GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA 



Paleozoic Fossils. 



Vol. II, Part 1. 



1. OnsomeoftJie Fossils oftho Gaspe series of rocks. 



At Cape Gaspd, and in the neighborhood, the rocks described in the 

 Geology of Canada, as "The Gaspe Series," occur, in the descending order, 

 as follows : 



The Gaspe Sandstones. 



Sandstones interstratified with arenaceous and calcareous shales. For 

 full details, see " Geology of Canada," p. 394 to 397. Thickness 7036 

 feet. 



The Gaspe Limestones. 



8. 



S Grey limestones, in beds of from six to twelve inches thick, some of them 



holding chert at the summit 500 



9 Grey nodular shaly limestone with greenish calcareo-arenaceous shales 



at the top ■ 300 



. 6. 



Grey calcareous shales or shaly limestone, interstratified, particularly at 

 the top, with beds of purer limestone fit for burning 300 



5 



^ Grey, greenish, and dark grey calcareous shales, with beds of arenaceous 



M limestone 380 



* A 



s ^- 



^ Grey limestones in thin beds with some olive-green shales 200 



3. 



Olive-green calcareo-argillaceous shales, with nodules and layers of com- 

 pact limestone 170 



2. 



,2 Greenish calcareo-argillaceous shales, which are interstratified with less 



a calcareous layers, of various shades of red 30 



« 1, 



« Grey limestones in layers of from six to eight inches thick, which arc sepa- 



S rated by bands of greenish calcareo-argillaceous shale, gradually increasing 



^ in amount towar Is the top "^^ 



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