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  Tke 
  distribution 
  of 
  this 
  Cephalopod 
  iu 
  otlier 
  couutries 
  may 
  next 
  be 
  

   considered. 
  

  

  In 
  ] 
  825, 
  under 
  tlie 
  name 
  of 
  Nautilus 
  atiiri, 
  Basterot 
  first 
  described 
  

   the 
  shell 
  from 
  the 
  Dax 
  ^ 
  beds 
  of 
  South-Western 
  France, 
  founding 
  his 
  

   description 
  on 
  Montfort's 
  old 
  figure 
  of 
  Nautilite 
  de 
  Bax 
  published 
  in 
  

   1802. 
  These 
  so-called 
  Dax 
  beds 
  are 
  of 
  Lower 
  Miocene 
  age, 
  having 
  

   been 
  regarded 
  as 
  Burdigaliau 
  by 
  De 
  Lapparent^ 
  and 
  by 
  Haug^ 
  as 
  

   Aquitanian. 
  Bronn* 
  established 
  the 
  generic 
  name 
  oi 
  Aturia 
  in 
  1838 
  

   on 
  Basterot's 
  species, 
  but 
  failed 
  to 
  properly 
  unite 
  the 
  two 
  names 
  of 
  

   Atiirm 
  afnri 
  until 
  1856. 
  

  

  Excellent 
  examples 
  of 
  tlie 
  species 
  have 
  been 
  described 
  and 
  figured 
  

   from 
  the 
  Italian 
  Tertiaries 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Sacco, 
  who 
  gives 
  its 
  geological 
  

   range 
  as 
  from 
  Aquitanian 
  to 
  Helvetian. 
  

  

  Austrian 
  specimens 
  of 
  A. 
  aturi 
  have 
  been 
  figured 
  by 
  Hoeriies 
  

   from 
  the 
  " 
  Schlier 
  " 
  deposits 
  of 
  Ottnang, 
  which 
  are 
  recognized 
  as 
  of 
  

   Vindobonian 
  (= 
  Helvetian) 
  age 
  and 
  equivalent 
  to 
  tlie 
  " 
  Tegel 
  " 
  of 
  

   Malta. 
  

  

  Its 
  occurrence 
  iu 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  Malta 
  was 
  first 
  referred 
  to 
  by 
  

   Forbes 
  in 
  1844 
  as 
  Nautilus 
  zigzag, 
  and 
  although 
  regarding 
  it 
  as 
  

   identical 
  with 
  the 
  London 
  Clay 
  fossil, 
  he 
  was 
  of 
  opinion 
  that 
  it 
  

   belonged 
  to 
  the 
  Miocene 
  period 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  Maltese 
  deposits 
  

   bearing 
  a 
  resemblance 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  of 
  France 
  and 
  Northern 
  

   Italy. 
  

  

  Subsequently 
  Fuchs 
  figured 
  the 
  shell 
  from 
  Malta 
  as 
  Nautilus 
  

   [Aturia) 
  aturi, 
  from 
  the 
  so-called 
  " 
  Badner 
  Tegel", 
  wliicli 
  is 
  

   equivalent 
  to 
  the 
  "Schlier" 
  of 
  Austria, 
  and 
  therefore 
  belonging 
  to 
  

   the 
  Vindobonian 
  (Helvetian) 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  Miocene. 
  

  

  M. 
  Leuioiiie 
  has 
  identified 
  the 
  species 
  from 
  Madagascar 
  as 
  Aturia 
  

   cf. 
  aturi, 
  in 
  older 
  Miocene 
  rocks 
  which 
  he 
  attributes 
  to 
  the 
  

   Aquitanian 
  stage 
  of 
  that 
  period. 
  

  

  Fairly 
  recently, 
  M. 
  Fourtau 
  has 
  made 
  known 
  its 
  occurrence 
  in 
  the 
  

   Hiirdigalian 
  Beds 
  of 
  Egypt, 
  which 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  Lower 
  Miocene. 
  

  

  Found 
  also 
  in 
  South 
  America 
  (Chili), 
  and 
  determined 
  as 
  Aturia 
  

   cf. 
  aturi, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  reported 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Miiricke 
  from 
  the 
  Navidad 
  

   deposits, 
  which 
  are 
  considered 
  equivalent 
  to 
  the 
  Patagonian 
  Formation, 
  

   and 
  hence, 
  according 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Ortmann,^ 
  may 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  Lower 
  

   Miocene. 
  

  

  So 
  far 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  ascertained, 
  therefore, 
  Aturia 
  aturi 
  belongs 
  

   entirely 
  to 
  the 
  Miocene 
  period, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  in 
  Australia 
  that 
  it 
  

   is 
  said 
  to 
  extend 
  to 
  Pliocene 
  times, 
  having 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   Beaumaris 
  Beds 
  of 
  the 
  so-called 
  Kalimnan 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  Tertiaries 
  

  

  It 
  should 
  be 
  understood 
  here 
  that 
  at 
  Dax 
  itself 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  Miocene 
  deposits 
  ; 
  

  

  they 
  really 
  occur 
  at 
  St. 
  Paul 
  de 
  Dax, 
  which 
  is 
  about 
  li 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  

  

  village 
  of 
  Dax, 
  where 
  the 
  beds 
  abound 
  in 
  shells 
  and 
  other 
  organic 
  remains 
  

  

  of 
  Miocene 
  age. 
  

   TraiU 
  de 
  Geologie, 
  5th 
  ed., 
  1906, 
  p. 
  1600. 
  

   Traite 
  de 
  Geologie, 
  vol. 
  ii, 
  1911, 
  pt. 
  iii, 
  p. 
  1612. 
  

  

  Letluva 
  Gcognostica, 
  vol. 
  ii, 
  1838, 
  pp. 
  1122, 
  1123, 
  and 
  vol. 
  iii, 
  1856, 
  p. 
  595. 
  

   Reports 
  of 
  the 
  Princeton 
  University 
  Expeditions 
  to 
  Patagonia, 
  1896-9, 
  vol. 
  iv, 
  

  

  pt. 
  ii, 
  1902, 
  p. 
  303. 
  

  

  