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ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 9<br />
(495 (et). Two members are described in de-'<br />
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TION measureu aoou .., me rs " teeL1 norou<br />
of culvert No. 19 [Km 3+220) on the new road<br />
Anapoima·Apulo.<br />
XI Argillaceous limestone bed • . . . . 0.15 m<br />
or 0.49 feet.<br />
.<br />
X Variegated calcareous shales with reniform<br />
calcareous concretions, or lens-like argillaceous<br />
limestones. At base of this segment,<br />
"fP sample C • 199 yielded !llw.clites obli·<br />
- quum (Riedel) . • • . . . . 8 m or 26 feet.<br />
IX Calcareous shales with lenses of argillace·<br />
pus limestones; crushed ammonites,bival·<br />
ves; altop sample C • 200 yielded Riedeli·<br />
"'-' tes obliquum (RiedeQ . . 1.8 m or 5[eet<br />
VTII Argillaceous limestone lens ..... 1 m or<br />
3.3 feet.<br />
vn variegated shales, with intercalations of<br />
thin layers of very fine grained calcareous<br />
and quartzitic sandstones, with bands rich<br />
in fragments of cephalopods and bivalves<br />
................. 8 m or 26 feet.<br />
VI TOP Quartzitic calcareous sandstones,<br />
very finely to finely grained in parallel layers<br />
of 0.001 m (or 0.003 feet); calcareous<br />
concretions are locally present, they contain<br />
crushed ammonites and bivalves . ...<br />
11.50 m or 38 feet.<br />
V Quartlitic calcareous sandstones, fine to<br />
very fine grained, laterally tending to<br />
appear massive, but regularly occurring in<br />
parallel or wavy, fine to very fine layers<br />
of 0.001 m (0.003 feet) thickness, locally<br />
with calcareous concretions surrounded<br />
by fragments of cephalopods or bivalves<br />
or coarse quartzitic sand . • . . 15.50 m or<br />
41 feet.<br />
[V Light gray quartzitic, fine grained sands·<br />
tone, massive, 1 m (3.3 feet? thickness,<br />
with interspersed calcareous concretions<br />
. . . . • 1 m or 3.3 feet.<br />
UI Quartzitic siltstones with intercalations of<br />
very fine grained sandstones; predominan·<br />
tly parallel laminae of 0.001 m (0.003 feet)<br />
thickness. Locally there are lenses with<br />
rounded quartz grains up_ to 0.005 m dia·<br />
meter and crushed ammonites and bival·<br />
ves. Some lenses of limestone also occut . •<br />
7 m or 23.5 feet.<br />
II Calcareous quartzitic siltstones to very<br />
fine grained sandstones with subparallel<br />
to wavy lamination; calcareous concre tions<br />
with fragments of cephalopods and sporadic<br />
rounded quartz grains up to 0.001 m<br />
diameter . • . . . . • . . 7.30 m or 24 feet.<br />
BASE<br />
Dark gray shale . . • • • . 4.5 m or 15 feet.<br />
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REFERENCE SECTION. SOCOTA MEM·<br />
BER. The base of the measured section is<br />
· near the culvert at K 4 + 06.<br />
Variegated shales, partly covered.<br />
V TOP. Dark gray, quartzitic sandstone,<br />
calcareous, very fine grained to fine grained,<br />
locally medium grained.Subparallel<br />
lamination, with calcareous concretions<br />
which seem to merge in to the envelop ping<br />
surrounding rock; fossiliferous: at 1.4 m<br />
(4.6 feet) from top, sample C-220yielded:<br />
' G_olombiceras sarmientoi n. sp.<br />
r. Xcantliohoplites bigoureti(orme n. sp.<br />
i Clieloniceras(Epicheloniceras) pardoi n. sp.<br />
at-4--m (13.2 feet) from top, sample C-222<br />
yielded Ridelite!i_ esthersemae n. sp . • . . •<br />
5.5 m or 18'"'fee C;· ,"-·