86 PALEOZOIC PALEONTOLOGY. 
NEW SCOTLAND BEDS. 
The formation following the Coeymans limestone in the New Jersey 
section is twofold. In its lower portion there are twenty feet, more 
or less, of a very hard, cherty limestone. Above this is a series of 
one hundred and forty feet, more or less, of calcareous shales. The 
fauna of the entire formation, including both the cherty limestone 
and the shale, is a prolific one, and has much in common throughout, 
it being especially characterized by the abundant representation of 
the genus Spirifer. In a previous preliminary report upon the Wall- 
pack ridge* a hard, cherty limestone, overlying the shales, was in- 
cluded in the New Scotland beds, giving the entire formation a three- 
fold character, instead of twofold, as here recognized. Further study 
seems to indicate that this upper, cherty lmestone represents what 
has been described as the Becraft limestone of the New York sec- 
tion, although its fauna is intimately allied to that of the subjacent 
New Scotland beds. This faunal similarity is so great, although there 
are recognizable differences, that in the descriptive part of the present 
report the New Scotland and Becraft faunas are all described to- 
gether. 
Locality 2 A**—Nowhere in New Jersey is there a continuous sec- 
tion where the complete succession of the New Scotland beds, with 
their included faunas, can be studied in detail. The only outcrops 
available for observation are isolated, and such exposures of both the 
cherty limestone at the base and the higher shale beds are present in 
the Nearpass section. From the cherty limestone the species in the 
following list were collected at an outcrop just back of the quarry 
and lime-kiln of Mr. Sanford Nearpass: 
1. Hindia fibrosa (Roem.). 
. Streptelasma strictum Hall. 
. Icthyocrinus magnaradialis n. sp. 
. Pholidops ovata Hall. 
. Stropheodonta becker Hall. 
. Strophonella punctulifera (Con.). 
. Strophonella levenworthana (Hall). 
. Leptena rhomboidalis (Wilck.). 
. Rhipidomella oblata (Hall). 
. Rhipidomella eminens (Hall). 
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*Ann. Rep. State Geol. N. J. for 1899. 
