansas (above the Coal Measures) . By Major F. 



Hawn, V. S. deputy surveyor 130 



Section of the formations at Pyramid Mountain, New Mexico [by Jules Marcou] 132 



Conclusions 133 



Ptychoceras mortoni, n. s., M. & H., 1857 134 



Serpula ? tenuiearinatus, n. s., M. & H., 1857 134 



Vitrina ohliqua, n. s., M. «fc H., 1857 134 



Helix oceidentalis, n. s., M. & H., 1857 135 



Helix vitrinoides, n. s., M. & H., 1857 135 



Plan«irhis tenuivolvis, n. s., M. & H., 1857 135 



Planorbis amplexus, n. s., M. «fc H., 1857 135-136 



Planorbis fragilis, n. s., M. & H., 1857 136 



Melania snbtorUiosa, n. s., M. & H., 1857 136 



Melania om.itta, n. s., M. & H., 1857 136 



Melania siiblaevus, n. s. , M. & H., 1857 136-131 



Melania invenusta,Ti. s., M. & H., 1857 137 



Melania ivarrenana, n. s. , M. iS: H. , 1857 137 



Melania tenuicarinata, n. s., M. & H., 1857 137-138 



Melania convexa, M. & H 138 



Fusus vaiighani, n. s., M. & H., 1857 138-139 



Fusus subturritus. n. s., M. <fc H., 1857 139 



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