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9. On some Podophthalmatous Crustacea from the Cretaceous 

 Formation of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands. 

 By Henry Woodward, LL.D., P.R.S., P.G.S. (Read January 

 22nd, 1896.) 



Some time since I received from my friend Mr. J. P. AVhiteaves, 

 P.G.S., Palaeontologist to the Geological Survey of Canada, several 

 interesting crustaceans from the Cretaceous coal-bearing formation 

 of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands, and, as they offer a close 

 affinity with forms from our own Gault and Greensand, they are 

 deserving of special notice. 



The existence of Cretaceous strata in Canada has long been 

 known, and the coal-fields of Nanaimo and Comox on Vancouver 

 Island have been correlated with this formation as well as those 

 of Queen Charlotte Island and Alberta, eastward of the Rocky 

 Mountains. 



Mr. P. B. Meek in 1857 gave a description of new organic 

 remains from the Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, including Bacu- 

 lites ovatus ? Say ; Ammonites (Scajphites) ramosus, A. Newbewyanus, 

 Dentalium nanaimoensis, TJiracia (?) occidentalism Thr. (?) subtrun- 

 cata, Trigonia Evansana, Pholadomya subelongata, Ph. (Goniomya) 

 borealis, Cardium scitulum, Area Vancouver 'ensis, A. (Cucullcea) cequi- 

 lateralis, and Nucula TrasTcana. Dr. B. P. Shumard in 1858 added 

 Inoceramus vancouverensis, Pinna calamitoides, and Pyrula glabra 

 to the Nanaimo fauna. 



In Prof. H. Y. Hind's ' Report on the Assiniboine and Sas- 

 katchewan Expedition' (1859) further lists of fossils are given, IB 

 in number, all referred to Cretaceous forms, namely : — 



Leda Hindi, Meek. 

 Avellana concinna, H. & M. 



Anomia Flemingii. 

 Inoceramus canadensis. 

 Avicula linguaformis, E. & S. 



nebrascana, E. & S. 



Leda Evansi, Hall & Meek. 

 Eostellaria americana, E. & S. 

 Natica obliquata, Hall & Meek. 



Ammonites placenta, Dekay. 

 Scaphites nodosus, Owen, var. 



Conradi, Morton. 



Natttilus Dekayi, Morton. 



In 1861 Dr. (now Sir) James Hector instituted a comparison 

 between the strata east of the Rocky Mountains with those of 

 Vancouver Island (Capt. Palliser's Exploring Expedition, 1 857-60). l 

 The list of Cretaceous fossils contributed by Mr. Etheridge from 

 east of the Rocky Mountains comprised : — 



Ostrea anomiceformis. 



lugubris, Conrad. 



cortex, Conrad. 



vellicata, Conrad. 



* Inoceramus Crippsii, Roemer & C. 

 Leda Hindi, Meek. 



Astarte texana, Conrad. 

 Cardium multistriatum, Shumard. 

 Cytherea texana, Conrad. 

 Pholadomya occidentalis, Morton. 

 Baculites co?npressns, Say. 



* Inoceramus Crippsii (Eoemer) and Baculites compressus (Say) are stated to 

 be common to the Cretaceous rocks of the plains and of Vancouver Island ; 

 while of the whole 18 species no less than 13 are identified with Texan or 

 Mexican species. 



1 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. xvii. (1861) pp. 388-445. 



