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15. DlAGEAMMATIC VEETICAL SECTION OP THE CaLCIPEEOUS SANDSTONE OP THE 



Fifeshiee Coast. Scale, 666 feet to 1 inch. 



By the kind permission of Mr. James W. Kirkby (see also ' Quart. Journ. Geol. 



Soc.,' vol. xxxvi, 1880, p. 571). 



A subcrystalline Limestone with Lithostrotion, Orthis, and Athyris. 

 Shale with Lingula, Myacites ?, Myalina, and Schizodus. 

 100 feet of sandstone and fireclay with Lepidodendron and Stigmaria. 

 With marine mollusca, Productus, Terebratula, Edmondia, Aviculopecten, 



Base of Carboniferous Lime- 

 stone 



Zone 1 



Zone 2 



Zone 3 



Zone 4 



Zone 5 



Zone 6 



Zone 7 



Zone 8 



Zone 9 



Zone 10 



Zone 11 



Zone 12 



Zone 13 



Zone 14 



Zone 15 



Zone 16 



Zone 17 



Zone 18 



& c . 



200 feet of measures with Stigmaria. 



With Productus, Orthis, Bellerophou, &c. 



Shale with Sphenopteris afflnis, Stigmaria. 



With Productus, Sanguilonites Abdensis, and many Lamellibranchs. 



150 feet of shales and sandstones with Lepidodendron ealamites and 

 Sphenopteris affinu. 



With Aviculopecten, Lingula, and Productus. 



White, yellow, and purplish sandstones, with alternating shales, fireclays, 



&c, with thin coals and plant remains. 

 328 feet below Zone 4 is a bed with Anthracomya scotica, Leperditia 



Okeni, var. Seotoburdigalensis, Carbonia fabulina, C. RanJciniana, and 



Lepidodendron. 



With Crinoids, Lamellibranchs, Gasteropods, Brachiopods, and Cephalo- 

 poda. 



Naiadites obesa, Carbonia, Ganoid scales and plant remains. 



Light grey sandy shale with Carbonicola elegans. 



With Littorina Seotoburdigalensis, Kirkbya, and Leperditia. 



With Penestella, Stenopora, Edmondia, and Crinoids. 



200 feet of strata with coals and plant remains. 



With Littorina Seotoburdigalensis and Leperditia Olceni (vars.). 



Thin coals, Stigmaria, and Cyclopteris fl.abellata. 



With Bellerophou decussatns and Sanguinolites Abdensis. 



100 feet of beds with Carbonicola and Naiadites at 3163 feet. 



With Naiadites obesa and Ostracods. 



With Schizodus, Myalina, and Lingula. 



With Naiadites obesa and Littorina Seotoburdigalensis. 



With Carbonicola elegans, Naiadites obesa, and Cythere suspecta. 



With Naiadites obesa. 



With Naiadites obesa. 



With Carbonicola antiqua and Naiadites obesa at Kilrenny Mill. 



With Naiadites obesa, Spirorbis, and Carbonia. 



With Macrocheilus?, Orthoceras, Naiadites obesa, Leperditia. 



Zones 6 to 18 = zone of Naiadites obesa. 



