cene Apalaehicola gx-oiip includes several rich molluocan fairias, 

 the '"ampa, vhich, as. otated loefore, is considered lower An ^i- 

 tanian, "beiiog the oldest. Under the "."oii:".ger Alujm Bluif jI.: 

 ation are g-roixped the Jhipola, Oak 0-rove and Shoal -Uver nerabers, 

 '■i-'he character and relations of the Ohipola and ^alz ^'rove '*'a"nas 

 are fsirly v;ell- n:.,;n as the result of Dall ' i^ ei-:':eniiive ^.or-^ 

 which was published in tYie "Jsgner Institute Papers; the Shoal 

 Hi"er horizon was, however, subsequently; differentiated b^^ Y 

 an (1) and the fauna, as well as the other Alrjn "^luff faunae, i;^ 

 being monographed at the present ti.:^.e bj L'isE Julia A. Gardner, 



(l). .• ar.'han, j. .. . , in i.atLon ana ^lapp, Florida Geol. 3urv. , 

 2nd Aim. Pveport, -op. 104-lC?, 1909; Jarnegia Inst. '.Yash- 

 ington. Pub. no. 17.Z, p. 161, 1910. 



The three faunas are more or lees subtropical and, although the 

 asserablages are notabl;; different, it is believed that they are 

 aer;arated from each other by no R-rec t intervals of ti',e (2), 



(2). Personal communication from Ilisc Gardner. 



The Lliocene is represented by the Jhoctawhatchee and Jacksonville, 



the faunas of which are ooorly known, biit it may be definitely 



have 



stated that they a more t- Ti-oer-te froies; the Ohoct whatchee 

 should orobably be placed about at the top of the .^z. .^ary';: 

 in the I'iocene section e::posed in Virginia and Forth Carolina. 



