TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
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PREFACE, BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL, - iii 
CHAPTER I. 
INTRODUCTION .... ] 
The term Oolitic General Character and Thickness of the 
flocks Physical Conditions of the Period Sequence of 
Strata and Extent of the Formations - 1 
Table showing the Sub-divisions of the Oolitic Series 4 
" Tripartite " Series 
Oolitic Eocks - - 6 
Petrological notes on the Oolitic Eocks by Mr. J. J. H. Teall : 
The Limestones ; Oolitic Grains ; Organic Fragments ; Non- 
calcareous Detrital Material ; Matrix ; Origin of Oolite 
Grains - ... 8 
Sandstones ... . 12 
Colour of Eocks - ..... 13 
Stratigraphical characters of Oolitic rocks - - 14 
Pisolite ..... --14 
Origin of Oolite and of strata associated with Oolitic lime- 
stones .... 16 
Fossils of the Oolitic Series .... - 21 
Table of some leading Zonal and Characteristic Fossils of the 
Oolitic Strata - - - 24 
Explanation of Plates - - 27 
CHAPTEE II. 
INFERIOR OOLITE SERIES (BAJOCIAN). 
GENERAL ACCOUNT OP THE STRATA: - 31 
Organic Eemains .... 35 
Zones ..... 37 
Table of the chief sub-divisions of the Inferior Oolite Series - 38 
Midford Sand (Passage Beds) - - 39 
Zones of Ammonites jurensis and A. opalinus - - - 39 
List of Fossils from the Midford Sand - - 42 
Inferior Oolite (Lower Division) - - 45 
Zone of Ammonites Murchisonce (with List of Fossils) - 45 
Inferior Oolite (Upper Division) - 48 
Zone of Ammonites humphriesianus (with List of Fossils) - 48 
Zone of Ammonites Parkinsoni (with List of Fossils) - 51 
CHAPTEE III. 
INFERIOR OOLITE SERIES LOCAL DETAILS : 
1. Dorset, Somerset, and the Cotteswolds: - 52 
INFERIOR OOLITE AND MIDFORD SAND, Bridport (Coast Sections) 
to Beaminster .... 54 
. List of Fossils from the Inferior Oolite Series of South Dorset - 64 
Jrewkerne to Stoford near Yeovil - - - 67 
List of Fossils from the Inferior Oolite Series near Crewkerne 69 
Yeovil to Milborne Port - 74 
List of Fossils from the Inferior Oolite Series near Sherborne, 
Dorset ........ 81 
Milborne Port to Doulting, Glastonbury, Brent Knoll, and 
the Mendips - - 83 
List of Fossils from the Inferior Oolite Series near Castle Gary 
and Bruton .-....-85 
Oldford near Frome to Bath and Dundry - - -92 
