﻿BEER 
  HEAD 
  AND 
  THE 
  ADJACENT 
  CLIFF-SECTIONS. 
  375 
  

  

  Characteristic 
  fossils 
  — 
  Siphonia, 
  sp., 
  Nautilus 
  Icevigatus, 
  D'Orb. 
  

   Fossils 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  (Note. 
  — 
  Abbreviations 
  as 
  to 
  localities: 
  — 
  Ax. 
  = 
  Axmouth, 
  BH. 
  = 
  Beer 
  Head, 
  

   Br. 
  = 
  Branscombe, 
  D. 
  = 
  Dunscombe, 
  WC. 
  = 
  White 
  Cliff, 
  W. 
  = 
  Weston.) 
  

  

  Astrea 
  (?) 
  D. 
  

  

  Bryozoa 
  (several 
  species) 
  D. 
  BH. 
  

  

  Siphonia, 
  sp 
  D. 
  Br. 
  BH. 
  Ax. 
  

  

  Ananchytes 
  subglobosus, 
  Leske 
  BH. 
  Ax. 
  

  

  Cottaldia 
  Benettise, 
  Konig 
  BH. 
  

  

  Discoidea 
  subuculus, 
  Klein, 
  D. 
  BH. 
  

  

  Echinoconus 
  (Galerites) 
  castaneus, 
  Brongn. 
  (small 
  

  

  var.) 
  (?) 
  „ 
  D. 
  

  

  Pyrina 
  ovulum, 
  Ag 
  BH. 
  

  

  Prattii, 
  Forbes 
  BH. 
  

  

  Salenia 
  petalifera, 
  Desm 
  BH. 
  

  

  Ammonites 
  Mantelli, 
  Sow 
  Ax. 
  

  

  Nautilus 
  laevigatas, 
  D' 
  Orb 
  Ax. 
  D. 
  

  

  Fusus, 
  sp. 
  D. 
  

  

  Pleurotomaria 
  Mailleana, 
  D' 
  Orb 
  D. 
  

  

  Pterocera, 
  sp 
  D. 
  

  

  , 
  sp- 
  D. 
  

  

  Rostellaria 
  Mailleana, 
  D'Orb 
  , 
  D. 
  

  

  Trochus, 
  sp 
  D. 
  

  

  Turritella 
  Bauga, 
  D'Orb 
  D. 
  

  

  Caprotina, 
  sp 
  D. 
  

  

  Gastrochsena, 
  sp 
  D. 
  BH. 
  

  

  Inoceramus 
  latus, 
  Mant. 
  BH. 
  Ax. 
  

  

  Opis, 
  sp 
  , 
  D. 
  

  

  Trigonia 
  sulcataria, 
  Lam 
  D. 
  

  

  tenuisulcata, 
  Dujard 
  D. 
  W. 
  

  

  , 
  sp 
  D. 
  

  

  abrupta, 
  Buck 
  D. 
  

  

  Perna 
  (or 
  Avicula) 
  ? 
  D. 
  

  

  Lima 
  ornata, 
  D'Orb 
  D. 
  

  

  semiornata, 
  D'Orb 
  D. 
  

  

  semisulcata, 
  Gold/. 
  D. 
  

  

  Janira 
  quinquecostata, 
  Sotv 
  „ 
  D. 
  

  

  Mytilus 
  striato-costatus, 
  D'Orb 
  Ax. 
  

  

  Ostrea 
  (allied 
  to 
  O. 
  Normaniana, 
  D'Orb.) 
  Ax. 
  BH. 
  

  

  carinata, 
  Sow 
  D. 
  

  

  diluviana, 
  Linn 
  D. 
  Ax. 
  

  

  Pecten 
  asper, 
  Lam 
  D. 
  

  

  Bhynchonella 
  dimidiata, 
  Sovj 
  BH. 
  

  

  gallina, 
  Brongn 
  WC. 
  

  

  convexa, 
  Sow 
  B. 
  

  

  Schloenbachi, 
  Dav 
  BH. 
  

  

  Terebratella 
  pectita, 
  Sow 
  D. 
  BH. 
  

  

  Bed 
  11. 
  — 
  Yellowish 
  quartzose 
  sand, 
  with 
  fine 
  green 
  grains, 
  in 
  a 
  

   chalky 
  paste, 
  semicrystalline. 
  

  

  Thickness 
  variable 
  : 
  2 
  ft. 
  at 
  White 
  Cliff, 
  3 
  ft. 
  at 
  Beer 
  Head, 
  2 
  ft. 
  

   at 
  Branscombe, 
  6 
  in. 
  at 
  Weston 
  Mouth, 
  2 
  ft. 
  at 
  Dunscombe. 
  

  

  Characteristic 
  fossils 
  — 
  Crustacean 
  (Callianassa 
  ?), 
  Exogyra 
  co- 
  

   lumba 
  (small 
  var.), 
  and 
  Terebratella 
  jpectita, 
  Sow. 
  

  

  Fossils 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Crustacean 
  (Calhanassa? 
  BH. 
  

  

  Bryozoa 
  (many 
  species) 
  D. 
  BH. 
  

  

  2 
  D 
  2 
  

  

  