On the Geological Position and Geographical Distribution of the Reptilian or Dolomitic Conglomerate of the Bristol Area

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
I t is so long since any communication has been made to the Society upon the Dolomitic Conglomerate in a physical sense, that it appeared to me the time had arrived when a paper in our Journal embodying some general notice or history of the conglomerate might not be unacceptable, especially as the Dinosauria of the Trias have lately been so ably treated by Prof. Huxley. This paper is therefore devoted to a consideration of the geological position and geographical distribution of the conglomerate so widely spread over the Bristol area, and containing the remains of the Dinosaurian reptiles Thecodontosaurus and Palæosaurus . I have little to communicate that has not been noticed by the older writers; and the mention of the names of Bright, Gilby, Buckland, Conybeare, De la Beche, and Murchison, will show how little is left for me to do; but uninviting as this nearly unfossiliferous rock may appear at first sight, it nevertheless possesses a history even yet not written, and its origin, date, and fauna are still matter for investigation and research. This old breccia is a grand and striking feature over many parts of the area where it is well exposed, and is a marked condition in the geological history and physical structure of Britain, to be studied and understood only over the limited and complicated area occupied. by the palæozoic rocks of the Bristol coal-basin.

This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: