Miocene Fossils feoji Ceylon. 

 I. — N o r t li e r n and N o r t h - W e s t e r n Provinces. 



[A.&H.=A. d'Archiac & J. Haime. 

 r (rare) denotes only one specimen 

 found ; c (common) denotes from 

 two to six; a (abundant) denotes 

 from eight to fifty .J 



Algse. 

 LithotJiamnium sp. 



F or ami n if e r a. 



Orbiculina malabarica (Carter) 



Sorites sp. [Orbitolites of simple type] 



Alceolinella (TPlosculinella) sp 



Spiroclypeus (?) sp., cf. pleurocen- 



tralis (Carter) 



Miliolidre (various) 



L a m e 1 1 i b r a n c h i a. 



Area peethensis (?) A. & H 



Limopsis sp 



Pteria \_Avicula] sp., cf. suessiana 

 Noetling 



Pectenfavrei A. & H 



Spondylus rouaulti A. & H 



Cardium sJiarpei (?) A. & H 



Tellina sp., cf. exarata J. de C. 

 Sowerby (but larger, stouter, and 

 more truncated) 



Gastropoda. 



Trochus coqnatus J. de C. Sowerby... 



Troclius sp 



Phasianella oiveni A. & H. 



Katica rostalina (?) Jenkins 



Ceritliium pseudocorrugatum (?) 



A.d'Orbigny 



Geritli him sp., cf. rude J. de C. Sowerby 



S trombus spp 



Ovula ellipsoides, var. b A. & H. ... 

 Semicassis cf. sculpta (J. de C. 



Sowerby) 



Semicassis cf.phiUipsi (A. & H.) ... 

 Semicassis booleyi (Gr. B. Sowerby)... 



Oliva pupa J. de C. Sowerby 



Conus brevis J. de C. Sowerby 



Conns sub-brevis A. & H 



Conus, 2 spp • 



Jaffna 

 Peninsula. 



N.W". 

 Province. 



Previous 

 records of 

 the same in- 

 comparable 

 species. 



Pre- 

 Gaj. 



- Post- 



r< ■ | Gai 



Gai. •{ 



•' I and 



Recent. 



Travn ncore. 



J I 



Miocene of Java. 



( Miocene of 

 (. Arabia & Borneo 



X 



Java & Karikal. 



X 





X 



X 



X 





X 





X 



X 





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X 



