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GEOLOGY: E. W. BERRY 
Conclusions. — The several Upper Cretaceous formations of the Middle 
Atlantic Coast represent all of the major divisions of the European se- 
ries. The Raritan must be regarded from its contained flora as Ceno- 
manian while the flora of the Magothy is considered Turonian. The 
fauna of the lower Matawan is regarded as lower Senonian or Emscherian 
because of the presence of Mortoniceras and associated forms. Equiva- 
lent strata to the Magothy and Matawan combined are found in the 
Carolinas in the Black Creek formation where beds containing the Mago- 
thy flora are interstratified throughout the upper part of the formation 
with beds containing a Matawan fauna. The evidence is apparently 
conflicting and the dividing line between the Turonian and Senonian is 
therefore placed midway in the Matawan although this must be re- 
garded as a compromise position. The Monmouth fauna is Senonian 
in age and probably represents the middle and upper Senonian. The 
Rancocas and Manasquan are regarded as Danian. 
UPPER CRETACEOUS FLORAS OF THE WORLD 
By Edward W. Berry 
GEOLOGICAL LABORATORY. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 
Received by the Academy. February 16. 1916 
The writer has prepared a detailed account of the Upper Cretaceous 
floras of the world for a report on the Upper Cretaceous of Maryland 
which will be published later by the Geological Survey of that State. 
Since the question of the age relations of the Upper Cretaceous floras 
of the United States has been the occasion of considerable discussion in 
recent years it is believed that a summary of the contemporaneous floras 
from other parts of the world will prove useful to paleontologists and 
geologists. 
The stratigraphic position of the more important of these is indicated 
in the accompanying diagram. 
The typically marine series of sediments developed in most European 
countries has furnished little that is of interest to the paleobotanist. 
The floras of the Turonian of the lower basin of the Rhone, and of the 
Coniacian and Campanian in the same region are well represented but 
largely undescribed, while the earlier Upper Cretaceous floras of France 
are scattered and unimportant. In Portugal extensive and important 
floras are intercalated in a fossiliferous marine series ranging from the 
Cenomanian through the Turonian and Emscherian, but these also are 
largely undescribed. Bohemia furnishes a splendid section from the 
base of the Upper Cretaceous through the Emscherian, with extensive 
