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objects (fossils and claystones) are left on the shore. But even 

 here the fossils met with in the clay itself are but few. The clay- 

 stones on the contrary form a separate layer, in which they are 

 heaped close together. Similar fossils, together with a few Gastero- 

 pods, were collected by Dr. Oberg at the foot of a clay-bank. South 

 Leerbugt, near Claushavn. 



The fossils at Pattorfik were large and with thicker shells. They 

 are found at a height of from 10 to 100 feet above the sea-level, 

 imbedded in greyish green basalt sand, in part hardened into basalt 

 tufa. This is especially the case in the neighbourhood of shells, and 

 accordingly they were most easily discovered by breaking up the 

 hard round nodules that are imbedded in the rest of the mass. These 

 nodules are, however, often so hard and tough, tliat they cannot be 

 broken up with an ordinary hand hammer. Besides these the basalt 

 tufa contains large rolled blocks of stone, indicating that at the time 

 of the formation of these layers, a glacial period had already prevailed 

 in these regions. 



The fossils ^ brought home by us from these parts have been 

 examined by Professor S. Loven, who gives the following list of 

 them. 



SuBFossiL Species of Animals collected 



IN Greenland during the 



Expedition of 1870. 











Tessiur- 



My a tnmcata, L 



Pattorfik 



Sarpiursak 



Leerbugt 



sarsoak. 



X 



X 



X 





Mya wrenaria, L 



I 



X 



X 





*Cyrtodaria siliqua, Spgl. ... „. 



X 





X 





Saxicava aretica, L 



X 





X 



X 



*«S. Nowegica Spol 



X 









Lyonsia arenosa, Moll 





X 







Tellina sabulosa, Spgl 



X 



X 



X 





T. temiOj Leach. 



X 



X 







Astarte eorrugata, Br ,. 



X 



X 







A. elliptica, Br 



X 





X 





A. striata, Tiestch ... 





X 







Cardium Islandicum, Chem. 



X 



X 



X 





G. Grmnlandicum, Chem 



X 



X 



X 





Leda pernula, M 



X 



X 







Yoldia truncata, Br 





X 



X 





Y. hyperlorea, Loven 





X 



X 





Mytilus edulis, Ij 



X 









Fecten Islandicus, L 



X 









Tritonium undiilatum, Moll. 







X 





T. Gronlandicum, Chem 







X 





T. hydrophanum, Hancock 



X 



X 







Natica elausa. Sow 





X 







Idothea Sabinei, Kroyer 





X 







All species still living in the Arctic Seas. Those marked -withi * are called " fossil" 

 by Dr. E,ink — perhaps not found living in the Greenland waters. 



After passing some time at Sarpinrsak in collecting fossils, 



we removed to Christianshaab, and thence onward to Leerbugten, 



^ Krantz in his work speaks of fossil shells at Godthaab, which are nowhere else 

 found in these parts. 



