BULLETIN OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 
VOL. 9, PP. 343-368, PLS. 24-26 JUNE 21, 1898 
CRETACEOUS SERIES OF THE WEST COAST OF GREENLAND * 
BY DAVID WHITE AND CHARLES SCHUCHERT 
(Read before the Society December 29, 1897) 
CONTENTS 
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IGAROCIUCTIOM sso Sane aoe ORR Rue eer Heenan ESAS LER SOS DOG cL Cena 343 
Generalceolosicalirelationisy ue sis sce os selsre wc s.6 5 aye ole oldies ors cccetane alain © otels 344 
Principal fossiliferous localities of the north shore of Nugsuak peninsula. 346 
IX@Ols' (IRN@HIG) Saerin nod ao eceor aaa Eas tne a bis Us eaen pander se Boe 346 
TPEVERWONPITIES 5 hea Siar RIM IC oe nena ee y e IR eS RO aa ee UR 348 
JR CUCTRSIUG 6 ce ace Stake CACY SR te AEs eae ee sna a anne Re ep ce 350 
Wyjarartorsuak (Slibestensfjeld)......0...... 00-0 ccc s set es ens cons 350 
ISUAVILGU SESE Bo) 6:3 rer cet ce Rae EO rt Waa AO a ican Ae Oo eae 355 
eGo kage At ome ntume Kee cies peeteieejvaie reese disiel ee Ae jepe ols aiehe eles creiemsiaeiene 307 
Niakornat....... howe acolo Obes on UD AERO Cee SIO dake sister Sue ratte 307 
Principal fossiliferous localities of the south shore of Nugsuak peninsula. 358 
AMiB> (GUE) aS aloha icin SBA epee Emoeia macnn Bega eee iain ereeeet 358 
JPEN Oa serene ee eon tS EOE LER G ee CARE ER a Hees ceuersevese 361 
ANtarnilkencllilieaau Sage sera e OSE RTO Baers en 362 
Sima gual COONS as cca boe Geo BonrasouUbeadsSSsonepodocassoodsdd ao 365 
INTRODUCTION 
The geological and paleontological work in Greenland which forms 
the basis for the following somewhat fragmentary notes was carried on 
under authorization of the United States National Museum in connec- 
tion with the Peary Arctic Expedition of 1897. ‘The chief object was to 
make collections of fossils from the type Cretaceous and Tertiary locali- 
ties of Nugsuak (Noursoak) peninsula (plate 24) for comparison with 
those from the Potomac, Dakota, and other Cretaceous formations of 
North America; but, besides the collecting of geological and paleonto- 
logical specimens, the writers were further charged with gathering living 
plants, insects,and mammals. Plans were matured for a field season of 
six weeks in Greenland, during which it was purposed to search the prin- 
* Published with the permission of the Director of the U. S. National Museum. 
LI—Butt. Gro. Soc. Am., Vor. 9, 1897 (343) 
