NCMDTI CLIFFS 
[Westmoreland County, Virginia] 
Cat .No. 
Five vertebrae were found in a hard 
greenish gray sandy clay about 9»10 feet above 
beach level and 20 ft •below shell band containing 
Pec ten madi so nius and Pedal ion maxi ll ata ,at a 
point less than 100 yards from spot where specimens 
of Pedalion maxillata were o '"' "ocali- 
ty was approximately 1 mile 
landing. 
Zone ; We tmore ,Preble,Ke 
7etmore,Preble,Kellogg; July 26,1925, 
Specimens of Pedalion maxillata (Leshayes) were 
obtained from Nomini Cliffs about 0,25 kilometers 
west of landing" north of Baynesville,in shell 
band 30 feet above beach level. r £his layer of 
oyster shells was in center of a band of shells 
about 4 feet in thickness. July 26,1925. 
One vertebra of a small porpoise was obtained 
from face of Nomini Cliffs about 5 feet above 
beach level and at a point about 3 blocks west of 
**landing M (3/8 kilometers) north of Baynesville, 
Westmoreland County,Virginia. July 26,1925. 
July 25,1925:- Followed along Nomini cliffs from 
a point north of Stratford eastward to end of 
cliffs near Mt.Airy landing. At a point about 2 
miles east from starting point {Stratford landing) 
the cliff was formed as follows: 
(1) .j\n oyster shell layer about 5 feet above 
beach level• 6 
(2) .A wide shell band 25-30 feet above beach 
level. 
(3) .Above (2) was a layer of indurated sandy 
clay {at least 2 ft.thick with molluscs 
including Pec ten madisonius Say. 
(4) .Above (3) was another layer of sandy clay 
with Pec ten madisonius. 
