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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12683692684).jpg 1856 <br> WRIGHT UPPER LIAS SANDS <br> 295 <br> Section I Leckhampton Hill near Cheltenham <br> Nos 1 and 2 form the upper ragstones consisting of the ' Tri- <br> gonia-grit No 1 and the Gryphaea-grit No 2 <br> No 1 The Trigonia-bed is a coarse brown ragstone containing <br> many impressions of Trigonia costata Sow T decorata Lye <br> liima cardiiformisy Sow Rhynchonella concinna Sow Ammonites <br> Fig 1 Section through Leckhampton Hill near Cheltenham <br> Leckhampton HilL <br> 1 5 <br> A B C <br> D <br> E F 6 <br> 1 Trigonia-bed <br> 2 Gryphaea-bed <br> 3 Brown rubbly oolite <br> 4 Flaggy freestone <br> 5 Fimbria-bed or oolite-marl <br> 6 Freestone <br> A B c Pea-grit and ferruginous oolite <br> D Cephalopoda-bed <br> E F G Upper Lias sand and Upper Lias clay <br> H Marlstone <br> I Lower Lias clay <br> Parkinsoni Sow Uchinobrissus clunicularis Lhywdd Holectypus <br> depressus Leske and Clypeus sinuatus Leske; in thickness it is <br> about 7 feet <br> No 2 The Gryphcea-hed is an ancient oyster-bank and is com- <br> posed in great part of Qryphcea Buckmani Lye with many other <br> shells as Myacites dilatata Buck Terebratula impressa v Buch <br> Tancredia donaciformis Lye Gervillia tortuosa Phil Lutraria <br> ovalis Phil Cypricardia cordiformis Desh Ammonites Mur- <br> chisonce Sow and many other shells ; but the dominant shell is the <br> Gryphcea this bed is about 8 feet in thickness <br> No 3 A coarse brown shelly rubbly oolite well exposed to the <br> east of Leckhampton Hill where it forms a mural cliff; and between <br> the inclined planes at the Leckhampton quarries it contains many <br> fossils ; but as the bed is not in general quarried they cannot be <br> extracted it is about 24 feet thick <br> No 4 Upper flaggy bastard-freestone well seen above the oohte- <br> marl 26 feet thick <br> No 5 The Oolite-marl or Fimbria-bed is a cream-coloured mud- <br> stone not unlike chalk-marl ; the dominant shell is Terebratula fim- <br> bria Sow ; but it contains likewise Lucina lyrata Phil Lima 35338748 109655 51125 Page 295 Text v 12 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/35338748 1856 Geological Society of London NameFound Clypeus sinuatus NameConfirmed Clypeus sinuatus NameFound Cypricardia cordiformis NameFound Gervillia tortuosa NameFound Holectypus depressus NameConfirmed Holectypus depressus NameBankID 6085281 NameFound Lucina lyrata NameFound Lutraria ovalis NameConfirmed Lutraria ovalis Bell 1917 NameFound Myacites dilatata NameConfirmed Myacites NameBankID 4249365 NameFound Rhynchonella concinna NameConfirmed Rhynchonella concinna NameFound Tancredia donaciformis NameConfirmed Tancredia donaciformis Morris Lycett 1855 NameFound Terebratula NameConfirmed Terebratula EOLID 13755808 NameBankID 4365172 NameFound Terebratula impressa NameConfirmed Terebratula impressa NameFound Trigonia costata NameConfirmed Trigonia costata Sowerby 1815 NameFound Trigonia decorata NameConfirmed Ergania decorata Heller K M 1913 EOLID 660130 NameBankID 10061912 NameFound Uchinobrissus clunicularis NameConfirmed Echinobrissus clunicularis Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 12 1856 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 35338748 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/35338748 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 N02/12683692684 2015-08-27 11 56 09 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1856 Photos uploaded from Flickr by FĂŚ using a script | ||||
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