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F. Noetling (Neues Jahrb. f. Min., XIV, 1901, 448) distinguishes 

 the series by the name Scythian and divides the beds as 

 follows : — 



Scythian Series (Noetling). 





Olive-coloured lime- 

 stones. 



ITi'denstvoemia 

 beds. 



5. Zone of Stephani- 

 tes superbus. 



Upper division. 



Sandy, light grey 



limestones and 



sandstones. 



4. Zone of Flemingi- 

 ies Flemingian- 

 us. 



Middle division 



Dark grey shales . 



3. Zone of Kon- 

 inchites volulus. 





Meekooeras beds 



2. Zone of Prionolo- 

 bus rotundatus. 



Lower division . 



Grey limestone 



1. Zone of Celtiies sp. 



The whole series is regarded as equivalent to the Bunter (p. 464) of 

 the European Trias. 



Cbakrata series. — The name provisionally given by R. D. Oldham 

 (Rec, Geol. Surv., Ind., XVI, 193, 1883) to some unfossiliferous 

 quartzites, slates and limestones in Jaunsar. Afterwards re- 

 placed by the same author (Rec, Geol. Surv., Ind., XXI, 131, 1888) 

 by the term Jaunsar (Jaonsar) system. Chakrata (30° 43' ; 77° 

 54') is the name of a cantonment near Mussoorie in the Dehra 

 Dun district. 



Champaner beds. — Named by W. T. Blanford ( Mem., Geol. Surv., 

 Ind., VI, 202, 1869) from the old town of Champaner (22° 29' ; 73° 

 32') in the Panch Mahals, formerly the capital of the Mahom- 

 medan kingdom of Gujarat. The rocks grouped under this name 

 appear to be a south-westward extension of the Aravalli system ; 

 they include a prominent quartzite with conglomerates, slates, 

 limestones and occasional ferruginous bands, and they appear 

 to pass gradually into gneisses from which a distinct boundary 



