﻿BEER 
  HEAD 
  AND 
  THE 
  ADJACENT 
  CLIFE-SECTIONS. 
  

  

  393 
  

  

  Table 
  II. 
  — 
  Illustrating 
  the 
  Succession 
  of 
  the 
  Cretaceous 
  Strata 
  neat 
  

   Beer 
  Head, 
  Devon. 
  

  

  Divisions. 
  

  

  •73 
  

   09 
  

  

  m 
  

  

  o 
  

   6 
  

  

  to 
  

  

  Minor 
  Divisions. 
  

  

  • 
  - 
  

  

  < 
  

  

  Zones 
  of 
  Fossils. 
  

  

  Upper 
  

  

  

  

  ft. 
  

  

  

  (?) 
  

  

  20. 
  

  

  White 
  chalk, 
  with 
  flints 
  

  

  70 
  

  

  Micraster 
  cor-anguinum. 
  

  

  If 
  

  

  

  

  

  Terebratula 
  carnea. 
  

  

  19. 
  

  

  

  15 
  

  

  Inoceramus 
  Cuvieri. 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  

  

  

  Terebratula 
  semiglobosa. 
  

  

  r 
  

  

  18. 
  

  

  Hard 
  chalk, 
  with 
  flints 
  in 
  

  

  40 
  

  

  Inoceramus 
  Brongniarti. 
  

  

  

  layers. 
  

  

  

  Holaster 
  planus. 
  

  

  

  17. 
  

  

  Marly 
  chalk. 
  Flints 
  finger- 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  Inoceramus 
  mytiloides. 
  

  

  Ch 
  

   Lower. 
  

  

  16. 
  

  

  like, 
  dispersed. 
  

  

  

  Micraster 
  cor-bovis. 
  

  

  Nodular 
  sandy 
  chalk, 
  without 
  

  

  14 
  

  

  Rhynchonella 
  Cuvieri. 
  

  

  

  flints 
  ; 
  semicrystalline. 
  

  

  

  

  

  15. 
  

  

  Cream-coloured 
  sandy 
  chalk 
  ; 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  Inoceramus 
  mytiloides. 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  14. 
  

  

  seniicrystaUine. 
  

  

  

  

  Hard 
  nodular 
  chalk, 
  with 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  Discoidea 
  subuculus. 
  

  

  

  quartz 
  grains. 
  

  

  

  

  13. 
  

  

  Greyish 
  nodular 
  chalk, 
  with 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  Ammonites 
  Mantelli. 
  

  

  

  quartz 
  grains, 
  green 
  grains, 
  

  

  

  Discoidea 
  cylindrica. 
  

  

  C 
  

  

  L 
  

  

  

  and 
  Phosphatic 
  Nodules. 
  

  

  

  Rhynchonella 
  Mantelliana. 
  

  

  

  i- 
  

  

  12. 
  

  

  Compact 
  nodular 
  bed, 
  with 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  Ammonites 
  rhotomagensis. 
  

  

  'oT 
  

  

  

  green 
  grains 
  and 
  quartz 
  

  

  

  Scaphites 
  gequalis. 
  

  

  S 
  CD 
  

  

  

  grains 
  in 
  a 
  chalky 
  paste. 
  

  

  

  Holaster 
  subglobosus. 
  

  

  gt 
  

  

  

  

  

  Catopygus 
  carinatus. 
  

  

  

  11. 
  

  

  Yellowish 
  quartzose 
  grit 
  in 
  a 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  Rhynchonella 
  dimidiata. 
  

  

  ■s 
  g 
  I 
  

  

  

  chalky 
  paste. 
  

  

  

  Terebratula 
  pectita. 
  

  

  o'g 
  

  

  

  

  

  Exogyra 
  columba 
  (small 
  var.). 
  

  

  3 
  * 
  

   fe 
  

  

  10. 
  

  

  Rubbly, 
  yellowish, 
  quartzose 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  Siphonia. 
  

  

  

  grit 
  in 
  a 
  chalky 
  paste. 
  

  

  

  Nautilus 
  lsevigatu3. 
  

  

  ' 
  

  

  

  

  

  Discoidea 
  subuculus. 
  

  

  " 
  9. 
  

  

  Buff-coloured 
  sandstone 
  and 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  

  

  

  grit-beds, 
  with 
  fine 
  green 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  grains. 
  

  

  

  

  

  8. 
  

  

  

  10 
  

  

  Orbitolina 
  concava. 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  Exogyra 
  digitata, 
  Sow. 
  

  

  c3 
  

  

  7. 
  

  

  Shingle-bed 
  of 
  sandstone- 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  

  ID 
  

  

  

  pebbles. 
  

  

  

  

  d3 
  

  

  6. 
  Light-coloured 
  sand 
  and 
  

  

  H 
  

  

  Exogyra 
  digitata, 
  Soiv. 
  

  

  sandstone. 
  

  

  

  

  

  5. 
  

  

  Chert-beds, 
  in 
  light-coloured 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  Exogyra 
  columba. 
  

  

  ft 
  

  

  

  sand. 
  

  

  

  Janira 
  quadricostata. 
  

  

  P 
  

  

  4. 
  

  

  Yellowish 
  marly 
  sands, 
  with 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  Exogyra 
  columba. 
  

  

  i 
  

  

  r 
  

  

  

  irregular 
  concretions. 
  

  

  

  Janira 
  quadricostata. 
  

  

  o 
  O 
  1 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  Pecten 
  orbicularis. 
  

  

  J3 
  rS 
  

  

  

  3. 
  

  

  Greyish 
  marly 
  sand, 
  with 
  

  

  30 
  

  

  Exogyra 
  conica. 
  

  

  CS.O 
  J 
  

  

  

  

  nodular 
  concretions. 
  

  

  

  „ 
  laevigata. 
  

  

  • 
  d 
  

  

  ( 
  

  

  ' 
  2. 
  

  

  Sands, 
  with 
  green 
  earth 
  (ar- 
  

  

  25 
  

  

  Blackdown 
  fauna. 
  

  

  3 
  o 
  

   03 
  >tJ 
  

  

  \ 
  

  

  

  gillaceous). 
  

  

  

  Inoceramus 
  sulcatus, 
  Sow. 
  

  

  o 
  

  

  I 
  I 
  

  

  1. 
  

  

  Greenish-grey 
  sands 
  and 
  grit- 
  

  

  3* 
  

  

  Exogyra 
  conica 
  (small 
  var.). 
  

  

  H 
  

  

  

  bed. 
  

  

  

  

  