Remains in the Oolite Series of England and France, 83 



General View of the Oolite Formation of Yorkshire {according 

 to Mr. Phillips)* 



a. Kimmeridge clay depth uncertain. 



b. Upper calcareous grit 60 leet. 



c. Coralline oolite ^^ 



d. Lower calcareous grit 80 



e. Oxford clay 150 



f. Kelloways rock ^^ 



g. Cornbrash limestone ^ 



h. Upper sandstone, shale, and coal 200 



i. Impure limestone (Bath oolite) 30 



k. Lower sandstone, shale, and coal 500 



I. Ferruginous beds (inferior oolite) 60 



m. Upper lias shale ^^^ 



n. Marlstone series 1^^ 



o. Lower lias shale 500 



Under the heads of different districts Mr. Phillips presents us 

 with more detailed tabular views, from whence the following 



are selected : -i i r 



Upper calcareous grit, containing fossils resembling 



those in No. 3. i • i • 



Coralline oolite, marked by corals, echini, plagiosto- 

 mae, melaniae, &c. 

 - ^. Lower calcareous grit, pinnffi, gryphaeae, ammonites,&c. 

 « <( 4. Gray argillaceous earth, containing many fossils at the 

 "" bottom. . . 



Ferruginous or argillaceous sandstone, with remark- 

 able'gryphaeEe, ammonites, &c. (Kelloways rock of 

 the S.)t 



6. Impure, sometimes oolitic limestone, full of shells, 

 (the cornbrash of geologists). , ., , 



7. Sandstone, shale, ironstone, and coal, with carbo- 

 nized wood, ferns, and other fossil plants. 



8. Impure, often oolitic limestone and ironstone, with 

 many fossil shells (oolite of Bath). . , ^ -i 



9. Sandstone, shale and coal, with carbonized tossil 

 . plants. . . 



'gilO. Subcalcareous, irony sandstone, often containing 

 shells, called dogger (inferior oolite). 



11. Upper lias shale, or alum shale, with nodules ot ar- 

 gillaceous limestone, ammonites, belemnites, &c. 



12. Ironstone and sandstone strata, with terebratulee, 

 pectines, cardia, aviculae, &c. 



13. Lower lias shale, with gryphaeae, pinnae, plagiostomae, 



• Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire, pp. 32. 33. t ^^j^-f-J^} 

 X Ibid. p. 35. M 2 General 



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