UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS 



BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 



GEOLOGY 



Vol. 8, No. 8, pp. 203-218, pi. 23 Issued November 7, 1914 



THE FERNANDO GROUP NEAR NEWHALL, 

 CALIFORNIA 



WALTER A. ENGLISH / 



CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Introduction 203 



Historical Review 204 



Elsmere Canon Area 205 



Pico Canon Area 207 



Holser Canon Locality 208 



San Fernando Valley 209 



Fauna of the Lower Fernando 209 



Summary , 214 



Description of New Species 214 



Chione elsmerensis, n. sp 214 



Chione fernandoensis, n. sp 215 



Gyrineum elsmerense, n. sp 215 



Terebra martini, n. sp 216 



Cancellaria elsmerensis, n. sp 216 



Turris elsmerensis, n. sp 216 



Turris fernandoensis, n. sp 217 



INTKODUCTION 



Overlying the granitic rocks in Elsmere Canon, twenty-five miles 

 northwest of Los Angeles. California, are certain fossilif'erous sand- 

 stones and shales the age of which has been in doubt for a number of 

 years. They have been determined at different times as Vaqneros, 

 Monterey, and Fernando. It was with the idea of obtaining addi- 

 tional information on the age and relationships of these beds that the 

 writer undertook a study of them. At the same time interesting col- 

 lections of fossils were made from beds of Fernando age at other 



