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not restricted to particular beds as previously demonstrated by 
Griesbach. 
Mr. Frederick Chapman" has contributed to the palaeontology 
of Pondoland by publishing a report on the Foraminifera and Ostra- 
coda he was able to identify in the sandy-clays of the Umtamvuna 
series. He was of opinion that these organisms showed stronger 
affinities with the Upper rather than with Lower Cretaceous forms, 
and further, the species denoted shallow water conditions for their 
environment. 
Some interesting particulars are given of the Cretaceous rocks of 
Pondoland by Mr. A. W. Eogers, Director of the Geological Survey 
of Cape Colony, in his " Introduction to the Geology of Cape 
Colony," 1905, p. 318, with a plate of the more characteristic 
fossils from what he terms the " Umzamba " beds, but which are 
also known as the Umtamvuna " series. Included in this account 
is a note by Mr. F. L. Kitchin on the relationship of the fauna to 
that of certain beds in India and other countries, his opinion being 
that the Pondoland fossils should be correlated with those from the 
Ariyalur (Upper Senonian) stage as developed in the Trichinopoly 
and Pondicherry districts of Southern India. 
A resume of our knowledge of the Cretaceous palaeontology of 
Pondoland, Zululand, and the littoral of Portuguese East Africa is 
also to be found in "The Geology of South Africa," by Dr. F. H. 
Hatch and Dr. G. S. Corstorphine, published in 1905 (pp. 253-262), 
some of the typical fossils being figured. 
A valuable report has been recently issued by Mr. H. Woods on 
the Cretaceous fauna of Pondoland,! in which, after a study of all 
the principal collections, he concludes that it should be referred 
to the Ariyalur group or the Campanian stage of the Senonian 
system. He disagrees with Dr. Kossmat in recognising any part 
of the fauna as belonging to the upper division of the Trichinopoly 
group. 
Uitenhage District, &c. — A brief mention may be made here of 
the Lower Cretaceous or Neocomian deposits occurring at various 
places in the southern regions of Cape Colony, particularly at the 
* Chapman, F. — Foraminifera and Ostracoda from the Cretaceous of East 
Pondoland, South Africa. Annals South African Mus., 1904, vol. 4, part 5, 
pi. xxix , pp. 221-237. 
t Woods, H. — The Cretaceous Fauna of Pondoland. Ann. South African Mus. 
1906, vol. 4, pis. 33-44, pp. 275-350. 
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