Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12512821125).jpg 1872 DAIXTREE GEOLOGY OF QUEENSLAND 279 <br> At Marathon which is some forty miles further down the <br> Flinders than Hughcnden there is close to the homestead an out- <br> crop of fine-grained yellow sandstone which has been quarried for <br> building-purposes ; and below this to the edge of a water-hole sup- <br> plying the house is a series of sandstones and argillaceous lime- <br> stones containing numerous organic remains <br> These I have submitted to Mr Etheridge for examination and <br> correlation the result of which will appear in the Appendix to my <br> paper ; I however attach here a summary of the forms determined <br> by him from this locality <br> Marathon <br> Inoceramus marathonensis Eth PI XXII fig 1 <br> allied to problematiciis <br> pernoidcs Eth PL XXII fig 3 <br> multiplicatus Stol var elongatus Eth PI XXII fig 2 <br> From these beds also came M'Coy's Reptilia <br> The Marathon beds as they may be designated are undulating <br> with an uncertain dip Proceeding from Marathon up the Flin- <br> ders river most probably over a series of older beds no cliff-sections <br> are met with ; but at Stewart's Avash-pool on the main road the Avi- <br> eida Jiiic/hendensis Eth of Hughenden is found in abimdance <br> At Hobert Grey's Hughenden Station however which lies about <br> three miles east of Moinit Walker a scries of calcareo-argillaceous <br> Fig G ” Section of Cretaceous Strata Betts Creel- Flinders River <br> Northern Queensland <br> beds crop out containing a marked and well-pi eserved fauna indi- <br> cating no great difference in fades from those of Marathon <br> The accompanying section Fig 6 of a cliff on Betts Creek inter- <br> mediate between Marathon and Hughenden and one on the bank 34985292 108770 51125 Page 279 Text v 28 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/34985292 1872 Geological Society of London NameFound Inoceramus marathonensis NameFound Reptilia NameConfirmed Reptilia EOLID 1703 NameBankID 2549792 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 28 1872 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 34985292 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/34985292 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-14 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12512821125 2015-08-27 09 58 57 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1872 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |