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Fossils of Schodak Grit,
Hall Pal. NY, vol 4 p 2
Orthos Yungas
Streptorhynchus Chemungensis
Stephanomera dimissa
" perplana
" ornistrata
Skinnera puncticulata
Abryssa impressa
many Cytoeras
Gyroceras
Dalmanina
Phacops
Lichas
Aeidospis
Hall Pal. NY, vol 4 p 7 page 1
Canda Galli grit almost non-fossilifer
Fine grained Canda Galli
A Platyceras like P tortosum to.
been found in it.
Passage from Onisk - to this Grit - is very abrupt & strongly defined,
Dark or nearly black weathering
to gray or brown gray, with strong joint lines nearly lat 25-26 deg
bedding + these being often close & well defined while the lines of bedding are obscure, give it its appearance of nearly vertical stratification.
In superior strata a gradual increase of calcareous matter + fossils imperceptibly to the Schodak Grit, which contains many fossils.