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LIAS OF ENGLAND AND WALES : 
Mr. Cree's Quarry, Street. 
Dr. T. Wright, 1860. 
Ft. In. 
Mr. Joseph Seymour's Quarry, 
Overleigh, Street, 1885. 
Total depth, about 20 feet. 
Ft. In. 
8. Dark laminated shale, Ostrea 
liassica - 
y. Dark-grey limestone, FIVE-INCH 
BUILDING-STONE. O. liassica 
10. Dark shale. O. liassica 
11. Dark-grey limestone. SIX-INCH 
BUILDING - STONE. Cardinia 
crassiuscula, Limapunctata, O. 
liassica 
12. Dark shale - 
13. Hard greyish limestone, consisting 
of two four-inch beds. WHITE 
STONE. Best paving-bed. Fos- 
sils rare ; O. liassica, Modiola 
minima 
14. Hard dark marl. SAURIAN BED. 
Jaws of Saurians and Fishes. 
Ichthyosaurus intermedius, 
Plesiosaurus Hawkinsi 
15. Fine-grained greyish limestone. 
CREAM BED. Fine grained 
paving stone. Ostrea, Modiola - 
16. Brownish limestone. RED LIVER. 
Paving-stone. Few fossils 
17. Dark-coloured limestone. BLACK 
STONE. Used for large paving- 
slabs, some of them 10 ft. by 5 ft. 
Modiola minima, Ostrea lias- 
sica, Myacites (Pleuromya), 
Rhynchonella calcicosta (varia- 
bilis) .... 
18. Dark-blue shale, Ostrea liassica, 
Modioln minima ... 
19. Hard greyish limestone. SIX-INCH 
BUILDING-STONE. Modiola mi- 
nima, Ostrea liassica 
20. Soft bluish shale ... 
21. Greyish blue limestone. FOUB- 
INCH BUILDING-STONE. Fossils 
as in IS' 0.19- - 
22. Dark-groy laminated shale. Ich- 
thyosaurus intermedius, I. 
tenuii'ostris ... 
23. Hard blue limestone. BLUE CLOG, 
or ONE FOOT BUILDING-STONE, 
used for steps. Ostrea, Modiola, 
Rhynchonella ... 
24. Grey laminated shale. Saurians 
abundant. Ichthyosaurus inter- 
medius, I. tenuirostris, Pholi- 
dophorns 
25. Greyish limestone. GRET CLOG. 
A valuable building-stone, used 
lor steps, troughs, &c. Modiola 
minima .... 
26. Dark shale . . - - 
27. Thin-beddnd limestone. THREE- 
INCH BLUE BED. Fish-remains, 
M. m'-nhnt, Otozamites (Otop- 
feris ftcuininatus 
28. Thick bluy limestone 
29. Hard fme-g.ained limestone. FIRE- 
STONE .... 
SO. Har.l grey fine-grained limestone. 
Pies :- auras Etheridgei (= P. 
Hai '-:.nsi) (in Museum of Prac- 
tical Gfolqgy) - - 
31. Hard g"ey limestone, forming the 
bottom herl. FIEESTONE BOTTOM 
BED. Plesiosaurus Hawkinsi 
4 
5 
3 
6 
6 
8 
9 
3 
4 
4 
2 
6 
2 
4 
4 
1 
1 3 
1 
2 
3 
5 
4 
4 
1 
20 
Marly shale ... 
Blue limestone. BUNCH BACK 
1 
Shale - - - - - I I 
Blue limestone. CLAY BAT - j 
Limestone. WHIT or WHITE STONE 
RID 
Dark shale .... 
Limestone, ferruginous, THICK WHIT 
or WHITE 
Do do. THIN WHIT - 
Limestone. CLIFT, used for floor- 
ings. [This passes into Shale, 
CBEAM SHALE in Mr. Z. Sey- 
mour's Quarry.] 
Irregular limestone. CREAM 
[A bed of clay CREAM SHELL CLAY 
intervenes in Mr. Seymour's 
Pit,] 
Irregular Limestone. RED LIVER 
Do. do. BLACK STONE 
Shale 
Limestone, solid and sound. SIX- 
INCH BED, used for curbs - 
Shale - 
Limestone. LIVET, or LIBBETS 
Shale. [This is a shaly limestone, 
BLUE CLOG SHALE in Mr. Z. 
Seymour's Quarry.] 
Limestone. BLUE CLOG, used for 
steps, buildings, &c., sometimes 
used for columns, and chimney- 
pieces, takes a good polish. 
Shale. Ichthyosaurus communis. 
[This is a limestone GREY CLOG 
SHELL, in Mr. Z. Seymour's 
Quarry. 1 
Limestone. GREY CLOG, building- 
stone. 
Limestone. TOP BLUE 
[This occurs in two SIZES, 6 in., 
known as THIN BLUE, in Mr. Z. 
Seymour's Quarry.] 
Limestone. THICK BLUE, used for 
paving. 
Limestone. FIRE BED, used for 
paving. 
Shale 
Limestone. BOTTOM BLUE, used 
for paving. 
Limestone. BOTTOM FIRE - 
[A bed of shale 5 in. NEW FOUND 
OUT RID., intervenes in Mr. Z. 
Seymour's Quarry.] 
Limestone. NEW FOUND OUT, used 
for paving. 
[Fish, Cycads, Rain drops.]* 
Noticed by T. Me 1 lard Reade. 
