214 A. R. Horivood— Upper Trias of Leicestersldre 



Lower 

 Ehfetic 



[Aviciila 



contorta 



zone) . 



Brought forward 

 I 9. Bluish laminated shales, with two 

 rust bands 6 inches, and 2 feet 

 below the last, with a hard thin 

 indurated band (J inch) 6 inches 

 above the base, and a thicker 

 band (finch) at the base, with 

 fine selenite crystals . 



10. Bluish laminated shales, with 



sandy partings .... 



11. Thin septariform band, irregular, 



with so-called sandy parting, 

 which here is rotten septaria, 

 and thin bluish shale below . 



12. Very finely laminated shales, and 



band of nodular limestone at 

 the base . . . . . 



13. Finely laminated blue shales 



14. Thick uniform band of septariform 



nodular limestone 

 1.5 . Thickly laminated earthy grey-blue 

 shales, with a band of sandstone 

 (f inch) at the base, and three or 

 four sandy partings . 



16. Grey-blue thickly laminated clay, 



with pyritic bands (J inch) at 

 the base . . . . • 



17. Bluish - grey thickly laminated 



shales, with thin pyritic nodular 

 bands, commencement of sep- 

 tariform nodules 



18. Shales similar to 17 . 



19. Nodular band .... 



20. Thickly laminated blackish shales, 



with line of thin gritty sandstone 

 at base (Isodonta bed) 



21. Similar to 20, with rust band at 



base, but more fissile and sandy 



22. Thinly laminated fissile paper 

 I shales, with numerous fossils . 



23. Bone-bed 



24. Tea-green Marls, with eight nodular 



bands and fish horizon 3-4 feet 

 from the base, another 1 foot 

 from the base, or with basal line 

 pi fish - scales, worm burrows 

 2 feet from top, Orbiculoidca 

 Townscndi 5 feet from top 



25. Pink marl 



26. Green marl, with fish-scales 



27. Bed nodular band 



28. Pinkish-green nodular marl . 



29. Bed or pink marl merging into 30 



30. Greenish-pink or purple marl 



31. Pinkish-purple marl 



32. Green marl .... 



33. Bed marl .... 



34. Gypsum .... 



ft. in. 

 20 



4 

 6 



1 



1 



2 (to 3 ft. 4 in.) 



5 



1 9 



2 



20 8 



8 



5 



1 9 



4i (to ;■) inches) 



e' (to 1 foot) 



6 (to 8 inches) 



8 



3 (to 4 inches) 



1 

 6 



79 8Uto 101ft. 9in.) 



