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Levy, Pirrson, Rosenbusch, Teall, Tseherraak, Ussing, Zirkel. 
After details of the order of the meeting of the general assembly 
were adopted the council adjourned, M. Emmons being proposed to pre- 
side at the morning session and M. Hughes at that of the afternoon. 
General Session, Friday, Aug. 22 (Sept. 3), 1897, 11 a. m. 
M. Emmons presiding. Papers presented: 
M. Freeh, Ueber Meere und Continente der palenzoischer Aeren. 
M. Bashford Dean, On the relations of the paleozoic fish faunas of 
Russia and North America. 
Afternoon Session, 3:30 p. rn. 
M. Hughes presiding. 
M. Makowsky presented a paper on the -'Lossfunde aus der Mam- 
niuthzeit von Mahren." 
M. Seeley made a communication "On fossil rej^tiles from the govern- 
ments of Perm and Wologda," and said: 
"The Russian Permian reptiles have an international interest because 
they are neighbors of fossil forms found in Africa, the Indies, Scotland 
and in the United States. This interest is augmented by the discovery 
of M. Amaiitzky in the government of Wologda where these terrestrial 
reptiles are associated with plants (Glo.-^soptera) and shells. There were, 
therefore, very numerous Permian lakes on the land at this epoch. The 
reptiles are of the order of Anomodontia, but belong to different forms 
in different regions. Few of the genera are common to two regions. 
The same is true later of the Wealden reptiles. The Anomodontia are 
close neighbors of Labyrinthodontia and Monotremata. 
"The Deuterosaurus, and Rhopaiodon, have many traits in common 
with the Dicynodontaand although their dentition is Theriodontes they 
have V)een separated from the Theriodonta. 
*-M. Amaiitzky believed that the Pareiosaurus lived in the Permian of 
Russia since the discovery of the new species of Wologda. Perhaps 
deeper study will demonstrate that these fossils should be i-eferred to 
new Russian genera. 
"These Russian fossils show but few affinities with the Monotremata. 
They are nearer to the Labyrinthodontia. The Anomodontia, like the 
dinosaurians, contain distinct types. The deuterosaurians and the Dicyn- 
odontes form the passage to the cetiosaurians. It would be preferable 
to unite these types into a group rather than to place the completely 
uionotreme Theridoiita in the same group with the deuterosaui-ians. 
"The new jjareiosaurians of Russia intermediate between two groups 
have great affinities with the Cetiosaurus.'" 
Saturdau, Aug. 23 [Sept. 4), 18!)7. Con neil Meeting. !) :30 a.m. 
M. Karpinsky in the chair. 
Resumption of debate on limitation to the niemlx'rship of the Con- 
gress. M. Schmidt proposes to treat the questions of the limitation to 
the members of the Congress, and the limitation of the participants 
separately. 
