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The shelly sandstone No. 5 is extremely rich in fossils ; indeed in 



many parts the whole mass almost consists of 



Budavdda" shell bed" sMg) broken or entire as the case may be. The 



plant remains it contains are very rare, and only one specimen of a 

 Bryozoon was found. No other fossils were found. The following list 

 of the specimens collected must he taken as purely preliminary, a rough 

 field list in fact : 



Plants. 



Ptilophyllum acutifolium. 

 Otozamites sp. 

 Dictyozamites indicus. 



Angiopieridutm spathulatum. 

 Undetermined leaflets and small woody 

 fragments. 







Animals. 





Ammonites 



sp. ? 2 sp. 





Pecten, 3 



sp. ? 



Buccinum 



sp. ? 





Lima 



sp. 



Natica 



sp. 





Plicatula 



sp. 



Cerithium 



sp.P 





Avicula 



sp. 



Turritella 



sp. ? 





Modiola 



sp. 



JEucyclus 



sp. ? 





Yoldia 



sp. ? 



Turbo 



sp. ? 





Trigonia 



sp. ? 



Trochus 



sp. ? 





Cardium 



sp. ? 



Patella 



sp., large, broad. 





Astarte 



sp. ? 



Do. 



sp. „ high. 





Mactra 



sp. ? 



Do. 



sp., small, radiately 



ribbed. 



Myacites 



sp. 



Mhynchonella 2 or 3 sp. 





Gresslya 



sp. ? 



Terebratula 



? 2 sp. ? 





A bryozoon. 





Ostrea 



3-4 sp. ? 





Serpula 



sp. 



Condition of the fossils. 



The plant remains, which, as already mentioned, are of rare occurrence, 

 were, with one or two exceptions, all obtained from 

 one mass of the stone which was unusually clayey 

 in character. They are sufficiently well preserved to be easily determin- 

 able. 



Some of the best specimens, especially of the Targe Patellas, were 

 broken out of masses that had been used in the walls of the furnace 

 under the boilers in the old indigo factory, and show strong indications 

 of fire action, approaching calcination, being much reddened or blackened, 

 and having become much more brittle than the unburnt specimens. 



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