Field notes, Kentucky, circa 1905-1907
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5½ ft Floyd's Creek, quadrata. 5½ ft [illegible] reticulata, fluvio-lacustris Ma. Strips, sulcata at top 5½ ft [illegible] with fresh-water beds 5½ ft Middle part of veg. from the formation [illegible] 5¾ ft relictua very abundant at top Reticulotypus antiquatus common 20-30' 7½ ft shell, mille d., but some little P. layers at - and hard Rhombicapax + Stripta varians 1/4th of face Str. reticulata 1 ft from face Rhombotypus (Rhinotygius) quadratus ab. Dinothy antiquatus 12 in above face Columnaris abscondita 3 in above face Orstana retusa just above Str. planumfoss and lowest bed. 5½ ft clay L., with large Str. planum, near top Base of good continuous section 5½ ft [illegible] L. prodigiosa layers ( Stripta Clausen very common, at top, 8ft { Beakless at tip, Probably Col. ab. at tip Neritopsis + Stripta common at face [illegible] 6 ft Muddy L. shell an 2y3, Kentuckian layers? 2 ft+ in clay & mud only. 2 ft 3in Middle clay + 3y3g Kent. layers { Bring saw collected 5½ ft Lower Madison.