FixLAY anD McDowaur.—Preliminary Note on Clifden Beds. 585 
geographically distant beds,* and it seems to us preferable to consider 
hat, where the lithological conditions are not totally at variance, different 
faunas indicate different horizons. 
is not represented at all at Clifden. The topmost bed (Ne. 8 of Park) © 
might be expected, most analogy with the Awamoan, and may possibly 
be referable to a basal iv poset such as is represented by the Target 
be 
made. It see 
fossiliferous beds should be placed below the Hutchinsonian, the contained 
fauna being unlike that of beds at present referred to the HutchinsonianTt 
—e.g., Otiake, Blue Cliffs, Mount Brown, &c. 
The importance of this is obvious, no ‘satisfactory store of fossils having 
previously been discovered in beds of this horizon. The separation 
tween Ototaran and Hutchinsonian at Clifden is not yet clear, though 
there does not seem to be any reason to doubt the taran age of the 
limestone itself ; in common with the other Ototaran limestones of New 
much will diuo on the тона we have collected specimens from · 
k Dr. T i 
many of МЕн Some curious correlations are suggested sé the ари 
hav ; 
almost identical in age with the Wharekuri greensands (though of a more 
littoral character); at Waikaia are beds (now hidden) perhaps a little 
* Dr, scm hall has used this plea when investigating the P Point fauna, 
and has correlated that locality first with Target Gully {эм ‚ N.Z. Inst., vol. 49, p. 275, 
1917), then with the Oamaru limestone (loc. cit., vol. 50, p. 275, 1918), and finally with 
y beds—“ that i is, next above the qoe limestone " (loc. cit., vol. 50, 
bs 
"276, 1918). тоа writers have onan assumed these Б о "amd oan. 
heir true age cannot be regarded as yet settled dig: they are undoubtedly not Awamoan, 
if by.“ Awamoan 2 is meant the horizon e beds at oa Creek and Pukeuri. 
The fossils of the Pakaurangi Point b t seem like Gass of Target Gully or Otiake, 
but have many points in common with those in our Clifden collections, as will be seen. 
from the short-list at the end of this paper. There are also a few зра ЙН relations 
with species from the Kakanui tuffs. The Clifden beds provide a nearer approach to 
the APEA fauna than does any other horizon at dene - known, and E n 
air represent ce of the stage developed there as limestone or unfossilifero ds 
* name “Н n ” is to be wor a nsand horizon Еч оти 
by its о then a new te necessary for beds such as those mentioned, 
which contain an abundant molluscan fauna. This fauna i is of an older type than that 
found at Target Gully, Y that the name “ Awamoan ' P not be used ; there is 
a too much laxity in the use a that term. Morgan (Pal. Bull. No. 8, p. 103) 
ho vue веч the Hu tohineonia n with the O a but чё name is needed for the stage 
o in preparation a etailed account of stages separable from 
the "Жеш pe oia pep and this matter will then be more fully dealt with. 
