Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12684759984).jpg 1852 <br> LYELL BELGIAN TERTIARY FORMATIONS <br> 327 <br> and of those immediately subjacent is at a slight angle towards the <br> north-east <br> Fig 5 ” Section in Caton's Pit on the eastern slope of the Hill of <br> Cassel <br> S ___- N <br> » Bed of clay without fossils <br> / Sandy glauconite 1 <br> g Black band with Ostrea inflata and Num tmriolarius 2 <br> g' Sands with Nipadites Nautilus Cerithium giganteum Num variolarius c 3 to 6 <br> h Green sand and sand-rock with Num Icevigatus 7 <br> h' Sands and sandstone with Ostrece c 8 to 10 <br> i Green naarls 11 <br> 2 Next below is a dark bed called by the workmen la hande <br> noire g figs 4 and 5 1 foot thick It is divided in some places <br> by thin layers of yellow sand in which I found the following fossils <br> Shells of the Bande noire Cassel ff figs 4 5 <br> Numraulites variolarius Lamh <br> Cryptodon <br> Venus; small <br> Cardita <br> Nucula margaritacea Lamk <br> Pecten imbricatus – ' Besh <br> Pecten plebeius Lamk <br> Anomia laevigata Sow <br> Ostrea inflata Besh <br> Dentalium strangulatum BesJi <br> Natica <br> Turritella <br> The presence of Nummulites variolarius and Ostrea inflata indi- <br> cates the commencement of those Eocene strata which are called at <br> Brussels the Laeken beds/' and to a higher division of which those <br> sands in the Cassel hills which have been hitherto called Tongrian <br> may perhaps belong <br> 3 Immediately below the hande noire are beds of yellowish <br> sand with green grains 9 feet thick Within a foot of the top of <br> this mass is an irregular layer of sandstone or a bed of nodules of <br> sand cemented by calcareous matter in which many of the following <br> fossils occur in the state of casts while the rest are free in the sand <br> Nummulites variolarius Lamk \ very <br> abundant <br> Turbinolia sulcata Lamk <br> T Nystiana Haime <br> Lunulites radiatus Lamk <br> Clavagella coronata Besh <br> Teredina <br> Corbula pisum Sow <br> Tellina rostralis Lamk <br> Lucina Loripes divaricata Lamk <br> Venus; the same as one found at <br> Laeken <br> Venus elegans Sow <br> Cytherea suberycinoides Besh 35461381 109911 51125 Page 327 Text v 8 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/35461381 1852 Geological Society of London NameFound Anomia laevigata NameConfirmed Anomia laevigata NameBankID 6996000 NameFound Cardita NameConfirmed Cardita EOLID 57589 NameBankID 2693146 NameFound Cerithium giganteum NameConfirmed Cerithium giganteum NameFound Clavagella coronata NameConfirmed Clavagella coronata NameBankID 6900716 NameFound Corbula pisum NameConfirmed Corbula pisum J Sowerby 1818 NameFound Cryptodon NameConfirmed Cryptodon EOLID 4766763 NameBankID 2798147 NameFound Cytherea suberycinoides NameConfirmed Cytherea suberycinoides NameBankID 7047761 NameFound Dentalium strangulatum NameFound Icevigatus NameFound Lucina Loripes divaricata NameConfirmed Lucina divaricata Lamarck NameFound Lunulites radiatus NameConfirmed Lunulites radiatus Defrance NameFound Natica NameConfirmed Natica EOLID 58662 NameBankID 2684906 NameFound Nipadites NameConfirmed Nipadites NameBankID 4859492 NameFound Nucula margaritacea NameConfirmed Nucula margaritacea Lamarck 1805 NameFound Nummulites variolarius NameConfirmed Nummulites variolarius EOLID 6817804 NameBankID 6755613 NameFound Numraulites variolarius NameConfirmed Nummulites variolarius EOLID 6817804 NameBankID 6755613 NameFound Ostrea inflata NameConfirmed Ostrea inflata Deshayes NameFound Ostrea inflata indi cates NameConfirmed Ostrea inflata Deshayes NameFound Pecten imbricatus NameConfirmed Pecten imbricatus Deshayes NameFound Pecten plebeius NameConfirmed Pecten plebeius J de C Sowerby 1850 NameFound Tellina rostralis NameConfirmed Tellina rostralis Lamarck 1806 NameFound Teredina NameConfirmed Teredina NameBankID 4365222 NameFound Turbinolia sulcata NameConfirmed Turbinolia sulcata Lamarck 1816 EOLID 4687189 NameFound Turritella NameConfirmed Turritella EOLID 52187 NameBankID 2683895 NameFound Venus elegans NameConfirmed Venus elegans Wood 1828 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 8 1852 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 35461381 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/35461381 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-21 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12684759984 2015-08-27 12 59 18 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1852 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |