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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (13204980744).jpg OF NOKTH OXFORDSHIRE AND THE CLTPEUS-GRIT <br> 233 <br> by separated valves of Rhynclionella cynocephala from my own cabi- <br> net and Terebratula simplex from that of Mr T J Slatter F G S <br> It would appear as if there are here some remains of beds of a lower <br> zone or of material derived from them though the section is <br> unfortunately so small as not to allow satisfactory determination <br> The fauna of series B and C of Hook Norton is very similar except- <br> ing however the last-named species <br> A little higher up the hill a sand-pit exposes the plant-beds D ; <br> and in the roadside quarries nearer Great Rollright the ridge is <br> crested with beds of sandy siliceous limestones representing series E <br> Attention must here be called to the fact that at the north end of <br> the ridge called Otley Hill immediately above the Upper Lias is the <br> outcrop of the so-called Northampton Sands Hook-Norton type <br> whilst two miles further south-westward on the north and south <br> flanks of the part called Bright Hill whereon stands the well-known <br> circle of the Rollright stones crops out the Clypeus-Grit Cotteswold <br> type richly stored with its characteristic fossils and resting also <br> upon the Upper Lias <br> At Whichford about two miles west of Otley Hill a roadside <br> quarry yields Astarte elegans c At the Grayton pit further <br> up the hill the higher beds are extensively worked and a stratum <br> abounding with separated valves of Trigonia signata can be clearly <br> traced The section as measured is ” <br> ft in <br> 1 Humus 1 <br> 2 Cream-coloured siliceous limestone 6 6 <br> 3 Sanely limestone with T signata passing into No 4 10 <br> 4 Blue-hearted limestones with wood ; base not shown 3 <br> Fig 2 ” Vertical Diagram Section Sharpshill <br> Otley Hill Scale 1 144 <br> 1 mile JV~ of <br> Great Oolite <br> Marls and clays <br> E Siliceous Limestone <br> E Siliceous Limestone <br> D Sands and Limeston <br> C Oolitic earthy Limestone <br> Trigonia signata and sp <br> Monodonta Labadyei <br> Amm Parkinsoni <br> Gervillia Icevis Avicula braambu- <br> riensis Ostrea Knorrii and Tri- <br> gonia costata <br> Chipping Norton ” Upon taking to the Chipping-Norton road and <br> descending the hill to the Dip valley one notes in the fields to the <br> Bridge the outburst of springs marking the <br> north-west of Langdon 36928830 113681 51125 Page 233 Text 39 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36928830 1883 Geological Society of London NameFound Astarte elegans NameFound Avicula NameConfirmed Avicula EOLID 10721231 NameBankID 4633901 NameFound Gervillia NameConfirmed Gervillia NameBankID 4176998 NameFound Monodonta NameConfirmed Monodonta EOLID 58116 NameBankID 4934925 NameFound Ostrea NameConfirmed Ostrea EOLID 10719983 NameBankID 2692450 NameFound Rhynclionella cynocephala NameConfirmed Rhynchonella cynocephala NameFound Terebratula simplex NameConfirmed Terebratula simplex NameBankID 6808509 NameFound Trigonia signata Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 39 1883 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36928830 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36928830 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-03-16 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/13204980744 2015-08-26 13 54 27 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1883 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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