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_ ELEMENTARY NATURAL HISTORY SERIES _
No. 2
KEY
UPPER DEVONIAN
OF SOUTHERN
MP W YORK
Be cae ae
Designed for Teachers and Students
In Secondary Schools
BY
GILBERT DENNISON HARRIS
Assistant Professor, Paleontology and Stratigraphic Geology,
Cornell University,
Geologist to the State of Louisiana,
Member of the Geological Society of France
ITHACA:
Harris Go.
Hl HOF
There is but one natural, practical and interesting way of
learning the science of the earth—Geology—and that is by
studying the earthitself. Experience has shown again and again
that students who have gone through the ordinary text-book
training in geology retain for a time some generalized ideas re-
lating to the science, but of real geology they know little. Nor
is it in any way a fault of theirs.
This pamphlet is intended to encourage students to teach
themselves from rocks and fossils obtained near their respective
homes. It will not take the place of the text-book, but will
serve to introduce or supplement the same, and give its teachings
more interest, more meaning. Noteworthy localities in the vicin-
ity of each of the larger high schools and other institutions of
learning are often referred to, thus intensifying the interest the
learner may have in the science, by the thought always pleasant,
of knowing about things near at home.
A work of this kind can, however, be of but local applica-
tion; for were references made to the geology about every insti-
tution of learning in every state of the Union the size of the
work and its consequent cost would defeat the very purpose for
which it was written. As stated on the title page, this is applic-
able to the Upper Devonian (Portage and Chemung) rocks of
southern New York.
Certain it is that much that is given on the following pages
—and a great deal more—has already been published in the vol-
uminous state reports on the geology and paleontology of New
York, as well as in the Journals and Proceedings of scientific so-
cieties. But the average teacher and pupil have neither time nor
inclination to use these learned tomes, even though the school
library may possess them; they need something more convenient
and better adapted to their use.
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The preliminary statements in the first half of the work,
when it is used as an introduction toa course in geology, are
necessary to give full meaning to the latter half. When used as
a supplement, it is believed they will still bear reviewing.
As soon as the student has outgrown this work he is in a posi-
tion to make use of larger and more technical works. Those
most important are:
Natural History of New York; Division 6, Paleontology;
Vol. 4, Brachiopoda, price $2.50.
Vol. 5, Pt. I, Lamellibranchiata (1) Monomyaria, $2.50.
See Rin ema 4 os (2) Dimyaria, $2.50.
ve Pt Th “Gastronoda 1ete. apa at:
Send orders to the Secretary of the University of the State
of New York, Albany, N. Y.
The following very important and inexpensive works can be
ordered ee the Director of the U. S. Geological Survey, Wash-
ington, D. C., for prices which follow:
Bulletin 3, U. S. Geol. Survey, 1884, 36 pp., $0.05.
ro hr Vege OM gal oe Rie a 1885, 86 pp., 3 pl., $0.05.
¢6¢ 41, 66 66 ¢¢ «6 1887, I21 ia 3 4 ce $0.15.
66 76, 66 €6 Ge €¢ 18QI, 393 c¢ $0.25.
120, 1894,.. 81 “ieee
Topographic maps about Olean, Elmira and Ithaca at 5 cents
each.
The 13th, 15th and 16th annual reports of the State Geolo-
gist contain a vast amount of information on the geology of
southern and central New York. For conditions of distribution
apply to the State Geologist, or the State Paleontologist, Al-
pany. NY:
Two very important volumes now out of print, but to be had
occasionally from second-hand dealers, are the large quarto vol-
umes by Hall and Vanuxem, known as the Final Report of the
State Geological Survey, volumes 3 and 4. They contain a great
amount of local geological information. They are usually sold
at $3.00 or $4.00 per volume.
Cornell University: G. D. Harris.
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Frontispiece, Plate I, Chemung Narrows ; type section of the
Chemung group.
Preface.
Contents.
Collector’s Outfit, Plate IT.
Explanation of Plate II.
PART I.
peeeerevCl/ON FO THE STUDY OF THE UPPER
DEVONIAN OF NEW YORK STATE.
OCCURRENCE OF ROCKS.
Where rocks are seen.
Rocks everywhere; a hard lesson.
KINDS OF ROCKS IN SOUTHERN NEW YORK:
Shale.
Sandstone.
Calcareous layers, or limestone,
Conglomerate.
Explanation of compound terms, like arenaceous shale, etc.
DEFINITION AND EXPLANATION OF A FEW IMPORTANT GEO-
LOGICAL TERMS. (Illustrated by Pl. III and Fig’s. 1 and 2.
FOSSILS.
What they are.
Flow they came to be in the Devonian rocks of Southern
New York. (Illustrated by Fig’s. 3 and 4.)
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PART II.
THE UPPER DEVONIAN OF SOUTHERN NEW YORK.
SUBDIVISIONS:
Portage. (IMlustrated by Plate IV-VIII.)
