PART 2.] GriesbacJi: Valmntologkal notes. Lower Trias, Ilimalayas. 
95 
Rhaitic 
Represents tlie 
Starhemberg fa¬ 
cies of Kosseii 
l)eil9 of tlie Alps. 
Hauptlithoden- 
dron-limestone 
of Suess: 
with Kossen 
beds in follow¬ 
ing. 
1. Grey crinoid limestone, very bard, weathering 
brown, tbick-beddcd, with intercalated shales, 
full of fossils, and in many places made up en¬ 
tirely of them. Containing a mixture of true 
Rhmtic and Liassic forms ; 
Pecten hiftons. Salt. 
„ mayeri, Winkl. (var.) 
„ lens. Sow. 
,, Cornells, Gldfss. (non Sow.) 
„ cornafus, Miin. 
„ valoniensis, Defr. 
Oeri'iUUt injlata, Scbfl. 
Plagiosloma herrmanni, Qu. 
„ yiyantemn, Qu. 
PTioladomya roemeri, Ag. 
Myophoria cardissoides, Scbl. 
Cardiuin rkceficum, Mer- 
Terebratula horia, Sss. 
Phynrhonella Jissicostata, Sss. 
2. Grey Liihodendron limestone shewing sections of 
small shells on weathered surfaces ... 
3. Grey limestone with fossils as bed 1, and Litho- 
dendron 
4. Dark grey sandstone-like crinoid limestone wdth 
nuracrovs white calcspar veins 
5. Uneven shaly beds similar to (4) 
6. Dark grey crinoid limestone alternating with 
shaly beds 
*i. Grey massive crinoid limestone 
8. Sandstone-like limestone, false-bedded, here and 
there shaly 
9. Dark hrecciated limestone with crinoids 
10. Very hard grey crinoid limestone with Lithoden- 
dron 
11. Flaggy beds of crinoid limestone 
12. Hrecciated bed, made up of angular pieces of dark 
limestone with a few rounded pebbles; thins 
out rapidly 
13. Crinoid limestone, locally as (12) 
14. Dark crinoid ^limestone in irregular beds with 
white calcspar veins ... 
15. Grey dolomitic limestone in beds of about 14" 
alternating with papery shales 
16. Dark gi’cy sandstone-like crinoid limestone, top 
beds, shaly towards base, in thick masses 
17. Dark grey flaggy limestone (uufossiliferous) in 
beds of about 2" to 5", with shaly partings ... 
18. Brown shaly sandstone thinning out 
19. Flaggy limestone, vertically jointed 
20. Uneven sandstone bed 
21. Grey calcareous sandstone / with thin shaly 
22. Grey limestone f partings. 
23. Grey calcareous sandstone ✓ 
Thickness. 
Ft. In. 
13 0 
6 0 
5 0 
9 6 
3 0 
17 0 
17 0 
2 0 
1 6 
5 6 
2 3 
0 8 
3 0 
13 0 
2 6 
16 0 
7 0 
0 5 
0 3 
0 6 
0 6 
0 9 
0 6 
