LOWER LIAS: LYME REGIS. 
61 
FT. IN. 
Division D. 
with about 9 
beds of lime- 
stone : about 
24 feet. 
Representing 
the zone of 
Ammonites 
Bucklandi (in 
part). Seen in 
Church Cliff, 
West Cliff, and 
Pinhay Bay. 
Division C. 
with about 
26 bands of 
limestone : 
about 23 feet. 
Representing 
the zone of 
Ammonites 
Bucklandi 
(in part) and the 
upper portion 
of the zone of 
A. anyulatus. 
Seen in Church 
Cliff, West 
Cliff, and 
Pinhay Bay. 
[GREY LEDGK.* Grey earthy limestone withl 
fucoidal markings. Am. Bucklandi, Lima [ 
gigantea [Lima antiquata, Rh. calcicost&] - [ 
Shale. [Plesiosaurus rostratus} - - -J 
GLASS BOTTLE. Irregular grey limestone. 
Large Am. Bucklandi on under surface. [ Lima 
gigantea, L, antiquata, Rh. calcicosta^] 
Shale - 
TOP or IST QUICK LEDGE. Even band of grey 
limestone 
Marly shale ..... 
VENTY BED. Even band of grey limestone, 
marly at base - - 
Shale and marl with occasional nodules of lime- 
stone - 
BEST BED. Very even bed of limestone. Large 
Lima gigantea, Am. Charmassei - 
Shale - - - - - 
SECOND BED. Very even bed of limestone. 
Nautilus, Pentacrinus .... 
Dark shales -~] 
RATTLE. Impersistent limestone passing into 
marl - - 
Dark shales with a few impersistent layers of 
limestone - 
MIDDLE or 2ND QUICK LEDGE. Even band o: 
grey limestone : well marked in cliff, and one j 
of the highest beds that comes to the shore in I 
ledges near Devonshire Point. Pentacrinus f 
Shale (impersistent) 
GUMPTION. Thin band of grey limestone - j 
Grey rnarl and shale with ' ' beef " (fibrous car- 
bonate of lime), pyritic layers, and occasional 
nodules of limestone - 
"UNDER or 3RD QUICK LEDGE. Grey shelly") 
limestone. Nautilus, Ostrea 
Shale with thin seams of " beef " 
TOP TA.PE. Grey shelly limestone with lignite. I 
Am. Buclflandi, Pentacrinus, Scapheus ancy- \ 
lochelis (Fig. 38, p. 51) described by Dr. H. I 
Woodward from " Tape Ledge " 
Shale with lignite - J 
UNDER or 2ND TAPE. Grey limestone. Gryphtea] 
arcuata abundant, Am. Bucklandi - - I 
TOP COPPER. Dark limestone with iron-pyrites | 
Dark shale. Gry. arcuata, Rhynch. calcicosta - I 
MONGREL. Irregular grey limestone. Rh. calci- ** 
costa abundant .... 
Shale and shaly marl with impersistent mottled 
limestone, SKULL. Gry. arcuata 
SPECKETTY BED. Grey limestone, Rh. calci- 
costa - - 
Dark shales. G. arcuata 
UPPER WHITE BED. Limestone, G. arcuuta, 
Lima ------ 
SKULLS. Layers of irregular and impersistent 
limestone and clay. Ammonites - - 
IRON LEDGE. Grey limestone. Rh. calcicosta. 
This is the lowest bed work in the cliff west 
of Lyme Regis 
Dark shale 
UNDER COPPER. Grey limestone with " mun- 
dic" (iron -pyrites) -J 
3 
1 3 
5 
1 6 
3 6 
3 3 
* The "Grey Ledge " was misplaced in Dr. Wright's section. 
