_ Feet
(Roughly)
‘Grey Beds!
. Massive, grey, calcareous, fine sandstones, limestone
'Dark siltstones! .
Dark, shaly siltstone, limestone, and shale with |
'Goenothyris' sp», Nathorstites mcconnelli Whiteaves,
N. meconnelli var. lenticularis Whiteaves, Paratrachyceras
sutherlandi Te SD oe ee ee Oe ee ae 300
'Flagstones!
Massive, srey, calcareous, fine sandstone and Dimestone
with 'Coenothyris! spe === === == == == p55 n= 3 + 180
Flaggy, calcareous siltstone and. fine sandstones ------~ 2---- 200
Toad formation
Dark, shaly siltstones with poor ammonoids reer eee ca ne 200

The ammonoids in 1 what is orobably ' the: Tosa formation are poorly
-arevoyesarrtevle but evidently are of the Middle Triassic Beyrichi tes-Gymnotoceras
pesca ‘The 'Goenothyris! sp. in the hisher massive beds of the "flagstone!
unit is similar to shells in the ‘Dark siltstones! and -'Grey beds!. The
Nathorstites fauna occurs in the 'Dark siltstones'. It was not found in
the Tawarinere of the 'Grey beds! where it usually occurs .at other localities.

- Nathorstites has also been collected from a locality west of Mount Wright
and. from what appears to be the ‘Dark siltstones! by geologists of an oil

exploration comvany.

‘Sikenni Chief (alley

Hage area has eat erlein on Mount Hage, and flows from the south
‘cpaeeienaal Chief River east of Mount Withroo and just west of where the
western Rail ene Halfway Valley; shut is the Marion Lake trail, enters:
Sikanni Chief Valleye

In the lower part of Hoge Creek, where it approaches the low valley
flat bordering the river, are Aaeieted exvosures’ of ear carcare ;, shaly
siltstones and Pine suaetonoss probably of the 'G Arey. ‘ede! « ‘The following
were collected: 'CGoenothyris' sp.) Daonella sov., Bs sg prodyctus
/Whiteaves, 'Nautilus! sp., Isculites schooleri, Protrachyceras sp., and
Arpadites? sp. Although Nathorstites is not. present this collection includes
diagnostic svecies of the Na*horstites fauna.

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