Chemung. (Illustrated by Plate IX-XIII.)
KINDS OF LIFE REPRESENTED BY THE FOSSILS OF SOUTHERN
NEw YORK.
List OF A FEW IMPORTANT LOCALITIES, WITH KINDS OF
Rock, LOCATION OF OUTCROPS, AND SOME OF THE MORE
IMPORTANT FOSSILS AT EACH.
EXPLANATION OF PLATES VXI
EXPLANATION OF PLATE II.
Collecting Outpt.
1. A hammer ; preferably a bricklayer’s hammer, like
the ‘one figured: cost, abont......2-.1....-- an $ 0.75
2.’ HA cold-chisel ;/ cost, about. .c.c52:c2sses 5.2 225. 0.25,
A basket to carry specimens in; a basket rather than
a bag because specimens from different localities
can be kept separately more easily by a layer of
paper and are not so apt to ruband grind against
each other and spoil as when put in a bag.
Plenty of old newspaper for wrapping, and
A large, substantial lunch.
OT BES
NovTE.—It is of course understood that this is a beginner’s outfit. Need
will soon be felt for a compass, note-book, clinometer, tape measure, Locke
_ level, topographic maps, etc., etc.
PART I.
meee OTION TO THE STUDY OF THE UPPER
DEVONIAN OF NEW YORK STATE. |
OCCURRENCE OF ROCKS.
Where rocks are seen.—The casual observer notices clays,
sand and gravel along roads and in fields as he passes through
the country; he notes here and there a boulder, or a stream-bed
replete with flat stones, sees occasionally a quarry, a railroad cut,
or a precipitous river bank where large masses of rock are exposed
to view. Rarely does he stop to consider what these objects
really are or how they came to be where they are. The story in
each case is a long one, and this brief work will be limited chiefly
to the last-mentioned class, namely those seen in quarries or other
excavations, natural or artificial.
Rocks everywhere; a hard lesson.—At the outset the learner
must grapple with and master one fundamental and all-important
fact, for unless his mind is perfectly clear on the subject he can
form no correct conception of what follows. The fact is this:
Though large masses of hard rock are usually observed only
where some natural or artificial digging has recently been going
on, they do exist everywhere though hidden from view by a
blanket of soft or loose earthy matter, like sands, soils and gravel,
In mountainous regions where there is no soil the rocks are
everywhere apparent, but in southern New York they are so
generally covered over and hidden that their presence is often
and even. generally unsuspected. That they do underlie the
whole region can easily be proven by digging wells or sinking
shafts anywhere to a moderate depth through the soil and loose
material, when solid rocks are sure to be encountered. Plate III
shows one of a vast number of instances where this universal
state of affairs can be seen, viz., soft, loose earth or soil above, in
which trees and vegetation in general thrive; firm rocks ar-
ranged in layers below.
KINDS OF DEVONIAN ROCKS IN SOUTHERN NEW YORK.
Shale.—While examining the rocks in any quarry or natural
exposure in southern New York the student will observe that
certain layers are quite thin, soft, and contain but little grit and
are so fine in texture that the ordinary hand glass fails to reveal
their component particles, save perhaps a bit of mica here and
there. They can often be whittled with a knife and used as slate
pencils without scratching the slate. These are termed shaly
layers, or shale.
Sandstone.—Thicker, harder layers, usually very ‘‘gritty’’
and polishing or scratching a knife-blade when rubbed upon it,
and containing grains of sand often large enough to be seen with
a hand glass, or even the naked eye, are called sandstone layers
or sandstone.
Calcareous layers, or limestone.—Hard layers, often thick and
containing fragments of shell-fish and effervescing or bubbling
when touched by a drop of strong acid are termed calcareous
layers. In southern New York they are generally too impure to
be properly termed limestone. They are sometimes called “‘fire
stone.’’ By long exposure to the atmosphere the lime (calcium
carbonate) leaches out and the rock is left a soft dark brown or
black crumbling mass, often retaining the casts or impressions of
fossil shells.
Conglomerate. —A layer or bed composed of large pebbles
(generally large white quartz pebbles) cemented together by
other material is called a pudding stone or conglomerate.
Explanation of compound terms, like arenaceous shale, etc.—
A layer or bed may show characters in common with several of
the above-named kinds of rock. For example a shaly layer may
contain some grit (sand, avena); it would then be termed arena-
ceous shale. It may be also more or less calcareous or limy and
would then be spoken of as an arenaceous, calcareous shale. A
sandstone may not be very gritty, and it may have considerable
shaly matter in its composition and would then~ be styled an
argillaceous or shaly sandstone. A sandstone or shale may be
more or less calcareous; a sandstone may become a conglomerate
if its pebbles are large. A conglomerate may be sandy or cal-
careous, and so on.
The noun in each case indicates the most important or essen-
tial characters of the rock, while the adjectives refer to the less
important or casual features.
