II 



THE GEOLOGY OF LICKING COUNTY, KlUO, 

 Part IV. The Subcarboniferoi-s anp Wavkrlv (.k<ili's. 



BV C. L. HERRK'K. 



In pursuance of the plan outlined in the last volume, material has 

 been slowly accumulating, the collection and collation of hteratur, 

 and unraveling of perplexed synonomy being by far the most onerous 

 task Nearly every foot of this and much of adjacent counties has 

 been =e.irched by patient collectors and, in spite of the great difficul- 

 ties much progress has been made in identifying and ref>'rrmg to their 

 horizons the fossils of the Waverly Group. It is hoped that even as 

 brief a review of the fauna as can now be presented will prove hel|)- 

 ful Perhaps no other limited group of strata in the Pahe.o.c cr.. 

 has been the theme of more discordant discussion than this one. 1 1) 

 problem of the Waverly deserves to rank with that of the Keween.aw 

 and Taconic. While not claiming to settle the potnts at issue ,n this 

 paper, it is hoped that the material made accessib e by .he p.ctoria 

 and descriptive matter presented will at least afford every .ompete t 

 palaeontologist with considerable material tipon which to base is ... 

 Ion. The methods hitherio employed in the ^"x >">f '^^ ^ •'^" 



have been fatally lacking in several l-"-"'^'-' /'"^"f >' J^asty 

 scriptionshave been unaccompanied by figures and frcpiently so has.) 

 as to make it necessary to base our opinion as to the ---«. > ."fj^^ 

 identification on the reputation of the writer No pu shed «o k 

 has given the se,,ueuce of the fossils attributed to the Waverly. but 



