854 HISTORICAL GEOLOGY. 



Characteristic Species. 



New Jersey. — The following lists of New Jersey species are from the reports of R. P. 

 Whitfield, from whom have been taken also the chief part of the references to occurrence 

 in the Ripley group of Alabama (indicated by R.), and in the Upper Cretaceous beds oi 

 Texas (indicated by T.) ; the other references being from T. W. Stanton : — 



Lower Greensand. — Catopygus pusillus, Cassidulus florealis, Terebratula Harlani, 

 TerebrateUa plicata, Ostrea larva (R., T.), Exogyra costata (R.,T.), Gryphcea vesicularis 

 (R., T.), Pecten venustus, Amusium simplicum (R.)» Neithea quinquecostata (R.), Badula 

 acutilineata (R.)) Spondylus gregalis, Gervilliopsis ensiformis (R., T.), Inoceramus Crispii 

 var. Barahini (R., T.), Idonearca vulgaris (R., T. ), Tngonia Mortoni, T. Eufaulensis (R.)» 

 Carditim {Criocardium) dumosiim (Ji.,T.), C. Eufaulense (R., T. ), Crassatella vadosa 

 (R.), Veniella Conradi (R., T.), V. trapezoidea (R.)» Anchura abrupta (R., T.), Cypri- 

 meria depressa (R., T.), Gyrodes crenatus (R., T.), G. petrosus (R., T.), Veleda lintea 

 (R., T.), Leptosolen biplicata (R., T.), Scalaria Sillimani, S. Hercules, Turritella com' 

 pacta, T. vertebroides (R., T.), Ligumen plamdatum (R., T.), Nautilus Dekayi (R., T.), 

 Placenticeras placenta (R., T. ), Scaphites hippocrepis, S. Conradi (R.)? Baculites 

 ovatus (R., T.), -B. compressus, Turrilites pauper, Solenoceras annulifer, Belemnitella 

 Americana ; and in the Clay Marls, below the Lower Greensand, Ammonites {Mortoniceras} 

 Delawarensis. 



Middle Greensand. — Montlivaltia Atlantica, Cidaris splendens, Pseudodiadema 

 diatretum, Ananchytes ovalis, Hemiaster parastatus, Terebratula Harlani, Gryphcea 

 vesicularis, Gryphceostrea vomer, Natica abyssina, Isocardia Conradi, Nautilus Dekayi, 

 Baculites ovatus, Sphenodiscus lenticidaris. 



Base of Upper Marl bed. — Terebratulina Atlantica, Ostrea glandiformis, Gryphcea 

 Bryani, Crassatella curta, C. littoralis, Turritella pumila, Bostellaria nobilis, Pleuroto- 

 maria Brittoni. 



The latest and fullest work on New Jersey Brachiopods, Lamellibranchs, Gastropods, 

 and Cephalopods, with illustrations of all the species, is Whitfield's Report, in 4to, U. 8. 

 G. 8., vol. ix., 1885, and vol. xviii., 1892. It contains full references to the works of 

 Morton, Lea, Conrad, and all other authors on New .Jersey Cretaceous paleontology. 



Mississippi and Alabama. — Eutavj group, — chiefly Oysters in the marine part. 

 Botten Limestone : Placuna scabra, Neithea quinquecostata, Gryphcea convexa,G. vesicularis, 

 G. Pitcheri, Ostrea falcata, Budistes, Mosasaurus ; and in the Tombigbee sand, many 

 Selachian remains, and the gigantic Ammonites Mississippiensis Spillm. 



Bipley group. — Besides the species indicated, in the list for the Lower Greensand 

 group, by the letter R., the following are common kinds; the references to Texas are 

 from Whitfield and Stanton: Ostrea subspatulata (T.), Gryphcea mutabilis, Anomia 

 argentina, Lioceramus proximus, Gervilliopsis ensiformis, Cucullcea capax, Pecten quin- 

 quecostatus, Nucula percrassa (T.), Aphrodina Tippana (T.), Veleda lintea (T.), Lunatia 

 obiquata (T.), Pugnellus densatus (T.), Pyrifusus subd^watus (T.), Volutomorpha 

 Eufaidensis (T.), Morea naticella (T.), M. cancellaria (T.), Cinulia pulchella (T.), 

 Baculites anceps (T.). 



Texas. — (The species of the Upper Cretaceous are wholly different from those of the 

 Lower.) 



(1) Loioer Cross Timbers : Leaves of Salix, Ilex, Laurus, etc. (Shumard); Otodus 

 appendiculatus, and other Fish remains ; Anguillaria Cumminsi White, species of Ostrea, 

 Cerithium, Turritella, Neritina, 8caphites, with Ammonites 8vjallovi Shumard. 



(2) Eagle Ford shales : Isastrcea discoidea White, Ostrea congesta Con., 0. belliplicata, 

 Exogyra columbella Meek, Lima crenulicosta Rcemer, Inoceramus labiatus, I. latus Sow., 

 /. confertim-an7iidatus'RodTaeT; the Ammonoids, Buchiceras 8wallovi, Hoplites Deshayesi, 



