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The predominating fossils of the Shepherd-
denta bed are S. concava, S. dentata, Op. aceri-
mirata and Atypus articulatus.
These conditions seem to point to a
way
shallower sea during the time of the Shepher-
denta - this for gone and a short land
interval before the Hydraulic beds came
in. That the sea was shallower previous to the
Hydraulic is indicated by the granular
nature of the limestone, the ground and frag-
mentary corals, and the rounded pieces of foreign
limestone. Further these beds are not laid down
in even layers but are wavy and sometimes
decidedly or in rolls of 2 feet or more. Along
the edges of some of these rolls can be seen
stylolites 2 to 3 1/2 inches high. The fossils have
nothing to do with this structure. I saw them
thus
Stylolites
Shepherdonta gone.
These rolls can be seen to great advant-
age between the east Jeffersonville line and the
Smith and Dungan Mill foundation. One
persistent roll follows the course of the