52 THE COASTAL PLAIN OF NORTH CAROLINA.

1844.

LYELL, CHARLES.—On the Geological Position of the Mastodon Giganteum and

Associated Fossil Remains at Bigbone Lick, Kentucky, and Other Localities

in the United States and Canada. Amer. Jour. Sci., 1st series, vol. 46,
1844, pp. 320-323.

Notes the occurrence of a large assemblage of mammalian bones, in-

cluding those of the mastodon giganteum, on the Neuse River 15 miles
below New Bern.

LYELL, CHARLES.—Notes on the Cretaceous Strata of New Jersey and Parts of
the United States Bordering the Atlantic. Amer. Jour. Sci., vol. 47, 1844,
pp. 213-214.

Describes the Cretaceous of the Atlantic Coast of the United States as
consisting of greensand and marl, red and highly ferruginous sand-
stones, white sand, limestone, and some beds of lignite. He states that
they agree in their lithologie characters with the Lower Cretaceous series
of Europe, but that in their fossils they agree far more nearly with

the European strata ranging from the Gault to the Mmstricht beds in-
clusive. —
At South Washington (now Watha), Pender County, North Carolina, .
he found Cretaceous strata with characteristic Cretaceous fossils, some ;
- common to the lower and some to the upper fossiliferous group of New ;

Jersey. He also found several new species. The pebbly limestone at
Wilmington is referred to the Eocene.

RUFFIN, EpMunpD.—Secondary and Miocene Marls on and Near Lynch's Oreek,
in Darlington, Sumter, Williamsburgh, and Marion Districts. (Supple-
mental report of the agricultural survey for 1843.) Report on the
Geological and Agricultural Survey of the State of South Carolina,
Columbia, S. C., 1844, pp. 59-63. _ : :
Describes occurrence of the “Secondary formation” on Lynch’s Creek
in South Carolina and on the Waccamaw River in the vicinity of Con-
way. He also gives an account of two exposures of “Secondary” marl
which he observed near South Washington, North Carolina, from which
he obtained Belemnitelia, Beogyra lastate [probably meaning costata], and ag
large thick shells of a similar oyster. This was doubtless the same, or 4
approximately the same, horizon at which Lyell made his collection. i

   
   
  
  
  
   
   

1845.

Batter, J. W.—Notice of Some New Localities of Infusoria, Fossil and Recent.
Amer. Jour. Sci., vol. 48, 1845, pp. 821-348, pl. IV.

Mention is made of the presence of fossil Polythalamia in the Miocene
marl at Wilmington, N. C. ‘ ;

Conran, T. A.—Fossils of the (Medial Tertiary or) Miocene Formation of the

United States. No. 3, 1845, pp. 57-80, pls. XXX-XLY, Philadelphia. Re-
published by W. H. Dall, Washington, 1893. :

A large number of fossils are described from the Neuse River near

New Bern, from Wilmington, and from the Natural well in Duplin
County. :