DEFINITION AND EXPLANATION OF A FEW IMPORTANT GEO-
LOGICAL TERMS.
Joints.—As well shown in Plate III, there are often more or
less vertical crevices or cracks traversing the rock layers in one
or more directions. These are technically termed jozuzts, and
rocks possessing them are said to show a jointed structure. Two
sets of joints are shown on Plate III, one nearly parallel to the
lake shore, the other roughly at right angles to the first.
Dip.—That rocks when undisturbed lie in layers of various
thickness one above the other, like boards in a pile, has already
been mentioned. These various layers are, however, almost
never perfectly horizontal, they incline or slope more or less in
one direction or another. This inclination or slope is called the
dip of the rocks and its amount and direction are determined as
follows (see Fig. 1): The angle made by any of these layers and
surface of the water, or any horizontal surface, is the amount of
dip. The direction of any plane that cuts vertically any hori-
zontal line drawn on the surface of any layer is the direction of
the dip. ‘The direction of the horizontal line drawn on the sur-
face of any layer is termed the strvzke of the layer.
To determine the direction of dip a pocket compass is very
useful. It is, according to the above definition, at right angles-to
the water line, as shown
in Fig. 1. There are
various ways of determin-
ing the amount of dip.
Hold a level (see Fig. 1)
over the arrow. Measure
with a protractor or grad-
uated limb of any kind
Tog 2, the angle made between
the level and the arrow, this is the amount of dip expressed in
degrees. Again (see Fig. 1) measure up from water line any
convenient number of feet or metres, say 15. There drop a per-
pendicular to the surface of the water, say 634 feet or metres.”
Then 6%—15 expresses the rate or amount of dip of these rocks.
In the ordinary rock exposures one rarely finds the surface
of layers or beds laid bare to any considerable extent; it is much
more common to see them side-view, as in Plates I, III and IV.
Plate III shows how the different layers if traced from ‘'a’’
to ‘‘c’’ descend toward the right. This descent may or may not
be the whole amount of dip of these layers. So far as the ob-
server is concerned there may be a sloping or dipping cliff-wards
or lake-wards as well as towards the right. Observations in
gorges or cuts in other directions will enable the observer to de-
termine the true dip of these rocks. Dip being a matter of the
inclination of a plane, it is obvious that at least three points not
in a straight line must be determined in order to fix the position
of the plane. (See observation on opposite page. )
Considerable stress is here laid on the subject of dip, for as
will be apparent upon due consideration of the subject, it fur-
nishes the means of estimating the thickness of groups or forma-
tions where they have never been drilled through and measured
vertically. In southern New York west of about the meridian of
Binghamton the rocks dip to the southward at the rate of from
25 to 50 feet per mile, averaging perhaps 4o feet. If then one
starts at Cortland and walks due south 50 miles and is at the same
level above sea as when he started he knows he is on rocks strati-
graphically about 4oxs50 ft. higher than those at Cortland.
FOSSILS.
What they ave.—Very frequently we notice in fragments
of rocks certain marks or imprints that seem to have been made
by some organic being. They sometimes recall the shape and
markings of certain sea-shells of today. As we break open more
rocks and study more carefully all the markings, moulds and im-
pressions we find the conclusion is irresistible that they were
made by some kind of by-gone sea-shells, often quite different
from those we see on the beaches to-day.
How they came to be in the Devonian rocks of Southern New
York.—Sea-shells in solid rock? How came they there? These
are the queries that perplexed even the wisest minds up to within
a comparatively recent date; queries, too, that the collector must
be ready to explain to every man who espies him and comes
to see what he is collecting.
Observation.—Outcrops of one and the same layer may often be identi-
fied at considerable distances from each other. ‘To determine the direction
and amount of dip when three
eae so such outcrops are known, see
f the solution (graphic) of the
following problem: A _ rock
Nerss layer is found on one side of
a valley at B, 200 mietres
higher than it is at A, 2 kilo-
metres distant. At C, on the
opposite side of the valley, its
altitude above A, 2.1 kilo-
metres distant, is 100 metres.
ae ae ie % The distance between C and
eee ler Gime Bis 1.65 kilometre. The di-
; rection of the line C—B is
north 20° west. Required
the direction and amount of
dip of this layer.
Fig. 2, Find by proportion the
point on A—B at an equal altitude with C. It is at U in this instance, half
way from Ato B. Draw C—Uand continue it a short distance. Drop A—V
perpendicular to C—U extended, and continue it to W. Measure angle A
W B (here about 74°); this is the direction of dip, i. e., north about 74°
west. Vis by construction on C—V the /zve of strike 100 metres above A.
Then if the distance A—V is found by measurement to be about .96 kil.=g60
metres then 100960 is the amount of dip sought.
