Geological Magazine; January 2008; v. 145; no. 1;
p. 105-147; DOI: 10.1017/S0016756807003925
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Figure 10. (a) Fissure 3, first exposure showing strongly developed ochreous mineralization with fine-grained limestone ‘FGL’ to bottom right. Although barren of palynomorphs this limestone is similar to the palyniferous fine-grained limestone of fissure 16 that produced FP16.1. (b) Fissure 3, second exposure about 5 m behind (a) with a vertical notch ‘VN’ cut into its base and with ochreous layers filling the cavity. (c) Fissure 11 labelled to show the three exposures of this fissure. Scale figure is 1.75 m tall. The extent of the red sandy breccia ‘RSB’ that contained the fossils is arrowed. (d) Fissure 14 showing the extent of the funnel shape opening ‘o’ of a doline. The vertical extent of the main fossil-bearing ‘FB’ green calcareous sandy rock is arrowed. (e) Fissure 14, this is a close-up of the lower section (marked in Fig. 10d) and is filled with red cross-bedded sandy material that contained a few black lepidosaur bones. There are green reduction spots in this deposit and these are frequently associated with the bones. Note the smooth limestone wall on the left of the red sediments that is due to solution. (f ) Fissure 12, the layers included the cross-bedded sandstone with water drop marks ‘WDM’ and thin red sandstones. Some white bone fragments were found in situ in these rocks. However, the main fossil-bearing rock is above this horizon, and although the fossils collected were not found in situ, their lithologies were recognized using binoculars and therefore their position can be accurately located. Sample BLB (position estimated from observation through binoculars) contained black lepidosaur bones; WLB, white lepidosaur bones and Eu, Euestheria (estimated position where the lithology is uniquely identical to the Euestheria-bearing rock collected from the scree below).
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