On the Mineral character and Fossil Conchology of the Great Oolite, as it occurs in the neighbourhood of Minchinhampton

Abstract

My principal design in this paper is to exhibit the organic remains of a district small in area, but peculiarly rich in fossil testacea. These likewise occur in a better state of preservation than is common in rocks of a similar geological character, the external ligaments of the bivalves, and coloured markings of the univalves, being not unfrequently visible. Of the remains of reptiles, fishes, crustacea, insects and plants of the oolitic period, the slates of Stonesfield have afforded good illustrations; but the shells are comparatively few as to species.