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Look at the rocks themselves. What are they? Some are
soft and decompose rapidly; others are harder and withstand the
elenients for a longer period. But all in course of time will dis-
integrate and form clay or sand, accordingly as they were shaly
or sandy rocks. Such rocks are in fact nothing but hardened
clayey or sandy mud. The shells in them prove that the sands
and mud before hardening formed a part of an old sea-bottom
where sea-shells lived, died, and were buried beneath more sand
and mud washed over: them by inflowing rivers. If the water is
deep, or the bottom of the sea is gradually sinking, the thickness
of such deposits may become very great—several thousands of
feet. The lower beds become intensely compressed and hardened
after the lapse of long ages, especially if they are subjected to
volcanic heat and activity. If then a movement of the earth’s
crust takes place and these low-lying beds are raised above sea
level they are visible to man in quarries and other places as here-
tofore stated, and he terms them ‘‘hard rocks’’; the shells and
other traces of life they contain are called fossils. :
That the conditions under which the rocks in southern New
York were deposited or formed may be clear to the mind of the
reader the following two outline maps have been inserted (Fig’s.
3and4). They both show the same area (see degrees of Lat.
Note. ~ The minor geographical fcat-
uyts of this land area during Upper m
Devonian times are unknown. The. >
Adirondacks and other mountains to ~
the north and the Taconic range to the
cast were doublless then move prominent =
than they arc today. ,
. of the Sea
Wherein were deposited the 74
' Devonian rocks
of New York state
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and Long.), the one approximately as the area appeared in De-
vonian times, the other as it appears to-day—showing especially
the distribution of the Portage and Chemung groups of southern
New York. Into the Embayment of the sea flowed large rivers,
and brought the sand, mud and slime among which lived the
shells hereinafter figured. It is this vast accumulation of sedi-
mentation that has subsequently been raised above sea-level and
still later carved by flowing waters that makes the beautifully di-
versified region of southern New York.
The Portage material was deposited first, hence underlies,
passes under, the Chemung. Beneath the Portage in turn are
Middle Devonian, Hamilton beds, cropping out across the state
north of the Portage. They passed through similar stages
of formation to those of the Upper Devonian beds, though in a
somewhat more remote period of time.
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Arca where Portage rocks are near the surface,
Just bencath soit,
Arca where Chemung rocks are near the surface,
Just beneath sot,
fig. 4.
PART II.
THE UPPER DEVONIAN OF SOUTHERN NEW YORK.
SUBDIVISIONS.
The Portage Group.—Many local names have been applied
to the rocks of this group on account of their varied appearance
at different localities. At base, from Chenango river westward
to Lake Erie, is the Genesee shale, a thin-bedded, fragile. shaly
mass, varying in thickness from a few feet only in the east to 125
feet in central New York. Its fossils are few and generally
small, and mainly confined to the basal and upper layers. (See
Fig’s. 1-9, Pl. V.) Fish remains are reported from these shales on
the shore of Lake Erie and at a few other localities.
Above, are the Sherburne shales and sandstones in the east,
the Lower Portage shaly sandstones of Cayuga lake section, the
lower Cashaqua and Gardeau shales (Naples beds) and sandstones
of the Genesee section and west to Lake Erie. Thickness, 150-
250 feet. Fossils, rare: Chonetes,Cardiola, Lunulicardium, Clad-
ochonus, etc. See Pl.V and VIII.
Still higher up in the Portage are the /thaca beds of the
Cayuga section and to the east, 300-500 feet thick, represented
farther west by the upper /Vaples beds. Very fossilferous from
Ithaca eastward. See Plates V-VIII. Somewhat fossilifercus
westward, though bearing a very different fauna, especially char-
acterized by coiled Cephalopods and fish remains.
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Highest of all the Portage rocks are the Oneonta shales and
sandstones in the east, the Upper Portage sandstones of Cayuga
section and to the west; 500 feet thick; fossils scarce.
The Chemung Group.—The rocks of this group are so
named from Chemung Narrows, Chemung county. (See Frontis-
piece, Pl. I). They are at least 1,200 feet thick and consist of
gray shales and shaly sandstones often replete with large, well-
preserved fossils, especially brachiopods. (See Pl. IX—XIII).
In the western part of the state there are several ‘‘Rock cities’’
or outcrops of coarse conglomerates belonging to this group: the
Salamanca, the Pope Hollow, the Panama and Charlotte con-
glomerates. These coarser layers when struck in oil wells in
northwestern Pennsylvania are termed oil sands, since they are
loose and porous and are veritable reservoirs of oil.
In the Catskills the Chemung rocks consist of red and green
shales, sandstones and conglomerates, and form a part of what
was once known as the Caéskil/ group. Fossils rare, mostly land
and fresh water species. See Fig. 124.
The above statements may be expressed briefly as follows:
Western NN. Y. Central N. Y. Eastern N. Y.
Chemung Shales, sand- Typical Che- Catskill shales,
group < stones and mung shales sandstones and
- (conglomerates. andsandstones. conglomerates.
