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in the Pardonet beds in the Peace River Foothills is as follows, in descend-
ing order:

Monotis subcircularis Gabb

Himavatites, Monotis alaskana Smith var. (Parathisbites oineus M cLearn)

Cyrtopleurites cf. bicrenatus Hauer, Drepanites, Halobia cf. dilatata Kittl

(Juvavites biornatus McLearn)

‘Styrites’ treneanus McLearn

Tropites sp.

Stikinoceras kerri McLearn

Typical dark, calcareous siltstones and dark limestones of the Pardonet
beds overlie grey, calcareous sandstones and limestone of the ‘Grey beds’
on West Glacier Spur '. Pelecypods, confined to the Pardonet beds, have
been collected in the lower part of these dark siltstones and limestones, and,
at a little higher horizon (McLearn, 1941B), Juvavites biornatus.

Farther east in the Peace River Foothills, the Pardonet beds underlie
the higher parts of Stelck Ridge, Schooler Hill, and Jewitt Spur, Childerhose
Coulée, and the higher parts of McLay and Bell Spurs (See Figure 8).
Here the Pardonet beds consist of the typical, dark, calcareous siltstones and
the dark limestones. The contact with the underlying ‘Grey beds’ is
transitional, and in places is difficult to locate, the coarse, massive, grey
beds passing gradually upward into the finer, less massive, and darker
Pardonet beds. Stelck Ridge (See Figure 8) is capped by strata of the
lower part of the Pardonet beds. The southern ends of Schooler Hill and
Jewitt Spur carry beds low in the Pardonet. Higher strata are encountered
in ascending Schooler Hill to the north, and at the northern end are beds of
the Monotis alaskana zone almost at the top of the Pardonet. The highest
beds of this unit, however, those with Monctis subcircularis, appear to be
eroded from Schooler Hill and Jewitt Spur, west of the Jewitt fault. East
of the Jewitt fault, beds high in the Pardonet are exposed above the pack-
trail, and carry numerous pelecypods. They are also exposed in a ledge
on the bank of the river. In the ravine in the lower part of Childerhose
Coulée (See Figure 8) are dark calcareous siltstones and limestones with
numerous pelecypods. Higher in the same coulée are exposures of the
highest Pardonet beds—shelly limestones and calcareous siltstones, with
Monotis subcircularis Gabb. The lower part of the Pardonet beds, including
dark, caleareous siltstones and dark limestones with ammonoids and pel-
ecypods, is exposed at the south end of McLay Spur. ‘The siltstones and
limestones of the Pardonet beds also occur on the higher parts of Bell
Spur and on the narrow ridge just east of Horseshoe Creek (See Figure 8).

West of Pardonet Hill, dark calcareous siltstones at the mouth of
Nabesche Creek carry fossil remains of the marine reptile [ch’hyosaurus
(Williams and Bocock, 1932). The highest Pardonet beds, calcareous
siltstones and impure limestones, with Monotis subcircularis Gabb, are
exposed at Rapide-qui-ne-parle-pas, first observed by Selwyn in 1875. They
are overlain disconformably by Jurassic beds of the Fernie group.

On the outer border of the Rocky Mountains, the Monotis subcircularis
beds are exposed on Clearwater Creek. Ledges of dark, calcareous siltstone
and limestone, on the north bank of Peace River west of the mouth of Point
Creek, bear specimens of Discotropites sandlingensis Hauer, indicative of
a late Karnian or early upper Triassic T’ropites zone.

1 West Glacier Spur is on the south side of Peace River and in alinement with the west spur of
Brown Spur.

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