Annals of the Transvaal Museum 
45 
Of the identical species two occur in the Upper Santonian and one in the 
Danian. The affinity appears therefore to be greatest with the Upper Santonian. 
In Europe the allied species are distributed as follows: 
3 Upper Campanian. 
2 Lower Campanian. 
3 Upper Santonian. 
4 Santonian. 
2 Coniacian. 
I Turonian. 
There are no identical forms, and we can only conclude, that the Pondoland 
deposits show the greatest resemblance with the Upper Santonian of Europe. 
The Lower Ariyalur Beds being equivalent with the Lower Campanian we 
come to the result that the Cretaceous deposits of Pondoland are to be corre- 
lated on the one side with the Lower Campanian and on the other with the 
Upper Santonian. 
I am inclined to regard the Pondoland Beds as of Upper Santonian age, 
because it seems as if the close resemblance between Gaudvycevas Rouvillei 
de Gross. (Sant.) and G. Sigcau mihi, Desmoceras pyrenaicum de Gross, 
partim (Sant.) and D. simplex mihi, D. pyrenaicum de Gross, partim (Sant.) 
and D. crassum mihi, carries just as much weight as the few identical forms in 
the two faunas, of which only a couple have not been found below the Ariyalur 
Beds. Further, the resemblance between Pelecodiscus Jullieni Pervinquiere 
sp. and Pelecodiscus umzamhiensis mihi is so great, that the shortest possible 
separation in time seems to be the most likely. The same would hold good for 
the resemblance between Schloenhachia Fournieri de Gross, and 5 . Umbulazi 
var. Gfieshachi mihi. 
Kossmat regarded the Pondoland deposits to represent the Upper part of 
me Trichinopoly Group (Santonian) as well as the Ariyalur Group (Campanian), 
de Grossouvre places them at the limit of the Coniacian and Santonian 
divisions, while Woods correlates them with the Ariyalur Group. 
