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ZONATION OF THE CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL COLOMBIA BY AMMONITES 9<br />

(495 (et). Two members are described in de-'<br />

tail: {iij thQOTfiA -rlrIT'J.'l .-,E,;.f,_:--.... -...<br />

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 />

..<br />

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;· ,"-·

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