( Upper Portage Upper Portage Oneonta shales
| sandstones _ sandstones and sandstones
Portage Naples beds Ithaca beds Ithaca beds
group { Cashaqua and Sherburneor Sherburne
Gardeau shales Lower Portage shales and
| and sandstones. shales and sandstones.
| sandstones.
KInps oF LIFE REPRESENTED BY THE FOSSILS OF SOUTHERN
NEw YORK.
Though the Devonian may be called the Age of Fishes on
account of the considerable development of that class of animals
in certain localities at that time, it does not necessarily follow that
the young collector in this part of New York is going to fill at
IO
once his basket with fish remains. On the contrary, he will
search long and well before finding a trace of these animals. On
the other hand, he will usually have no difficulty in obtaining all
the fossils he cares to take home, but they will be shells, not
fishes. In the Chemung rocks from Binghamton westward there
are certain layers of rock almost made up of the remains of one
little animal, Spzrifer disjunctus (see Pl. XI, fig’s 87, 88), a
brachiopod that flourished during the Chemung period and then
became extinct. Other brachiopods represented by Pl’s. XI and
XII are in places very common.
The true mollusks were well represented in the Chemung, as
Pl’s. IX, X and XI testify. Of these the lamellibranchs (PI’s.
IX and X) were by far the most numerous. Cephalopods and
gastropods were comparatively scarce.
Echinoderms were represented by a few crinoids and other
rarer forms. Bryozoans and corals are locally abundant, but gen-
erally scarce. The same remark applies to the sponges. ‘Trilo-
bites, and other crustaceans generally, are very scarce.
Fragments of plants are of quite common occurrence, though
identifyable specimens are rare. They belong to tree-ferns and
tree-lycopods.
Of the Portage group, the Ithaca beds are characterized by
a brachiopod fauna, whereas the Naples beds to the west are
characterized by cephalopods, fishes, lamellibranchs and gas-
tropods. |
II
LIST OF A FEW IMPORTANT LOCALITIES, WITH KINDS OF ROCK,
LOCATION OF OUTCROPS, AND SOME OF THE MORE
IMPORTANT FOossILs AT EacH.*
Addison.—Aocks: Wight grayish-green sandstone and shale.
Exposure: Bear’s Falls. Best fossils found below falls,
about 60 ft. above creek bed in a layer 1% ft. thick;
Spirifer and Atrypa especially abundant.
Fossils: Spirifer disjunctus (87)+, Athyris angelica (97),
Stropheodonta cayuta (115), Grammysia, somewhat like (22), Or-
thotheles chemungensis (117), Pterinea chemungensts (67), Schtzo-
dus sp., see fig. 77, Atrypa aspera? (101), Strophonella celata
(118), Stropheodonta perplana var. nervosa (114), Productella
lachrymosa (102), Atrypa reticularis (54). |
Alfred.— Rocks: Coarse, light brownish, greenish and grayish
sandstone, and light-grayish shale.
Exposure: ‘Terra-Cotta quarry. Bank too ft. high; 1 ft.
layer at top, very fossiliferous. Fossils also found in
creek bed below in the so-called blue stone.
Fossils, Spirifer disjunctus (87), Sp. mesacostalis (40), My-
tilarca chemungensis (73), Schizophoria impressa (52-53), Schizo-
phoria tioga (111), Camarotechia contracta (go-91), C. orbicularis
(92-93), Productella hirsuta (105-106), P. lachrymosa var. (103),
ELuomphalus hecale (86), Dictiophyton tuberosum (119), Sangutno-
*The number of good collecting localities can be multiplied almost in-
definitely. Specimens from localities not mentioned in this list are usually
similar if not identical with those from the nearest given locality. Only a
small part of the fossil fauna at each locality can be given here.
{These figures refer to the number placed by the side of each illustration
on Plates V—XIII.
NoTE.—The writer is under obligation to Mr. T. A. Caine, C. U., Igor,
for information and collections from Binghamton, Owego, Elmira, Corning,
Addison, Hornellsville, Alfred, Olean, Salamanca, Randolph, Ellicottville,
Mt. Morris and Bath. Otherwise when no credit is given, the writer is per-
sonally responsible for the localities and fossils mentioned.
12
lites truncata (75), Leptodesma lichas (72), a Cystidian (120),
L:dmondia, Schizodus, Sphenotus clavulus (79), Leptodesma potens
(70), Grammysia sp.
Bath.—focks: Light greenish gray, irregularly bedded sandy
shales.
Fossils: Atrypa reticularis (54), Cyrtina hamiltonensts (45),
Productella truncata (47-48), crinoid stems, Bryozoa (123),
Stropheodonta sp., Manticoceras (see Fig. 35 a—a).
Belmont.—Rocks: Sandstone and olive shale.
