THE 



CANADIAN EECOED 



OF SCIENCE. 



VOL. VI. APRIL, 1895. No. 6. 



Notes ox some fossils from the Cretaceous rocks of 

 British Columbia, with descriptions of two species 

 that appear to be new. 1 



By J. F. Whiteaves. 



Axisoceras Yancouverexse. 

 Hamites Vancouverensis, Gabb. 1864 Geol. Surv. Cali- 

 fornia, Palaaont., vol. I., p. 70, pi. 13, fig. 18. 

 Heteroceras Cooperi, Meek. 1876. U. S. Geol. and Geog. 

 Surv. Terr., vol. II, No. 4, p. 367, pi. 3, figs. 7 and 7a. 

 Perhaps also " ? = Ammonites Cooperi," Gabb. 1864, 

 Geol. Surv. California, Palseont., vol. I., p. 69, pi. 14, 

 figs. 23 and 23a. 

 Tbe original description of Hamites Vancouverensis is as 

 follows: "Shell large, section elliptical, longest diameter 

 from dorsal to ventral side. Inner width of the curve less 

 than the diameter of the smaller arm. Surface marked 

 by numerous sharp ribs crossing the shell, inclined 

 obliquely forwards; well marked but diminished in size 

 on the ventral side : largest laterally; each rib carrying a 

 small flattened tubercle on the latero-dorsal angle ; some 



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