500 
ME.  S.  S.  BECKMAN  ON  THE  BAJOCIAN  [Nov.  l8g3y 
number  of  species  known  to  have  been  obtained  from  the  ironshot 
beds — Nos.  3-7 — could  not  be  determined.  Those  quoted  are  what 
were  obtained  in  situ  at  the  time. 
Section  XY. — Frogden  Quarry ,  usually  known  as  the  Oborne  Quarry. 
(From  Sherborne  Abbey,  1|  mile  N.E.) 
Feet.  Inches. 
Garantiance .  F.  1.  Hard,  grey  limestone  in  several  layers...  4  0 
2.  Yellowish,  sandy  stone  and  sandy  part¬ 
ings, — six  layers  of  each,  varying 
from  2-10  inches  in  thickness .  4  0 
Mortensis.  G.  3.  Hard,  and  soft,  brown  stone  irregularly 
mixed — the  soft  sandy,  the  hard  iron- 
shot.  Fossils  mostly  towards  the  top. 
1  Ecotraustes  cadomensis,’  Parkinsonia 
niortensis  (d’Orb.),  Park.  n.  sp.,  Ancy- 
loceras,  Strigoceras,  various  species. 
Terebratula  splicer oidalis.  (P.  nior¬ 
tensis  apparently  confined  to  the  top, 
P.  n.  sp.  running  through  the  bed)...  1  0 
4.  Hard,  brown  ironshot  stone,  Terebr. 
splicer oidalis  numerous,  ‘  Perisphinctes ' 
Bavidsoni,  Parldnsonice  (spp.  af±. 
Caumontii),  (Ecotraustes  genicidaris 
(Waag.),  Sph&roceras  sp.Brongniarti?  10 
5.  Thin,  earthy  parting  in  some  places, 
preceded  by  brown,  sandy  limestone, 
somewhat  ironshot,  with  Parkinsonice 
sp.,  Stephanoceras  Banksi  (Sow.),  & 
‘  Perisphinctes  ’  Davidsoni .  1  4 
Humphriesiani.  H.  6.  Brown,  ironshot,  rather  soft  limestone 
with  Belemnites .  1  0 
7.  Hard,  brown,  ironshot  limestone, 
Stephanoceras  Blagdeni,  ‘  Steph. 
Braikenridgii  ’  . 8 
I?  8.  Hard,  greyish-brown,  ironshot  lime- 
J  pars  ?  stone  with  Oppelia  sp.  and  Terebr. 
sphceroidalis  .  i 
Sauzei  J  9.  Soft,  green-grained,  white  marl,  with 
&  &  numerous  fossils,  Witchellia  Sutneri 
Witchellia.  K.  and  ‘  Iceviuscula ,’  Sonninia  ,  aff. 
patella,  ‘ Stephanoceras’’  Sa,uzei,  Sphce- 
roceras  Brocchi ,  Oppelia  sp.,  Pleuro- 
tomaria  granulata,  Amriberleya  obor- 
nensis,  etc.1  .  ^ 
10.  Hard,  blue,  sandy  limestone  with  some  ^ 
green  grains  .  7 
11.  Brown,  sandy  parting  .  2 
12.  Hard,  blue,  sandy  limestone  .  0 
JDiscitce?  13.  Unseen  . about  11 
Concavi.  14.  Hard,  blue  limestone  with  earthy  part¬ 
ings.  Liocercis  concavum,  Terebratula 
Eudesi,  T.  perovalis,  T.  cortonensis, 
Ehynchonella  Forbesi,Lima  Etheridgii, 
Gryphcea  like  sublobata,  Pieuroto- 
maria  actinomphala  (cast)  .  2  0 
1  Bed  9  =  Sauzei- bed  or  zone  auctorum.  For  the  gasteropoda,  see  Hudleslon, 
Palseont.  Soc.  vol.  xl.  et  seq. 
