Field notebook, 1888, notes from New York

Related Titles

Contained In: Collected notebooks, manuscripts, drawings, photographs, and correspondence on vertebrate and invertebrate paleontology, United States National Museum, circa 1850-1940 and undated

Series: SIA RU007264

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Sayles, Ira

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1888

Notes

English

Paleontological and geological field notes of Ira Sayles taken on the Hamilton Formation in New York from 18 September to 15 October 1888. Sayles describes the stratigraphy of locations visited and fossils collected there. A wide range of fossils are noted; some examples include brachiopoda and crinoids. Each location is numbered and location numbers in this book range from 1200-1212. Some locations include Onondaga Creek and Tully Valley in Onondaga County, Cuylerville, and Cortland County. Diagrams of stratigraphy are included. This book contains 70 pages of notes.

Subjects

Cortland , Cuylerville , Field notes , Geological Survey (U.S.) , New York , Onondaga Creek , Paleontology , Tully Valley , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.97951