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Section of the Lower Goral Beef, in the Inferior Oolite, at the 

 Quarry, North Frith Wood, near Brown's Hill, Gloucestershire. 



Lithological Characters 

 and Thickness. 



Cream-coloured Marl,mth 

 several inconstant layers 

 of Mudstone, upper part 

 passing into a loose, fri- 

 able Freestone, with large 

 Terebratula timbria. 

 From 20 to 25 feet. 



Fine grained Oolitic Lime- 

 stone, very white, and 

 emitting a metallic ring 

 when struck with a 

 hammer. 



40 to 60 feet. 



Coarse brown ferruginous 

 OoUte 



Masses of Coralline Lime- 

 stone, embedded in a 

 light coloured Mudstone, 

 the Corals highly crystal- 

 line forming the chief 

 part of the bed. 15 to 

 25 feet. 



Brown ferruginous Pisolitic 

 rock. Pea-grit structure 

 not much exposed. 



Upper Freestones. 



Oolite, Marl. 

 Middle Coral Bed. 



Freestones. 



Lower Eagstones. 



Lower Coral Keef. 



Pea-grit. 



Organic Remains. 

 Leading Fossils. 



Thamnastraa, Isastrcea, 

 Axosmilia, Terebratula 

 fimbria, T. carinata, T. 

 maxillata, Rhyn.Lycetti, 

 Lucina Wrighti, Lima 

 pontonis. 



Shelly fragments, not 

 determinable 



Terebrahda plicata. 



Latomeandra, Thanmas- 



tr(ea,Isastrcea,Axosmilia, 



Thecosmilia, Pecten Dew- 



alquei, Trichites, lAicina 



Wrighti. 



Lima sulcata, Hinnites 

 abjectus, Ceromya Bajod- 

 ana, Avicula complicata, 

 Nerita costata, Trochoto- 

 ma carinata, Pygaster, 

 Hyboclypus, Biadema. 



The Corals collected from the lower Coral reef at Crickley 

 Hill, and which have been figured in MM. Edwards and 

 HAiMi;'s Monograph, are the following: — 



Montlivaltia De la Bechei, Ed. and Haime 



tenuilamellosa, Ed. and Haime 



Axosmilia WrighUi, Ed. and Haime 

 Latomeandra Flemingii, Ed. and Haime 

 Isastrwa tenuistriata, Ed. and Haime 

 Thamnastrma Defranciana, Ed. and Haime 

 Mettensis, Ed. and Haime 