Exposures: Quarries near-by.
fossils: Spirifer mesacostalis (40), Schizophoria impressa
(52-53), Orthothetes chemungensis (116-117), Camarotechia con-
tracta (90-91), Productella hirsuta (105-106).—H. S. Williams.
Binghamton.—Aocks: Grayish arenaceous shales and shaly
sandstone.
Fossils: Sptrifer disjunctus (87), Gontophora chemungensis
(81), Schtzophoria impressa (52-53), Ambocelia umbonata (108—
109), Microdon bellistriatus (20), Pterinea chem niea tas (67),
Rhipidomella vanuxemi (110).
Chautauqua.—Rocks: Light grayish or greenish shales and
sandstone.
Exposures: Near-by quarries and stream beds. See also
loose flat stones in fields and at roadside.
Fossils: Spirifer disjunctus (87), Camarotechia contracta (90
—91), Productella lachrymosa (102-104), Ambocelia umbonata (108
108), Mytilarca chemungensis (73), Sphenotus contractus (78),
crinoid stems (122).
The Panama conglomerate can be seen by driving to Panama
or visiting the ‘‘Rock quarry’’ near the ‘‘Checkered schoolhouse’”’
N. W. of Ashville on the summit of the high hill. At latter
place see Euomphalus (Fig. 86). .
Corning.—Aocks: Gray sandstone, sometimes very calcareous,
and. shale.
Exposure: Kelley’s quarry, just back of convent.
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Fossils: Schizophoria tmpressa (52-53), Spivifer disjunctus
(87), Sp. mesacostalis (40), Mytilarca chemungensts (73), Ambo-
celia umbonata (108-109), Orthothetes chemungensis (117).
Cortland.—Lithological and faunal characters very similar to
those of Ithaca, which see. |
Cuba.—Aocks: Gray sandstone, often calcareous, and olive
shale.
Exposures: Guilford quarry; Smith quarry; ravine in South
Cuba.
fossils: Spirifer disjunctus (87), Orthothetes chemungensts
(117), Chonetes scitula (50), Camarotechia contracta (90-91),
Athyris angelica (97, 99), Productelle, etc.—H. S. Williams.
Delhi.—Rocks: Red, gray and green sandstone and shale.
Exposures: Silver lake, or Robinson’s pond, 5 miles west of
Delhi; roadside above lake. This is practically the east-
ern termination of the Chemung fauna.
Fossils: Spirifer mesacostalis (40), Ptychopteria, Leptodesma
and a few others.—C. S. Prosser.
Ellicottville.—Rocks: Greenish gray sandstone and shale.
Exposures: Numerous ravines on hillsides, especially those
on the hill west of town.
Fossils: Spirifer disjunctus (87), Athyris angelica (97), Dat-
manella leoninsts (113), Orthothetes chemungensis (117), and
many others.
Visit the Salamanca conglomerate, a typical ‘‘Rock city,” 5
or 6 miles southwest of town.
Ellington.— Rocks: Gray, reddish and bluish shales; mica-
ceous brown shale; gray sandstone.
Exposures: South of creamery; Clear creek, west branch in
particular.
fossils: Spirifer disjunctus (87), Ambocelia umbonata (108-
109), Athyris angelica (97), Camarotechia duplicata (94), Pro-
ductella, Leptodesma, Edmondia, Sphenotus, etc.
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Go from Cherry creck to Charlotte Center and see huge
boulders of Charlotte conglomerate. Its fauna is practically the
saine.as that of the brownish sandstone at Alfred. Visit Portage
rocks in Canadaway creek gorge.
Elmira.— Rocks: Grayish and greenish gray sandstone and
shale, often calcareous.
Exposures: Quarries on East hill, especially H. G. Platt’s.
Fossils: Spirifer disjunctus, (87), Sp. mesacostalis (40), Schiz-
ophoria tmpressa (52-53), Ambocelia umbonata (108-109), Pro-
ductella speciosa (46), Schizophoria tioga (111), Stropheodonta cay-
uta (115), Orthothetes chemungensts (116), Plerinea chemungensis
(67), Atrypa reticularis (54), Atrypa aspera (101), Spathella typ-
7ca (25), Leptodesma, fossil wood..
Visit cliffs up Chemung river west from the city.
Forestville.—Aocks: Black and iron-stained shale, with cal-
careous concretions.
Exposures: Walnut creek, 30 ft. below R. R. and about 10
rods down the creek. A typical western New York
Portage fauna: Platyceras, Paleoneilo constricta (13),
Precardium venustum, Leptodesma, Loxonema, Bellero-
phon, Orthoceras, Goniatites, 2 species, Chonetes scitula
(50), crinoid stems, and sea-weed (Fucoides velum).
See fold in rocks 6 rods north of R. R. culvert. About 20
rods above culvert, fissile blue-green shale with concretions (sep-
taria). Fossils as above.
