PERMIAN. 403 



The beds of limestone in the above section belong to the Clear Fork Beds, 

 while the red clay is at this place at the top of the Wichita Beds. 



SECTION NO. 29, WICHITA BEDS. 



Two miles east of previous section. 



1. Red clay with nodular concretions with fossils 30 feet. 



2. Bone conglomerates '. 1 foot. 



3. Blue clay 4 feet. 



4. Conglomerate (iron ore) 2 feet. 



Total 37 feet. 



This is one of the localities given in Dr. C. A. White's description of the 

 fossils of the Permian. (Amer. Nat., Feb., 1889). 



section no. 30. 



One mile west of Corn Hill. 



1. Red clay 30 feet. 



2. Thin bedded sandstone . . . # 4 feet. 



Total 34 feet. 



SECTION NO. 31. 



Corn Hill, or Tit Mountain. 



1. Red clay 6 feet. 



2. Conglomerate, fossiliferous 8 feet. 



3. Red clay 30 feet. 



4. Thin bedded sandstone 4 feet. 



Total 48 feet. 



At this place I got several specimens of vertebrate fossils which were de- 

 scribed by Prof. E. D. Cope, and are embraced in the list of vertebrate fossils 

 from the Permian, given elsewhere in this Report. 



section no. 32. 



Hills about twelve miles west of Wichita Falls. 



1. Red Bed clay 20 feet. 



2. Conglomerate, fossiliferous 1 foot. 



3. Red clay, with iron nodules 20 feet. 



4. Sandstone, thin bedded 4 feet. 



Total 45 feet. 



It must be remembered that the conglomerate mentioned in these sections 

 is the peculiar Permian conglomerate — composed of small round pieces of 

 iron ore and clay cemented together by iron. 



