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THE CKETACEOUS AND TERTIARY GEOLOGY 



tion, being in places very fine, in others containing a few ^Jcbbles, while in others it is 

 a decided pudding stone containing cobbles half the size of one's head. Fossils are 

 ver}' scarce here, only a few bivalves being found in the lowest beds. The fact that 

 the collections made here aflbrd several fossils of Jurassic as^jcct renders the locality 

 one of sijecial interest. 



The beds are identical with those exposed at Porto dos Barcas, Trapiche Maior, 

 Traj)iche das Pedras Velho and Trapiche das Pedras Novo, though they vary con- 

 siderably between these various localities in lithologic characters. 



EXPOSUKES ALONG THE KIO 8ERGIPE. 







Aracaju 



Sketch Map 



OF fl PORTION 

 OT THE 



PROVINCE""^ SeRGIPE- 



■33y ira7in, CjBranner. 



Many of the paving blocks and stone steps used in the village of lliachuello 

 (also called Piutos) ai-e filled with small gasteropod shells and other fossils, and a 



