Transverse conveyor for an agricultural harvesting machine, with a basic body, the axis of rotation of which extends transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of a harvesting vehicle carrying the harvesting machine, and with at least two helical transverse conveyor elements (14a, 14b) which are connected to the basic body and have at least two windings (15a, 15b), wherein the respective transverse conveyor element (14a, 14b) serves for conveying crop from a respective lateral edge portion (16, 18) of the transverse conveyor in the direction of a central portion of the transverse conveyor, and wherein a first helical transverse conveyor element having at least two windings extends from a first edge portion of the transverse conveyor in the direction of the central portion of the transverse conveyor, a second helical transverse conveyor element having at least two windings extends from a second edge portion of the transverse conveyor in the direction of the central portion of the transverse conveyor, in the region of the first lateral edge portion of the transverse conveyor, a third helical transverse conveyor element is positioned between at least one winding of the first helical transverse conveyor element, in the region of the second lateral edge portion of the transverse conveyor, a fourth helical transverse conveyor element is positioned between at least one winding of the second helical transverse conveyor element, such that a distance between immediately adjacent windings (15a, 15c, 15b, 15d) of the transverse conveyor elements (14a, 14c, 14b, 14d) is smaller in the region of the lateral edge portions (16, 18) of the transverse conveyor than in the central portion of the transverse conveyor, characterized in that the third and fourth transverse conveyor element (14c, 14d) each have a single winding (15c, 15d) which extends by 360°±90° around the basic body. with a basic body, the axis of rotation of which extends transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of a harvesting vehicle carrying the harvesting machine, and with at least two helical transverse conveyor elements (14a, 14b) which are connected to the basic body and have at least two windings (15a, 15b), wherein the respective transverse conveyor element (14a, 14b) serves for conveying crop from a respective lateral edge portion (16, 18) of the transverse conveyor in the direction of a central portion of the transverse conveyor, and wherein a first helical transverse conveyor element having at least two windings extends from a first edge portion of the transverse conveyor in the direction of the central portion of the transverse conveyor, a second helical transverse conveyor element having at least two windings extends from a second edge portion of the transverse conveyor in the direction of the central portion of the transverse conveyor, in the region of the first lateral edge portion of the transverse conveyor, a third helical transverse conveyor element is positioned between at least one winding of the first helical transverse conveyor element, in the region of the second lateral edge portion of the transverse conveyor, a fourth helical transverse conveyor element is positioned between at least one winding of the second helical transverse conveyor element, such that a distance between immediately adjacent windings (15a, 15c, 15b, 15d) of the transverse conveyor elements (14a, 14c, 14b, 14d) is smaller in the region of the lateral edge portions (16, 18) of the transverse conveyor than in the central portion of the transverse conveyor, characterized in that the third and fourth transverse conveyor element (14c, 14d) each have a single winding (15c, 15d) which extends by 360°±90° around the basic body.