THE KH^TIC EOCKS OF PTLLE HILL, BRISTOL. 231 



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greenish-grey marl and 

 sandstone at wide inter- 

 vals, exposed down to the 

 railway-level about . . 



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/ h. Shales, black, thickly la- 

 minated, with thin sandy 

 streaks, passing down f 

 into .1 



a,^. Shales, black, firm, and^ 

 regularly laminated, iron- 

 stained along joints, gen- 

 erally unfossiliferous, but 

 with scattered coprolites, !» 1 6 ^ 

 and scales of Gyrolejiis, 

 and near the top the 

 shells of bed &, passing 

 down into 



a. Shales, black, earthy, non->\ 

 laminated, at the base a 

 very thin seam and small 

 pockets of pj^'itic grit, 

 containing fish teeth, 

 scales, and fin-spines, cop- 

 rolites, and white quartz- 

 pebbles 



" Tea-green Marls,'''' lights 

 greenish-grey marls, 

 more arenaceous towards 

 the top, with the carbon- 

 ized remains of plants 

 imbedded in a vertical 

 position,graduatingdown 



into 



Heel Marls, with bands of\ 



IPleurophorus angulaius, 

 Ostrea alpina, Cardium 

 rhoiticum, Avicida con- 

 torta, Pecten valoniensis, 

 Gervillia prcecursor. 



Coprolites, scales of Gjj- 

 rolepis, and a few 

 bivalves at the top. 



Acrodus minimus, Hyho- 

 dus minor, Gyrolepis 

 Alherti, Hyhodtis cloac- 

 inus, Sanrichthys acu- 

 minahts, Ceratodus sp. 



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Plant-remains (indeter- 

 minable). 



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