Section of Bradford-Abbas (East-Hill) Quarry.
ft. | in. | Trigonia Grit of
Buckman, Geol. of Cheltenham. | |||||
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0 | 4 | ||||
2. |
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6 | 0 | Cephalopoda-bed
=Gryphite Grit of Buckman. | |||
3. |
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0 | 3 | ||||
4. |
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1 | 0 | ||||
5. |
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0 | 6 | ||||
6. |
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1 | 0 | ||||
7. |
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0 | 3 | ||||
8. |
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0 | 9 | ||||
9. |
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1 | 2 | ||||
10. | Reddish sands, commencing the lower freestone system of the Cotteswolds. |
How far the term Cephalopoda-bed for the fossiliferous portion of this section may be justified will at once be seen from the following list of the family of fossils after which it has been named, the whole of which have been found at Bradford Abbas, or the equivalent bed near Sherborne.
List of Cephalopoda from the Dorset equivalent of the "Gryphite Grit."
Belemnites compressus, Blainv. A. niortensis, D'Orb., and A. dorsetensis, Wright.
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Ammonites Garantianus, D'Orb. |
and others, with some undescribed forms.
Ancyloceras annulatum, D'Orb. |
Ancyloceras subannulatuin, D' Orb. |
(From D'Orbigny's Lias list.)
Nautilus latidorsatus, D' Orb. |
Ammonites candidus, D' Orb., aalensis, Ziet. |
and others.