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If, (>L.K IH'l.l i:i).lll. [SKI:. ,|!I:T. EXP. FI:.M also giving a new |ti(iof of liuw extraordinarily alike is Hit 1 faiuial dee!upeineni in the I'pper Carboniferous lhroui;huut the vast l!n>sian- . rdic realm. (^ considerable interest is Ihe disc. erv ol effusive rucks above the fu-^iliirruii-, chert-bearing limestone at Svarle Va-g. ami as they are cuered l>y seiliiiu-ntary rucks of the same kind, there can he no dutiht that alxi in tiie far nui'lh volcanic activity is marked in Upper Carboni- ferous lime. IVsjdrs luffs, lavas are found, descrihed hy BUGGE in n Petrographische le-nllate. etc.", ). 36. Mesozoic. Of great importance is the discovery of wide-spread Meso/.oic In d> that were jtrevionsly known only in a few localities in the islands lyini,' to the south-west of Hingnes and Heiherg Island (Prince Patrick Island and olher>|. From the shores of Eureka Sound and adjacent district farther north, fos>ils were collected in several localities. The fossil faunas were studied hy Prof. K. KITTL, who has puhlished a paper ,,Die Triasfossilien vom Heureka Sund u . (This report no. 7, 11)07). Arranged according to locality the fossils described hy KITTL are the following: 1. I'Vuin calcareous .shale and limestone at Blaafjeld (Blue Mountain) to the north of Eureka Sound: ////(// I.INDSTR.

  • I)ont'll. From calcareous arenaceous shale at the depot, Store, Eureka

Sound : Zilf,-H I.i.NDSTn. 'Avirula jmlariti Kirn.. is (VI >[>.