Field notes, eastern Kentucky, 1902
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The Strophelœna in the massive limestone is large + rather com- mon & defines into Richmond age. The rock below the massive layer for about 6 ft. is consolidated clay and corresponding to the beds bar layer, The 33 feet of fine Warren lens just beneath the equivalent of the nodular layer are nearly un- iform forms, almost entirely clay. The Orbitis layers in the road to West Sterling probably be- ing in its Not. Carbon set. Strophœna Mionobridalis in same bed with other fossils 12 feet above base of Richmond and as like de- termined. Present trip: Friday night West Sterling, Thurs. .. Indian Fields Wednes ... Winchester, Saturday Dodder's Lickman Sunday Delaware, eight. Monday Clarksville night, Tuesday ..... home. Friday to Friday 4½ 2 weeks 21) ½ mi. S.W. of Harward's Mill, 0 creek level 11 feet not exposed, 6 in fine grained dol. limestone, 12 ft. fine grained limest. with clay fossils; 7 ft. clay with nut fossils. 7-½ ft. Clay rubble with Spherical + hemispherical hyzozoma petin- foliata, 25 ½ ft to base of Richmond. = 53 ft J Walker had exposed & the Not Carbon beds not seen. 22) ½ mi. S.W. of Harward's Mill, 0. Rather uniform forms sandy clay barn rock weathering to sandy clay 23 feet clay limestone weathering or as to leave out many fossils, tho kind of them better lying large with several Strophœna crenulata dentis seen the base !!! Neterogyrpina 6½ feet limestone, clayey with piece tically no fossils. 40 ft. layers practically no fossils except the petinæ determin up to base of Richmond.