602 STRATIGRAPHICAL GEOLOGY 



Ursus arvernensis. Microtus ( = Arvicola) intermedium, 



Canis lupus (wolf). Lutra vulgaris (otter). 

 Cervus Sedgwicki. 



(2) New-comers ranging to Newer Beds, 19 



Bison bonasus (var. priscus). Sorex vulgaris (shrew). 



Ovibos moschatus (musk ox). ,, pygmseus (pigmy shrew). 



Ursus spelaeus (cave bear). Talpa europsea (mole). 



,, ferox (grizzly bear). Mus sylvaticus (mouse). 



Gulo luscus (glutton). Microtus arvalis (field vole). 



Canis vulpes (fox). ,, gregalis. 



Mustela martes (marten). ,, amphibius (water vole). 



Hyaena crocuta. Microtus glareolus (red vole). 



Sus scrofa (wild boar). Sciurus vulgaris ? (squirrel). 

 Myogale moschata (musk shrew). 



D. CONTINENTAL PLIOCENE DEPOSITS 



1. Tlie Pliocene in Belgium and Holland 



In these countries a succession of beds has been described which 

 appears to correspond with the lower and middle portions of the 

 British Series, but does not include any representative of the 

 Norwich Crag or of the later Pliocene deposits in England. This 

 succession, as interpreted by the researches of Messrs. Van den 

 Broeck, Dr. Lorie, and Mr. Harmer, 21 is as follows : 



4. Amstelian. 



3. Scaldisian or zone of Neptunea antiqua. 



2. Casterlian or zone of Isocardia cor. 



1. Diestian or zone of Tcrebratula grandis. 



The Diestian Sands occupy a position similar to that of the 

 Lenham Beds, and are only found on the high ground along 

 the southern side of the Belgian basin, occupying a considerable 

 area near Louvain and Diest, but not extending far to the 

 northward. 



Near Antwerp are beds which contain a fauna similar to that 

 of our Coralline Crag. At the base is a pebble bed covered by a 

 blackish sand yielding sharks' teeth, Gyprina rustica, and Cardita 

 senilis ; this passes up into pale greenish-grey sand, from which 

 above sixty species of shells have been obtained, the most abundant 

 being Isocardia cor, Astarte Omalii, A. corbuloides, Lucina borealis, 

 Ringicula buccinea, and Turritella incrassata, with bones of Balcena 

 and Balcenoptera. 



This zone is succeeded by the Scaldisian, which consists of red 

 and grey sands similar to our Red Crag, and containing many of the 

 same shells, such as Tritonofusus gracilis, Neptunea contraria, Valuta 





