﻿FOSSILS 
  EEOM 
  EASTEEN 
  EESSIA. 
  

  

  493 
  

  

  as 
  seem 
  necessary 
  to 
  a 
  general 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  district 
  whence 
  

   the 
  fossils 
  cited 
  hereafter 
  have 
  been 
  derived 
  *. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  he 
  desirable 
  to 
  take 
  note 
  of 
  the 
  labours 
  of 
  others. 
  The 
  

   earliest 
  writer 
  I 
  can 
  discover 
  is 
  Kutorga, 
  who 
  in 
  1838, 
  in 
  his 
  

   ■ 
  Beitrag 
  zur 
  Kenntniss 
  der 
  organischen 
  Ueberreste 
  des 
  Kupfer- 
  

   sandsteins 
  am 
  westlichen 
  Abhange 
  des 
  Urals,' 
  described 
  some 
  plant- 
  

   remains 
  from 
  the 
  Permian 
  steppe 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  Kargala, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   reptilian 
  teeth 
  and 
  humeri, 
  assumed 
  by 
  him 
  to 
  be 
  mammalian, 
  from 
  

   undetermined 
  localities 
  in 
  the 
  governments 
  of 
  Orenburg 
  and 
  Perm. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  3. 
  — 
  Diagram 
  Vertical 
  Section 
  of 
  tJie 
  Upper 
  Permians 
  

   of 
  KargalinsJc. 
  

  

  Black 
  earth. 
  

   -Keel 
  clay 
  or 
  marl. 
  

  

  

  L-|'"" 
  Red 
  sandstone 
  and 
  marl. 
  

   S3 
  

  

  — 
  Grey 
  sandstone. 
  

  

  "" 
  Yellow 
  sandstone. 
  

  

  Oopper-ore 
  bed. 
  

   ■ 
  — 
  Yellow 
  and 
  grey 
  sandstone. 
  

  

  — 
  Red 
  marl. 
  

  

  — 
  Red 
  sandstones 
  and 
  marl. 
  

   . 
  — 
  Conglomerates 
  locally. 
  

  

  --Red 
  sandstone. 
  

  

  ....Yellow 
  sandstone. 
  

  

  ... 
  Zechstein 
  limestone. 
  

  

  In 
  1840 
  and 
  1842, 
  Wangenheim 
  von 
  Uualen 
  transmitted 
  remains 
  

   to 
  Moscow 
  from 
  the 
  steppe 
  north 
  of 
  Kargala, 
  which 
  were 
  noticed 
  by 
  

   Fischer 
  de 
  ^Yaldheim 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Bulletins 
  ' 
  of 
  the 
  Imperial 
  Society 
  of 
  

   Naturalists 
  of 
  Moscow 
  for 
  those 
  years. 
  

  

  In 
  1842 
  and 
  1844 
  Kutorga 
  * 
  described 
  some 
  more 
  of 
  Qualen's 
  

   fossils 
  from 
  the 
  Bielebee 
  steppe. 
  His 
  two 
  papers 
  are 
  entitled 
  

   " 
  Beitrag,*' 
  and 
  " 
  2 
  ter 
  Beitrag 
  zur 
  Palaeontologie 
  Puisslands," 
  and 
  

  

  • 
  Mr. 
  Thos. 
  Rickard 
  is 
  preparing 
  a 
  detailed 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  geology 
  of 
  the 
  

   district, 
  which 
  I 
  hope 
  he 
  will 
  intrust 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  communicate 
  to 
  the 
  Society. 
  

  

  