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E. P. TOMES ON THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE 



Binton* 



Paving-beds, finely lami- 

 nated, stone and shale. 



" Griesley bed," a light 

 pepper-and-salt-coloured bed, 

 not laminated, but very con- 

 stant. 



"Blue stone" of a uniform 

 clear blue", not laminated. 



Similar to the last, but not 

 named. 



" G-rave-stone bed," a hard 

 dark stone. 



Shale. 



"Pendles," a hard crystal- 

 line stone. 



"Firestone," a very hard 

 crystalline stone abounding in 

 shells. 



Stone, intermittent. 



"Bottom blue-stone," inter- 

 mittent. 



Shale. 



" Guinea-bed," hard and crys- 

 talline, so called because the 

 stones, when dry, ring when 

 struck. 



Clay of a light greenish grey 

 colour. 



"Maums," or "White lumps,'" 

 in all respects like the Estheria- 

 bed of Westbury-on-Severn. 



Clay of a greenish colour, 

 depth not ascertained. 



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Ammonites piano rb is, var. 

 Johnstoni, Insects, Eryon barro- 

 viensis, Pholidophorus Stricfc- 

 landi, Tetragonolepis. 



Composed of comminuted 

 shells (a species of Lima and 

 Ostrea liassica), fish-scales, sau- 

 rian bones, species of Cidaris in 

 abundance, Pentacrinites, Am- 

 monites Johnstoni. 



Saurian remains rare; the 

 elytron of a beetle in one in- 

 stance. 

 No fossil ever seen in this bed. 



Bones and skeletons of Sau- 

 rians, Otopteris acuminata, 

 Eryon barroviensis. 



Ostrea liassica in extreme 

 abundance. 



Ammonites Johnstoni (one spe- 

 cimen on the upper surface of 

 the stones), Placunopsis alpina, 

 Ostrea liassica abundant, Mo- 

 diola minima, Myacites muscu- 

 hcs, Pholadomya prima, Area, 

 Astarte, Gervillia, Car Mum, 

 Pecten, Pcrna infraliassica, 

 Otopteris obtusa. 

 No fossils. 



Monotis decussata. 



Avicula longicostata, Anoplo- 

 phora musculoides, Monotis de- 

 cussata, Cardinia depressa, Os- 

 trea liassica, 0. intusstriata, 

 Placunopsis alpina, Axioms, 

 Sargodon tomicus, Hempedina 

 Tomesi, Theoosmilia Terquemi 

 growing on the top of this bed. 

 No fossils. 



Esther ia in crowded masses. 



