Field Notebook: Oklahoma 1919
Page 71
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November 2, Sunday.. Muskogee. A fine cool and perfect day. All morning I was studying the separate Manna faunas as listed by Mathews in his report of 1905. It is now clear to me that the Chester faunas are mixed with the Manna at the Leroy Quarries. All the other Oklahoma Manna localities have straight Manna faunas. At Leroy the Manna appear like theinself, about so far, while elsewhere it rises to 190 feet. This then is one clear gain, and there can be no more doubt about the Manna for- matien of Old fauna. It tends to be more decidedly limestone in the Muskogee region than in Arkansas. As there is no Carey in the Muskogee area its place is taken by limestone with the Pitkin or Chesterian faunas. In regard to the Marble Falls limestone I will not be surprised if it is younger than the Manna making of a part of the Stroma. This then maybe the explanation like there is or little Stroma in the San John County f Texas.