TIIK CRETACEOUS SVSTKM ." 1 7 



In Sweden the most complete succession is found near Mahno 

 an 1 in the basin of Ystad, the highest beds being found at the 

 former and the lower at the latter locality. The total thickness 

 appears to be more than 1500 feet, and the combined succession is 

 as follows : 



a [Grey and white chalks without Belemnites or Ammonites, but con- 

 taining Xautiliis danicus, Ananchites sulcalus, two species of 

 Cyprcea and one of Pleurotomd. 



j White chalk with flints of Malmo, and sandy glauconitic marls of 



Kopinge with Belemnitella mucronata and Magas pumilus, 

 ^ ( Granular limestone with Actinocamax mammillatus. 



I Marl with Act. quadratus, passing into a conglomerate at Tosterup 

 ^ V. with Ostrea vesicularis, 0. semiplana, and Inoc. latus. 



.2 j Marly limestones with Actinocamax granulatus and A. vervs with 



Inoceramus lingua and Scaphiles binodosus. 

 I Marls with Actinocamax westphalicus. 



To the northward near Christianstad the Senonian is absent, 

 and the quadratus beds rest directly on the Archaean platform with 

 a basal conglomerate. By some authors the Danian is regarded as 

 equivalent to the Montian of Belgium (see Chap, xv.), but its fauna 

 is different and more closely allied to the Cretaceous. 



3. The Mediterranean Region 



A different facies is found in Southern France, Spain, 

 and through the whole of Southern Europe from the Alps 

 and Italy to the shores of the Black Sea. The Albian of this 

 region consists mainly of sands and sandstones, the Cenomanian 

 of sandy limestones containing Orbitolina (Patellina) concava 

 and many species of Caprina Caprotina and Caprinula. The 

 Turanian and Senonian are also represented by sandstones, 

 sandy limestones, and marls abounding with other genera of 

 irregular Lamellibranchs, such as Hippurites, Radiolites, and 

 Sphcerulites, some of the beds being known as Hippurite limestones. 

 These two divisions reach a thickness of 1500 feet in some places. 

 The higher stages are more local, but often comprise a great thick- 

 ness of strata; thus in Provence they include some marly lime- 

 stones of Campanian age, succeeded by a vast group of freshwater 

 deposits (the Garumnian), having a thickness of 2500 feet and 

 yielding a large number of freshwater and terrestrial shells. In 

 character and thickness this group is analogous to the English 

 Wealden. 



The most complete succession of marine deposits in the south of 



