minutes of the pacific coast section 223 



Minutes of the Seventh Annual Meeting oe the Pacific Coast 

 Section of the Paleontological Society 



By Chester Stock, Secretary 



The seventh annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Section of the Pale- 

 ontological Society was held at Stanford University April 29, 1916. The 

 meeting was called to order by Dr. John C. Merriam at 10.30 o'clock, in 

 room 334 of the Department of Geology. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : 



President, Charles E. Weaver, University of Washington. 

 Vice-President, John P. Buwalda, University of California. 

 Secretary -Treasurer, Chester Stock, University of California. 



general business 



It was moved and carried that the President and Secretary be desig- 

 nated as official representatives of the Society on the Affiliation Commit- 

 tee of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science. It was moved and carried that the next regular meeting 

 of the Society be held in the San Francisco Bay region at a time agreed 

 on by the officers of the Society. It was moved and carried that the 

 Executive Committee be empowered to arrange for a special meeting at 

 San Diego, if such meeting is possible. 



The following papers were then read : 



TITLES AND ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS PRESENTED 



REVIEW OF PROGRESS IN PALEONTOLOGIG RESEARCH IN THE PACIFIC 



COAST REGION 



BY JOHN C. MERRIAM 



(Al)stract) 



All outline of advances in the study of extinct faunas in the area Avest of 

 the Wasatch Range. Brief discussion of the most significant paleontologic 

 pi'oblems touched by research in this area. 



AN APALACHICOLA FAUNA FROM LOWER CALIFORNIA 

 BY RALPH ARNOLD AND BRUCE L, CLARK 



i Abstract) 



A collection of marine invertebrate fossils from near Magdalena, Lower Cali- 

 fornia, was placed in the hands of the writers for determination by Arnold 



