CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STRATIGRAPHY AND FOSSIL INVER- 

 TEBRATE FAUNA OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



By Warren D. Smith 



(From the Division of Mines, Bureau of Science, Manila, P. I.) 



Twenty plates 



CONTENTS 



Introduction. I. Stratigraphy — Contd. 



I. Stratigraphy. Fossil Localities. 



Philippine Stratigraphy and Correlation over the Far East: 



General Statement. Japan, Formosa, Borneo, 



The igneous rocks. Java, New Hebrides, etc. 



The metamorphic rocks. Conclusions. 



The Sedimentary Series. II. Paleontology. 



The Tertiary. List of Species. 



The Pre-Tertiary. Description of Species. 

 Comparison with Java. 



INTRODUCTION 



This paper is intended to serve as an introductory contri- 

 bution to the large subjects of the paleontology and stratigraphy 

 of the Philippine Islands. Much more material than is given now 

 awaits time for the necessary studies. I have been gathering 

 this material during eight years of exploration in the Philippine 

 Islands when most of my time has been spent in economic work ; 

 hence, I cannot claim to have done more than open the subject. 

 The generally poor state of petrifaction as found in those 

 specimens which have been obtained, the limited library facilities 

 in Manila in this particular subject, and the fact that consecutive 

 time has not been available for study will account for some 

 of the more or less fragmentary discussions. Twelve new 

 species and 2 new varieties are described. It might have been 

 expected that a larger number of new species would have been 

 described, but where there has been the least doubt I have 

 referred the form to a species already described. I have in- 

 cluded generic descriptions translated from Zittel, 1 and I have 

 omitted specific descriptions of old species. I have done this for 

 the following reasons: For the general student in paleontology 



l Handbuch der Paleontologie. Munich (1876-1880), 2 and 4. 



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