NEW TERM FOR THE UPPER CAMBRIAN SERIES 319 



The Calciferous formation of the New York section rests con- 

 formably on the Upper Cambrian limestone. 



The formations now referred to the Saratogian are as follows: 



Type. — Sandstones and limestones of the south side of the Adirondacks, 

 Saratoga county, N. Y., containing the Upper Cambrian fauna. 



Correlated. — Upper part of Cambrian limestones of Dutchess county, N. 

 Y., and an unknown portion of the limestones of the " Marble Belt " of west- 

 ern Vermont. 



Upper part of shales of Tennessee (Knox), state of Georgia, and Alabama 

 (Connasauga), and the lower part of the Knox dolomite. 



Upper part of the sandstones of the upper Mississippi valley (St. Croix), 

 Upper Cambrian limestones of South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and Colo- 

 rado. 



Upper calcareous beds of the Cambrian of northern Arizona (Tonto) and 

 central Texas (Katemcy). 



Upper Cambrian limestones and shales of Nevada (Hamburg), Idaho, 

 and Montana (Gallatin). 



Black shales of the upper portion of the New Brunswick and Cape Bre- 

 ton Island Cambrian sections. 



Upper Cambrian shales and sandstones of Conception Bay, Newfound- 

 land (Belle Isle). 



Charles D. Walcott. 



