238 Ni:\v vouK stati-: museum 



The seel ion [fi.ii'. 1;MI] is as follows: Pee^. inches 



Till, \\\l\\ imiiu'rous buul<UM-s 



Rondout waterlime 



e9 Weathered linic iinidrock, soiiu wliai aiciiaceoiis 



in texture 1 ^ 



e8 Weathered lime niiulrork similar to the preced- 

 ing. [This and the next lower bed below 

 the soil become porous through weathering, 

 changing to a soft, friable and rotten rock.] . . 1 6 



e7 Lime mudrock weathering brownish in thin lay- 

 ers separated by shaly streaks which are dis- 

 continuous, the whole varying in thickness 

 from 16 to 20 inches • 1 ^ 



e6 Dark lime mudrock containing many small frag- 

 ments of Favosites and Stroniatopora. Some of 

 these are overturned and all are fragmentary, 

 showing much wearing. Stroniatopora is more 

 abundant than Favosites. The fragments are 

 equally common in the upper and the lower 

 portion of the bed, and they are almost abun- 

 dant enough to make the rock ;i lime conglom- 

 erate with the corals forming the ](ebbles held 

 in a muddy paste ^ ^ 



e5 A bed of somewhat more arenaceous texture but ^ 



a very pure limestone in comijosition. It con- 

 tains large heads of Favosites and Stronia- 

 topora, but most of lluMu ajijiear to be frag- 

 nicnlMrv or overt urncMl. lictwccn this and the 

 jirc^rcding liigher hvd are some shaly layers 

 containing small but com]>lete heads of 

 F a v o s i 1 e s li e 1 <1 e r b e r g i a e ]» r e c e- 

 dens and St roniatoi><>ra. Willi Hieiii occur 

 (' a ill a r o I o e c h i a ? 1 a ni c 1 1 a 1 a and 

 Lc |, (. rd i t i a ct. j o ii e s i . The thickness 

 varies from IS to iM indies 1 



