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17. Continued, The Devonian
rests directly upon the Wadi-
nian rock, the richly fossil-
iferous beds above the Wad-
lisian being not retained.
The Lower Devonian limestone was
measured by Prof. Pate and
was determined as being
10 feet thick. It included
the following fossils:
Platystoma lineata
Calliomena bellatula
Orthus ramunzeni + spirifera
Strophodonta demissa
Strophodonta hemispherica
Chonetes yandelliana
Spirifer submermatus
Spirifer Curreteries
Phynchella tetlyps.
(upper Dev. line above this level)
The Coniferous was 18 feet
thick. The upper 5 feet are
deep brown in color, and is
overlaid by Black Shale.
The total Devonian Lime-
at one section is therefore
28 feet, a sudden increase
since the Bradfordsville
sections.
59
(186)
(1045)
LS
A little over a mile and
a half south-westward, half
a mile before reaching
Traverse creek is the Oger
Purdy farm. The junction
between the Devonian and
the Lower Silurian is at
1045. Columnaria occurs
5 feet below the base of the
Devonian.
The total thickness of the
Devonian is about 10 feet,
and of this the lower 5 feet
are supposed to be Hamilton
and the upper 5 feet Table
Coniferous. They could not
be readily distinguished.
A species of Aml-coelia
was very common in pockets
at the base of the Devonian-
Hamilton.
Also Spirifer
Curreteries. Ambrocoelia multata,
(187)
(1040)
LS
Half a mile eastward the
junction of the Devonian
and Lower Silurian is at
1040. The Coniferous may
here be divided into the lower
beds quite free from Shale
14 feet thick and containing
Ambro-coelia multata
at various levels, especially