Little ravine % mile south of tannery contains in layers Pro-
ductellé in abundance.
Visit lake shore and break up all calcareous concretions for
fossils.
Fredonia.— Rocks: Light and dark gray shale; sandstone to
the south of Laona at water-works.
Exposures: ake shore, Portage shale. Portage sandstone
to the south of Laona. Chemung arenaceous shales on
the hillside at Alden’s quarry, % mile west of Cassadaga
lake." Visit cuts on DA. V. & PR Re
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Fossils in Alden’s quarry: Camarotechia duplicata (94),
Amebocelia umbonats (108-109), Productelle, etc.
Visit the ravines of Canadaway creek.
Friendship.—Prof. H. S. Williams records similar fossils and
rocks here at Miller’s quarry and ravine south of town
as are to be found at South Cuba, which see. |
Hornellisville.—Rocks: Black and olive shales below (Port-
age in affinities); gray sandstone and shales upon the
hills (see Sherwood’s quarry).
Exposures: Railroad cut west of the station with Cardzola
retrostriata (11), Bactrites acicula (36), Productella spe-
ciosa (46), Cladochonus (61), Schizophoria impressa (52-
53).-—H. S. Williams.
In quarries 3 miles southwest of town: Sprrifer disjunctus
(87), Spirtfer mesacostalis (40), Mytilarca chemungensis (73),
Schizophoria impressa (52-53), Schtz. tioga (111), Athyris angel-
wca (97), Orthothetes chemungensis (116-117), Auomphalus hecale
(86), Rhipidomella vanuxem? (110).
Ithaca.—Rocks: Bluish gray sandstone and shale, and nearly
black shale.
Genesee beds with fossils (Fig’s. 1-7 andg, Pl. V) at
Esty’s glen, lower portion of glen, 4 ft. below hard
sandstone ledge. Also % mile south of Glenwood.
Lower too ft. in Taughannock gorge.
Lower Portage sandstone with true Portage or western fauna:
McKinney’s station; at foot of Ithaca falls.
Ithaca shale: Williams brook, southwest corner of lake,
just above R. R.
Ithaca sandstone with Cvypifonella eudora: University quar-
ries; quarries at base of South hill.
Typical Ithaca brachiopod fauna: ‘Triphammer falls; Eddy’s
dam; quarries on South hill, including the old Inclined
plane.
Fossils: See Pl’s. V—VIII.
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Excursions: 'Taughannock glen; Tully or upper Hamilton
limestone at entrance; farther in, lower 100 ft., Genesee shale;
upper 100 ft., lower Portage.
Obtain Spzrifer levis at base of Ithaca falls, south side, ledge
2 ft. above water level. Obtain Fig. 62 from shale back of the
old Esty barn.
Jamestown.—Aocks: Grayish or greenish-gray sandstone and
shale; often calcareous.
Exposures: ast Jamestown quarries, with Ambocelia um-
bonata (108-109), Productella hystricula (107), Camaro-
techia contracta (90-91), Cam. duplicata (94), Dalman-
ella leonensis (113), Athyris angelica (97), Athyris polita
(98), Spirifer disjunctus (small) (87), Mytilarca che-
mungensts (73), Sphenotus contractus (78), crinoid
stems, Bryozoa. .
Visit quarries on eastern flank of hill north of Falconer, the
quarries and little ravines on Swede and English hills, and obtain
Leptodesma potens (70-71) and other fine Chemung species.
_ Excursions: Panama conglomerate at Panama, 14 miles
west of town. Fossils: Ptychopteria (74), Leptodesma, etc.
Return by Checkered schoolhouse above Ashville and see same
conglomerate with Zumphalus (86). Visit Pope Hollow 10 miles
east of town, just in Cattaraugus county. Observe Pope Hollow
conglomerate high up on north flank of the Hollow. It is strati-
graphically about 180 ft. above the Panama conglomerate. Climb
up north declivity. Fossils numerous. . Observe Chautauqua
lake from crest of hill.
Mt. Morris.—Rocks: Dark gray, and nearly black shale. Also
thick beds of argillaceous sandstone.
Exposure: Genesee river banks, just above old wooden
bridge.
Fossils: Lunulicardium fragile (17), Lingula, Orthoceras,
scarce.
Naples.—Aocks, Black shale, gray sandy shale, thick, heavy-
bedded sandstone.
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L:xposures: Genesee shale, near Woodville hotel at head of
Canandaigua lake, with Lunulicardium fragile (17) and
others.
Grimes gully, near knife factory; Portage shale with many
plant remains. At 3d falls a bed with Cardzola retrostriata (11),
Pleurotomaria capillaria (31), Manticoceras patersoni (35 a—a),
Bactrites. A 2d bed with Letorhynchus, Atrypa reticularis (54),
Ambocelia umbonata var. gregaria (108).
Chemung rocks exposed two miles south of Naples; a ‘“‘little
south of the schoolhouse on the road from Naples to Ingleside.
