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Merritts ferry, 2el into J Red River
Clintm ft.
32ft blueish clay,
25ft sandy l. soft n. forbits common
byrggrace t not identifiable as refi / schistile
accidentals no depress'm. Platyphyllia
5½ ft. harder sandy l. ledges,
l in. hard sandy l.
26 ft interval, sandy l. after.
Tetradianum, Labechia, Columnaria varia.
1ft Platyptilbia
{1/Intella.
16 ft interval, mild sand 3-5 pts
Same loc at 5,
clint m;
91ft measured vertically.
1½t hard loam
{Tetradianum
4.9 ft shale led. tb 3 ft pretty
mins.
S<12ft Hard l. layers, lamellihand,
1½ ft shale layer in part.
2 ft covered.
lawnwater sign's.
Down the river 100 yds
5<1ft massive l.
6ft shale led
6 in Labechia comm.
1 ft shaly clay.
8 1/4 ft Platyptilbia, rhinotidic
2½ ft covered < river
Merritts Ferry, Rerived section,
Clintm exposures.
27 ft Light blue clay
5 ft brownish clay
[Platyptilbia. Om.
25ft soft sandy l. + byrggrana, Neteida
6 ft harder sandy l.
26 ft, sandy, softer l.
grena, 12 specimens.
1ft Tetradianum, Labechia C, Columnaria
3 ft free'd flowers sandy layer + byrgg,
Neteidea without germ. Platyptilbia;
45 ft shaly rock. Lower Redmund
1 ft. Light blue clay.
S<1ft massive l.
6 ft shale led.
½2 ft Labechia comm.
1 ft shaly clay.
8 ft Platyptilbia, C.
Septalona rhinotidali et
base.
Plynechthoma dentata 14t above
line.
½ ft Hard fine grained gastorn
first layer.
2 ft Covered.
by river below south of
Red River.