LOWER LIAS : PAULTON. 
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A brickyard to the north of Hunger quarry, showed about 
10 feet of blue and brown clays, with nodules of argillaceous iron- 
stone and septaria, resting on 8 feet of dark blue clay ; beds 
regarded by Tawney as Upper Lias. (See p. 210.) 
Phyllis Hill quarry is situated a little north-west of Munger 
quarry, on the road between Paulton and Midsomer Norton. It 
showed the following section in 1886.* (See Fig. 50) : 
FT. IN. FT. IN. 
fD. Irregular shelly limestones, with Belemnites, 
and Rhynchonella - - 1 6 to 2 
C. Dark bluish and pale grey clay, with nodules 
of limestone, phosphatic concretions, &c. - 6 
Lower 1 B. Pale grey earthy limestones, with GryphoEO, 
Lias. "\ arcuata at the base - 4 to S 
A. Clay and sandy marl, sandy at base, with 
phosphatic nodules, G. arcuata, Pecien 
lunularis, large Pleurotomaria, Spiriferina 
IValcotli, and Lignite (Dicotyledonous) - 1 to 1 <> 
Rhaatic J~ Sun bed (with Grypha-a arcuata in crevices) - 1 6 to ^ 2 
Beds. I White Lias - - - 4 6 
FlG. 50. Section at Phi/His Hill, Paulton, Somersetshire. ' 
i. Lower Lias. . White Lias (Rhsctic Beds). 
Among the species I obtained were A. scipionianus, A. semicos- 
tutus, A. Jamesoni, A. bisulcatus, A. brevispina, Cryptcenia solarioides, 
Homomya, Cardinia, Ostrea, Pcctcn lunularis, Lima acuticosta, 
Waldhcimia Waterhousci, W. numismalis, W. cornuta, and Rliuncho- 
nella rimosa. These fossils were named by Messrs. Sharman 
and Newton. Tawney recorded A. Bucklandi, A. snuzeanus, A. 
raricostatus, Terebratula punctata, from bed A., which he groups 
with the zone of A. Bucklandi; from bed B., he noted A. obtusus 
and A. oxynotus '? ; from bed C., A. raricostatus (phosphatized), A. 
planicosta, A. oxynotus]; and from bed D., Waldheimia numis- 
malis and PItoladomya ambiyua.^ 
From a quarry north-west of Paulton church,! obtained a large 
Nautilus from limestones yielding Spiriferina Walcotti, Pleuromya, 
Ostrea irregularis. Gryphcca arcuata, Lima gig ante a, and contain- 
ing quartz pebbles. 
The following section at Camerton was noted by Moore : 
FT. IN. 
Middle Lias? Irregular beds of marlstone ... 
f Nodular bed with Ammonites raricostatus 
Brownish clay - 
Blue limestone with Fish-scales, Aptyclms, and 
Ammonites semicostatus ... 
Foraminifera zone. Blue clay 
Spirifer Bank, indurated marl, with many 
specimens of Spiriferina Walcotti 
[_Limestones and clays (Lima series) - - 4 10 
Rhsetic Beds. White Lias - - - 8 
T ower T ias 
2 
3 
2 
f! 
S 
6 
* See also section by Bristow, of a quarry N.W. of Welton. Geol. E. Somerget 
&c., p. 97. 
f Proc. Bristol Nat. Soc., ser. 2, vol. i. p. 179. 
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