TXTHODUCTrON. 
IX 
Tabli-: siiOAViNO Succession and Cbassieication oe Sthata in the. Fayum. 
(Slightly nioclillccl li-om tlie Titblo given Iiy Mr. Bendnoll in his Report on the Topography and Oeology of Eayi'un Province, pp. Bl-.'l.j.) 
Approximate 
average thickness 
in metres, north 
par ot'Eayilni. 
RECENT 
Alhivial soil, clays, sands, &e. 
and 
Blown sand. 
PLEISTOCENE. 
Lacustrine clays extending to 23 metres above sea-level (d in Section). 
MIDDLE 
PLIOCENE. 
Gravel terraces (? Pleistocene). 
50 
Sbell-boring on rock-surfaces. 
Eossiliferous deposits of Sidinant. 
LOWER 
OLIGOCENE. 
Tongrian. 
30 
Fluvio-marine Beds (Jehel-el-Qatrcmi Beds). — Sandstones and sandstone-grits witli 
silicilied trees. (2 in Section.) 
Basalt Sheets, interbedded and contemporaneous. (3 in Section.) 
UPPER > 
EOCENE. 
Bartonian. 
1 
250 
Fluvio-marine Series (4 in Section). — A'ariegated sands, sandstones, clays, and 
marls, with limestone-grits and thin bands of limestone. In the lower beds of 
this Series are large numbers of silicilied trees associated with vertebrate remains, 
including; — Arsinoitherium zitieh, A. andrewsi, Saiihatlierium antiquum, S. minus, 
S. maqnuni, S. majus, M eyalohijrux eoccenus, M. minor, Palceomastodon headmelli, 
P. u’intoni, P. jiarvus, P. minor, Mceritherium (?) Ijonsi, M. trigonodon, Phiomia 
serridens, Ancodon gorringei, A. parvus, A. sp., Bhagatlierium mjgpiiacum, 
Geniohifus minis, G. -fajvmensis, G. major, llya-nodon sp., Pterodon africauus, 
Apierodon macrognathus, Sinopa ethiopica, Eremopezus eocanius, Crocodilus articeps, 
0. megarhinus, Tomistoma gavialoides, Testudo amnion, T. htadnelli, T. isis, 
Stereogenijs lihyca, Podocnemis fajumensis, P. blanckenhorni with var. ovatu, Pelo- 
rnedusa progaleata, Aetobatis sp. 
Upper Mokattam. 
155 
Qasr-el-Sagha Series {Carolia Beds) (5 in Section). — Alternating limestones, marls, 
clays, and sandstones. The vertebrate remains include :: — Mceritherium, lyonsi, 
M. gracile, Burytherium grave, Eosiren libyca, Zeuglodon osBis, Crocodilus S]).. 
Tomistoma africanurn, Pseqdioptliorus eocienus, Thalassochelys libyca, Podocnemis 
antiqua, P. stromeri and var. major, Stereogenijs cromeri, S. padocnemioides, 
Gigantoqihis garstini, Pterosphenus schweinfurthi, Fajumia schweinf urthi,Socnop)a;a 
grandis, Pristis fajumensis, P. ingens, Euqiristis reinachi, Propirisiis schweinfurthi, 
Mi/liobatis sp., Carcharodon sp. 
MIDDLE 
EOCENE. 
Parisian. 
<< 
H 
o 
O 
5U 
Birlcet-el-Qurun Series (^Opierculina-Nummulite Beds) (G in Section). — Sandstones 
and clays, with sandy limestones and one or more well-marked concretionary 
sandstones weathering into large globular masses. The chief vertebrate fossils 
are : — -Eocetus schweinfurthi, Prozeuglodon atrox, and (?) Zeuglodon isis, Tomistoma 
herunense, Saurocephcdus fajumensis, Enchodus sp., Coelorhynchus sp., Progym- 
nodon hilgendorJi,iiVo\yijtQv'u\ tish, Oxyrhina spp., '1 Alopecias sp., Lamna verticalis, 
L . sp., (?) Odontaspiis aschersoni, Odontaspis spp., Carcharodon sp., Jlemipristis 
curvatus, Galeocerdo cegyptiacus, Alopiiopsis sp., Aprionodon frequens, Priono- 
don sp., Carcharias spp., Propristis schiveinfurlhi, (?) Eopristis reinachi, 
Amblypristis clieops, Myliobatis latidens, M. fraasi, M. dixoni, M. acutus, 
M. oweni, M. spp. 
- 
70 
Ravine Beds (7 in Section). — AUhite marls and marly limestones with remains of 
large Zeuglodous and scales and teeth of fishes. 
130 
WadiRayan Series {Namniulites gizehensis Beds). — Limestones, inarls, clays, vfec. 
