Field notes, central Kentucky, 1898
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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