99 



purposes of comparison, the Carlsberg-fund granted the neces- 

 sary means for a journey to Göttingen that I might, during my 

 work avail myself of the very valuable collection in that town. 

 The permission to do so was readily granted to me by Geheime- 

 rath, Professor V. Koenen, to whom I render my heartiest thanks. 



Mag. scient. N. E. K. Hartz, who was the leader of that 

 part of the expedition in 1900, during which these fossils 

 were found, has already given a short description of the locality 

 where the fossils were found ^). Further he has communicated 

 to me some supplementary information, of which I give here 

 the essential part. 



The fossils were discovered at Кар Dalton, (69° 24, '6 

 Lat. N.) on the 18*'' of July 1900, by Dr. 0. Nordenskjold; the 

 greater part of the material that was brought home, was collected 

 on the following days by Mag. N. E. K. Hartz. The fossils 

 were found in the little point, bounding the Bay of Кар Dalton 

 to the North, which is connected by a low ridge (about 300 

 meters high) with the basalt-cliff to the West of it which is 

 about 1300 meters high. At a height of about 300 meters, on 

 a flat mountain ridge, running almost from E. to W., at right 

 angles to the coast, the following deposits were found, in pas- 

 sing from West to East: 



1) A coarse whitish-yellowish sandstone devoid of fossils. 



2) A brown, soft, easily crumbled argillaceous shale with 

 numerous concretions. The greater part of these concretions 

 contained brachyura, bits of coal, leaves, macrura etc., and 

 likewise some partly black, partly white silicified wood, per- 

 forated by teredos; a shark's tooth was also found here. In 

 the argillaceous shale itself, little shells and fragmentary 

 leaves were discovered, and also a specimen of an Aporrhais 

 was found. 



On account of the frequent occurrence in the concretions 



») "Meddelelser om Grønland». Bd. 27. Kjøbenhavn 1902. S. 158. 



1* 



