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flat Inoceramus Inoceramus as further south. At camp the upper Lyons passes by transition from limestones and calcareous red, pink and gray sandstones through the pink Ten Sleep sandstone to the dark red Lykins shales, thence to the Jura. Owl Canyon Owl Creek Canyon, Colorado section completed by Dodds. -Sandstone, calcareous, pinkish, more massive than below, crossbedded and nearer limestone than sandstone at top, mostly covered with talus 40 ft. -Sandstone, red, medium to fine grained, calcareous, rather thin bedded, crossbedded 36 ft. -Friable, fine-grained sandstones and shale, mostly red 5 ft. -Friable coarse sandstone 1 ft. -Red sandstone, calcareous, rather thin bedded, with flagstone appearance 1 ½ ft. -Red sandy shale 1 ft. -Sandstone, calcareous, red, fine-grained partly massive or thick bedded and partly flaggy, some strata friable, some crossbedding, estimated 20 ft.