112 Belemnitella Americana and Mucronata, [310 



beds. A few examples may be selected at random, B. ameri- 

 cana being recorded from each locality (8) : 



U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, LOCATION 4133 (p. 153) 

 Pleistocene 



Loose, light sand 6 ft. 



Unconformity 

 Cretaceous (Peedee sand) 



Firmly indurated, dark gray, calcareous, glauconitic 



sand, containing many fossils 2 ft. 



Dark green, argillaceous, micaceous, rather coarse 



sand, containing a few fossils 7 ft. 



U. S. G. S. LOCATION 4130 (p. 154) 

 Pleistocene 



Loose white sand 8 ft. 



Unconformity 

 Cretaceous (Peedee sand) 



Dark green, glauconitic sand 1 ft. 



Greenish gray, glauconitic and calcareous sandstone, 



containing numerous fossils l%ft. 



Dark greenish gray glauconitic sand, containing a 



few fossils 2 ft. 



U. S. G. S. LOCATIONS Nos. 4169 AND 4137 (p. 157) 

 Pleistocene 



Sand and loam poorly exposed 15 ft. 



Eocene 



Thin-bedded shale with conglomerate band at base . . 7 ft. 



Unconformity 

 Cretaceous (Peedee sand) 



Dark green, very compact, arenaceous, glauconitic, 

 micaceous clay, containing numerous shells and 



casts 11 ft. 



Concealed, to waters edge 3 ft. 



The report states that from this locality the B. americana were 

 collected from the greensand. 



This series of sections, illustrating the association of green- 

 sand with the Belemnitella remains, could be continued until 

 every locality was listed. There are localities given, where, in 

 the Peedee greensands, no remains of Belemnitella have been 

 recovered. But this can not be regarded as evidence of any 

 kind. The fact that B. americana lived only under conditions 



