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Saturday, Jan 30 - 1926
This afternoon Dr. Dellands took me in his Ford to see some Hashita collecting ground. We went northeast at not 3 1/2 miles from the center of Austin or about 1 1/2 miles N.W. from his home, on the road to Mt. Bonnel. At the farthest out loc., we saw the tip of the Del Rio clays, about 20 feet thick and just beneath the Buda limestone. The latter yields but few fossils and not more. The tip of the Del Rio clays team with fine pre species of Eryogyna arictina and some good Bryphaca mucromata. Other fossils appear to be absent in these dark blue clays.
At not 1/2 mile S.E. beside the road - down the hill - is a fine exposure of near the middle of the Georgetown limestone and small faultings. Here fossils are common but few good ones are to be had as most of them break up in weathering out. Got six good Hemi- astus elegans, one GautClues, many Lijfana oraco- arisio, Bryphacae and 2 Triphids. Saw many ribbed Electryonia and some large oysters.
In Shoal Creek, near Austin are collected some in the top of the Del Rio clays. At the very top we got two Endallastus. E. arictina in masses are to be had here. Took two good slabs of them.