PALEOZOIC. 



PERMIAN OR DYAS SPECIES. 



SUCCESSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE PERMIAN SERIES. 



BUSTER SCHIEFER. 



Upper Limestone, ioo ft. 

 Crystalline Limestone. 

 Botroydal Limestone, 150 ft. 



Middle Limestone. 



Shell Limestone, 150 feet. 



Lower Limestone. 



Compact Limestone (King), 150 ft. 



Keuper Schiefer. 

 Marl Slate (King). 



Eothliegende. 



Yellow Limestone, concretionary and crys- 

 talline [Marsden, Fulwell, Roker, Hartle- 

 pool, Cleadon Hills, near Hickleton]. 



/ 2. Shell and Cellular Limestone = the Fos- \ 



\ siliferous and Pseudo-brecciated Limestone I 



i (King), [Tunstall, Humbledon, Rhyhope, 



J Galleys Gill, Down 'Hill, Claxheugh, Dal- 



\ ton, Hylton, North Castle]. 



( 3. Compact Limestone [Pallion, Whitley, 

 Penshar, Houghton, Ferry Hill, Thickley, 

 Midderidge, Gunnersbury, Millfield]. 



!4. Marl Slate [Claxheugh, Down Hill, Mid- 

 deridge, Ferry Hill, Thickley, Houghton, 

 Whitley, Cullercoates, W. Bolden, Brass- 

 leton, Thrisslington]. 



( 5. Lower Bed and Yellow Sandstone [Tyne- 

 l mouth, Claxheugh, Hylton, Ferry Hill, 

 ( Westoe]. 



YORKSHIRE. 



Brothcrton Limestone, and Lower Red Marl 

 and Gypsum [Brotherton, Knottingly, Won- 

 nersley, Wadworth, Tickhill]. 



Small grained Dolomite, Vale of Went, Lound 

 Hill, Cusworth, Levit Hagg, Roche Abbey, 

 Wannsworth. 



Lower Limestone of Pontefract, Hampole, 

 Tunstall, Brodsworth, Conisborough, Mickle- 

 ling. 



Lower Red, Yellow, and Variegated Sandstons 

 of Pontefract, Hickleton, Caseby, &c. 



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