202 The Palceobotany of Robin Hood Quarry, Leeds. 
Everett 1 and by Barnes 2 who have also described the 
tectonic features of the quarry. The following may be taken 
as a general section of the exposure - 
18. Sandstone 
17. Coal ... 
16. Light Grey Shale 
15. Coal 
14. Light Grey Shale 
13! Poor Coal 
12. Dark Grey Shale 
11. Hard Sandstone 
10. Grey Shale 
9. Black Brittle Shale 
8. Coal ... 
7. Grey Shale ... 
6. Upper Haigh Moor Coal 
5. Grey Shale ... 
4. Coal ... 
3. Grey Shale ... 
2. Lower Haigh Moor Coal 
1. Grey Shale ... 
General Leatures. 
Lt. in. 
10 o 
... o 4 
6 o 
... o 4 
6 o 
2 o 
... 3 o 
1 6 
... 10 o 
2 o 
06 
... 12 o 
... 3 6 
2 o 
... o 6 
... 39 0 
2 6 
6 o 
The lowest bed exposed in the quarry is the grey shale 
underlying the Lower Haigh Moor Coal and this is charac- 
terised by the abundance of Mariopteris sp. and N europteris 
heterophylla. Specimens of Catamites suckowi are also fairly 
common, but in all cases the plants are mainly found in the 
septarian nodules. The overlying shale yields a very similar 
flora in the lower part but it becomes much more prolific at 
higher levels where it contains N europteris heterophylla and 
N europteris gigantea in abundance. The shale immediately 
underlying the Upper Haigh Moor Coal is ramified with 
stigmarian rootlets. 
Above the Upper Haigh Moor Coal is a thick bed of grey 
shale which is crowded with well-preserved plant remains, 
but Neuropteris heterophylla is not quite so dominant as in the 
lower beds. Neuropteris gigantea is the most important 
fossil, but specimens of Lepidophyllum sp. are also far from 
rare. A feature of particular interest at this horizon is the 
1 Burnet, A., and Everett, J. H., ‘ Notes on Sections in a Quarry at 
Robin Hood, near Leeds,’ Trans. Leeds Geol. Soc., Part XVII, pp. 31-35, 
1914. 
2 Barnes, W., ‘ Note on some New Sections in the Quarry at Robin 
Hood,’ Trans. Leeds Geol. Soc., Part XX, pp. 13-16, 1929. 
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