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Nerita conoidea, Lam. Syn. Below the preceding formation, shelly sands are seen, of considerable thickness, especially at Cuisse-Lamotte, near Compiegne, and other localities in the Soissonnais, about fifty miles N.E. of Paris, from which about 300 species of shells have been obtained, many of them common to the calcaire grossier and the Bracklesham beds of England, and many peculiar.
Middle Eocene, Bracklesham Bay. a. Natural size. b. Certain foraminifera called Nummulites begin, when we study the Tertiary formations in a descending order, to make their first appearance in these beds. Bracklesham. Dixon's Fossils of Sussex, Plate 8. a. Section of nummulite. b.
Etheridge, the number of mollusca now known from the Bracklesham beds in Great Britain is 393, of which no less than 240 are peculiar to this subdivision of the British Eocene series, while 70 are common to the Older London Clay, and 140 to the Newer Barton Clay.
It was clearly, therefore, coeval with that part of the Parisian series more nearly than with any other. Palaeophis typhoeus, Owen; an Eocene sea-serpent. Bracklesham. a, b. Vertebra, with long neural spine preserved. c. Defensive spine of Ostracion. Dental plates of Myliobates Edwardsi. Bracklesham Bay. According to tables compiled from the best authorities by Mr.
BRITISH. Bembridge fluvio-marine strata. Helen's series. FOREIGN. Gypsum of Montmartre, fresh-water with Palaeotherium. BRITISH. Bracklesham beds and Bagshot sands. FOREIGN. Calcaire grossier, miliolitic limestone. Nummulitic formation of Europe, Asia, etc. BRITISH. London Clay proper. FOREIGN. Argile de Londres, near Dunkirk. BRITISH. Upper white chalk, with flints.
At East Wittering a short distance away is an Early English church with a Norman door. This is not far from Bracklesham Bay, an adventurous excursion for Selsey Beach visitors who come here treasure hunting for fossils, of which large numbers repay careful search.
A sea-snake, which must have been thirteen feet long, of the genus Palaeophis before mentioned, has also been described by Professor Owen from Sheppey, of a different species from that of Bracklesham, and called Palaeophis toliapicus.
Shells, Nummulites, Fish and Reptiles of the Bracklesham Beds and Bagshot Sands. Plants of Alum Bay and Bournemouth. Lower Eocene of England. London Clay Fossils. Woolwich and Reading Beds formerly called "Plastic Clay." Fluviatile Beds underlying Deep-sea Strata. Thanet Sands. Upper Eocene Strata of France. Gypseous Series of Montmartre and Extinct Quadrupeds. Fossil Footprints in Paris Gypsum.
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