This layer is exposed by the roadside near the foot of the hill,
five or six rods from the Ingleside road’’; the fossils are: Dvcty-
ophyton tuberosum (119), Spirifer mesacostalis (40), Atrypa hys-
trix (100), Productella speciosa (46), Ambocelia, etc.—Luther.
Norwich.—2Rocks: Gray shaly sandstone aud shales.
Exposures: %% miles south of Norwich, valley road, on
Win. Breed’s land; 1 mile west of Norwich. quarry on
‘John Brookin’s
Fossils: Tropidoleptus carinatus (96), Actinopteria boydi (18),
Cyrtina hamiltonensts (45), Chonetes scttula (50), Letorhynchus
mesacostalis (44), Spirifer mesastrialis (39), Schizodus, Phacops
rana (63), and others. —Clarke.
Another outcrop with similar fossils is reported by Prof.
Prosser from railroad cut 4% mile north of D. L. & W. station.
It contains also Atvypa reticularis (54).
Olean.— Rocks (lower): Gray shaly sandstone and shales.
Rocks (upper): Red shales and conglomerate (Carbon-
iferous) at Rock city.
Fossils (below, around the town): Camarotechia contracta
(g0-91), Athyris angelica (99), Spirifer disjunctus (87), Produc-
tella hystricula (107), Sphenotus clavulus (79), Leptodesma potens
(70-71), AWytilarca chemungensis (73), fish bones and plant frag-
ments. —H. S. Williams.
Ferruginous sandstone below the Olean conglomerate con-
tains Spzrifer disjunctus (87) and Rhynchonella allegania (95).
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Owego.—Aocks: Grayish sandstone and shale.
Exposure: Allen ravine (Stearn’s quarry) 1% miles north-
west of town. Observe large, beautiful casts of Loxo-
nema.
Fossils: Sptrifer disjunctus (87), Sp. mesacostalis (40), Schiz-
ophoria impressa (52-53), Ambocelia umbonata (108-109), Ortho-
thetes chemungensis (116-117), Atrypa reticularis ‘f 54), Loxonema
terebra (85), Bryozoa, crinoid stems, etc.
Randolph.—ocks: Grayish micaceous sandstone and shale.
Exposures: Geo. Hubbard’s quarry, 2% miles south of
' depot. Also along Battle creek from creamery to reser-
voir.
Fossils: Spirifer disjunctus (87), Schizophoria impressa (52-
: 53), Athyris angelica (97), Dalmanella leonensis (113), Camaro-
techia duplicata (94), Mytilarca chemungensts (73), Sphenotus con-
tractus (78), and many others.
Salamanca.—ARocks: Light gray or greenish-gray sandstone
and shale. Conglomerates, 1 to 3 miles north.
Exposure: Whalen hill, northwest of town, 100 ft. above
creek, ledges along roadside.
Fossils: Spirifer disjunctus (87), Athyris angelica (97) ,Cam-
arotechia duplicata (94), Mytilarca chemungensis (73).
Excursion: Visit conglomerate ledge 1 mile north of town
east of the water reservoir. Two miles farther north 1s a cele-
brated ‘‘Rock city.’’ It is a flat pebble Chemung conglomierate.
Wellsville.—Aocks: Grayish sandstone and olive shale.
Exposure: Quarry about too ft. above R. R. station.
fossils: Sptrifer disjunctus (87), Productella hirsuta (105),
Ambocelia umbonata (108-109), Goniophora chemungensts (81),
Macrodon chemungensts (76), Orthoceras, A ULB Crentpec-
ten, fish scales, etc.—H. S. Williams.
Waverly.-—Aocks: Wight and dark grayish shaly sandstone and
grayish shale.
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Exposures: Side of Erie railway, (see Frontispiece, Pl. I,)
especially in a little ravine leading up to the quarries.
Cayuta creek valley, quarries 2 miles north of East
Waverly. Quarries on hillside east of Sayre.
Fossils: Sptrifer disjunctus (87), Pterinea chemungensts (67),
Pt. reversa (68), Schizodus chemungensts (77), Gontophora che-
mungensts (81), Paleonetlo bisulcata (82), Microdon bellistriatus
(20), Mytilarca chemungensts (73), Stropheodonta cayuta (115),
Orthothetes chemungensts (116-117), Schizophoria tioga (111-112),
Sc. impressa (52-53), Atrypa aspera (101), A. reticularis (54),
Spirifer mesacostalis (40), Tropidoleptus carinatus (96), Produc-
tella lachrymosa (102-104), Ambocelia umbonata (108-109), Cane-
arotechia contracta (90-91), Pleurotomaria, Loxonema, corals,
crinoid stems, and many others.
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EXPLANATION OF PLATE V.
(Portage Fossils. )
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Fig.
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most beds of the Genesee shale. A Brachiopod.
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