GEOL. MAG. 1SS2. 



ECADE TI. Vol. IX. Plate X. 



SECTION OF THE CHLORITIC MARL AND UPPER GREENSAND AT VENTNOR, ISLE OF WIGHT, 



PREPARED BY MARK W. NORMAN. 



Base of Lower Chalk 



j;^ rijg fFossiLiFERous Marl > 



^ (;;; w •! CHLORiTicMARL{Concretions) > 



Of"-^ Pea-green Laminated Sands -^ 



^<^ > (Concretions] 



'"' '% Alternating Chert and 



g W J Sandstone Beds 



- ti J 21 to 24 in number. 







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Rag 







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Rag 



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Soft Yellow Sandstone ) 

 ("Whills.")i 



Rag 



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rt 



Compact Reddish Sandstone 



m 



Compact Reddish Sandstone 

 Mammillated Rag 



Dakk 

 ;. First 



Nautilus iiseudo-elegans, N. expatisiis, Turriliies hthercidatus, BelemnHes minimus. Ammonites rostratus,A. Maniellii, 



A. varians, A. Comptoni, A. Vectensis, Ostrea carinata, O. vesicularis, Pccten asfer, Pleurotomaria, various 



spongoid bodies, Hamites elegans. , [bodies. 



Pecien asfer, P. orbicularis, P. guinguecosiatus, teeth and vertebra of Shark [Lainiia), Saurian remains, various spongoid 



Encloses a thin band of Pecien orbicularis, with crushed P. guinguecosiatus akd P. asper (derived), Exoeyra conica 



Rhynchonella limbata, Terebratula biplicata, Trochocyaihus, Teeth of Lamiia. 



Spicula of sponge, with spongoid bodies. Fossil coniferous wood, Pecten guinguecosiatus, Exogyra f Ostrea) c 

 of the fossils derived. Ammonites inflatus. Nautilus filled up with chalcedony. Teeth of Otodus and Lamr. 



Unfossiliferous. 



'ies rosiratus, A. splendens ? Nautilus radiattts, N. pseudo-elegans, Pecten orbicularis, P. elongatus Cucullma 

 Gyrodus, Clathraria Lyellii, \ ' 



Rulbs and stems of large spongoid bodies, Siphonia Websteri, Pecten orbicularis, Exogyra. 



Hoploparia Saxbyi, Vermicularia. 



Pecten sp.. Ammonites rosiratus, A. varians, Trigo7iia sp. 



Cardiaster? Panopcea sp. 



Unfossiliferous. 



Sparsely fossiliferous. 



This bed contains 



Siphonia Websteri 



fossils: Ammonites inflatus, A. rosiratus, A. sp.,Panopaa plicata, Serpula antiguat, 



tes rosiratus, A. inflatus, A. sp., Panopaa plicata, Trigonia alxformis, Pecten orbicularis, P. ginguecostaius, 

 Citcullcea glabra, Mytilus lanceolatus, Rhynchonella latissimtts, Carditcm gentiaiium, Ostrea conica, Vei jnicularia 

 Serpula antiquata, Holaster fossarius, Siphonia Websteri, Hoploparia Saxbyi, Chelonian remains, etc. 



Large Inocerami Wi^ Panop(£a. 

 Comminuted shells of large Inoccra 



The List of Fossils Revised by R. Etheridge, F.R.S., F.G.S. 

 Scale — 20 feet to one inxh. 

 [Original Section drawn to Sc.4le by R. H. Scott.] 



