356 L. F. Spath—Ammonites from Spitsbergen. 
in the collection that come from Bunting Bluff, Advent Bay, to the 
Albian.! The specimens are extremely poorly preserved in a purple 
or brown, ferruginous sandstone, and associated with Panopea 
of the type of P. plicata, a small smooth Pecten, etc. They are . 
referred to :— 
Sonneratia ¢ sp. cf. “ Hoplites ” jachromensis (Nikitin).® 
@sp. cf. latesulcata, Sinzow.* 
ai ¢ (Hoplites?) spp. ind. 
Cleoniceras % cf. bicurvatoides Sinzow sp.* 
Pompeckj* recorded “ Virgatites-like ’’ Ammonites, resembling 
the Albian Hoplites jachromensis Nikitin, from a _ sandstone 
(Dentalium beds) of the Fyrkanten Berg ; but on account of the bad 
state of preservation of the fossils he could not assign a more definite 
horizon to them than “ Portlandian (Lower Cretaceous)”, with 
possibly the Albian included. It is matter for regret that the 
species here recorded are equally unsatisfactory, but they certainly 
seem to be nearer to Albian forms than to those of any other 
stage. It may also be added that they had already been referred 
to ‘‘ Hoplites'” in the field. 
A comparatively well-preserved but small fragment of the body- 
chamber of an Ammonite similar to the first form recorded in the 
above list was collected by Mr. W. J. Reynolds this summer (1920) 
at Whale’s Head. It is comparable with the form figured by 
Bogoslowsky from the “ dentatus zone” of the Albian, but not 
identical with Sinzow’s Sonneratia jachromensis.® 
Stolley ‘ thinks it possible that the hundreds of feet of sandstones, 
between the Ditrupa (= “ Dentalium’’) beds, with Crioceras and 
the Tertiary strata, may include the Gault and the whole of the 
Upper Cretaceous; but the apparent gaps and certain doubtful 
plant-bearing beds make a re-examination of the whole of the 
Cretaceous succession very desirable. 
In conclusion, the writer would like to express his indebtedness 
to those who have kindly assisted him in the examination of this 
fauna, namely, to Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.R.S., and to Dr. C. W. 
Andrews, F.R.S., for their help in connexion with the fish and 
amphibian remains, to Mr. W. J. Reynolds for his ready assistance 
with stratigraphical information, and to Professor J. W. Gregory, 
F.R.S., for his continued help and interest in the preparation of 
this paper. 
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1 The writer is unable to assign these specimens to any bed of Professor 
Gregory’s succession. 
2 In Bogoslowsky, loc. cit., 1902, p. 128, pl. vi, fig. 4. 
3“ Beitr. z. Kenntn. d. stidruss. Apt. und Alb.’’: Verh. Russ. Kais. Min. 
Ges. zu St. Pet., ser. 11, vol. xlvii, 1909, p. 31, pl. ii, figs. 27-9. 
4 Tb., p. 29, pl. 11, figs. 7-18. 
5 In Nathorst, loc. cit., p. 1500. 
6 “ Untersuch. Ammonit. Unt. Gault Mangyschlaks und Kaukasus”’: 
Verh. Russ. Kais. Min. Ges., ser.-11, vol. xlv, 1907, p. 473, pl. iii, figs. 9-13. 
Toc city. p.pli. 
