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or " Faluniea " (Orbigny) age of the Mediterranean Basin, which 

 he stated was identical with the " Calcaire Moellon " of Marcel 

 de Serres and very similar in characters to the Leithakalk of 

 Austrian geologists. 



This author also called attention to the great extent of the 

 Miocene deposits, which he stated could be traced from Marocco 

 through Greece to Lake Urmi. 



The following fossils, collected by M. Khanykof from the 

 islands on Lake Urmi, were listed without descriptions or 

 figures as follows : — 



AcTiNOzoA (Corals) : 



Porites dendroidea, n. sp. 

 Astrcea Guettardi, Defr. 



Ellisiana, Defr. 



Defrancei, M.-Edw. 



Phyllocoenia Archiaci'i , M.-Edw. 



ECHINODERJIATA : 



CJypeaster alius, Lam. 



• crassicostatus afJin., Ag. 



Echi7iolampas complanatus, n. sp. 



Betozoa : 



Cellepora gracilis, Miiiist. 

 Ceriopora palmata, Orb. 



anomala, n. sp. 



Folytrema spongiosa^ Orb, 

 Diastopora gemmifera, n. sp. 

 Memhranifora fenestrata, Eichw. 



Lamellibeanchtata : 



Ostrea Virleti, Desh. 



eoccavata, Desh. 



lamellosa, Lam. 



Pecten henedictus. Lam. 



Jlahelliformis, Brocehi. 



simplex, Mich. 



Spondylus hifrons, Goldf. (Miinst.), 



Gasteeopoda : 



Maliotis PMlherti, Serres. 



Much more systematic work on the fossils of this locality was 



